Up Front
The world’s largest transportation firms are navigating trade policy, elevated fuel prices and geopolitical uncertainty.
USMCA uncertainty and a murky road ahead have forced shippers and transportation providers to become more flexible.
Get a continent-by-continent and country-by- country look at where the Top 50 Global Freight Companies are based.
Rankings
Port Data
| Rank 2026 | Rank 2025 | Port Name | City | TEUs 2025 | TEUs 2024 | % Change | Freight Tonnage (metric tons) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Port of Los Angeles | Los Angeles | 10,239,318 | 10,297,352 | -0.6% | 212,700,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Port of Long Beach | Long Beach, Calif. | 9,881,595 | 9,649,724 | 2.4% | 197,758,695 |
| 3 | 3 | Port of New York and New Jersey | New York | 8,897,531 | 8,698,526 | 2.3% | 3,100,000 |
| 4 | 5 | Colón Container Terminal, Port of Cristobal and Manzanillo International Terminal | Colón, Panama | 5,808,462 | 5,395,134 | 7.7% | NA |
| 5 | 4 | Port of Savannah | Savannah, Ga. | 5,691,480 | 5,545,557 | 2.6% | 38,943,784 |
| 6 | 6 | Port Houston | Houston | 4,303,000 | 4,139,991 | 3.9% | 49,433,464 |
| 7 | 7 | Port of Balboa and PSA Panama International Terminal | Panama Int'l Terminals, Panama | 4,031,476 | 4,013,685 | 0.4% | NA |
| 8 | 8 | Port of Manzanillo | Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico | 3,893,355 | 3,924,515 | -0.8% | 31,351,137 |
| 9 | 10 | Port of Vancouver | Vancouver, British Columbia | 3,778,996 | 3,473,822 | 8.8% | 170,439,811 |
| 10 | 9 | Port of Virginia | Norfolk, Va. | 3,239,638 | 3,523,512 | -8.1% | 57,521,863 |
| 11 | 11 | Northwest Seaport Alliance | Seattle and Tacoma, Wash. | 3,156,598 | 3,340,733 | -5.5% | 24,220,786 |
| 12 | 12 | Port of Kingston | Kingston, Jamaica | 2,660,000 | 2,549,698 | 4.3% | NA |
| 13 | 14 | Port of Lázaro Cárdenas | Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico | 2,616,770 | 2,406,980 | 8.7% | 29,145,973 |
| 14 | 13 | Port of Charleston | Charleston, S.C. | 2,565,297 | 2,497,143 | 2.7% | NA |
| 15 | 15 | Port of Oakland | Oakland, Calif. | 2,253,976 | 2,262,921 | -0.4% | NA |
| 16 | 16 | Port of Caucedo | Caucedo, Dominican Republic | 1,760,000 | 1,710,000 | 2.9% | NA |
| 17 | 17 | Port of Montreal | Montreal | 1,517,348 | 1,464,320 | 3.6% | 34,321,871 |
| 18 | 18 | Port of Jacksonville^ | Jacksonville, Fla. | 1,388,841 | 1,340,412 | 3.6% | 10,230,114 |
| 19 | 19 | Moín Container Terminal | Límon, Costa Rica | 1,300,000 | 1,320,000 | -1.5% | NA |
| 20 | 20 | Port of Veracruz | Veracruz, Mexico | 1,299,337 | 1,301,470 | -0.2% | 30,001,516 |
| 21 | 22 | Port Everglades^ | Broward County, Fla. | 1,167,552 | 1,087,112 | 7.4% | 24,452,322 |
| 22 | 21 | Port Miami^ | Miami | 1,115,058 | 1,089,443 | 2.4% | 7,210,818 |
| 23 | 24 | Port of Baltimore | Baltimore | 1,113,309 | 741,215 | 50.2% | 45,344,379 |
| 24 | 23 | Port of Philadelphia | Philadelphia | 889,268 | 840,571 | 5.8% | NA |
| 25 | 25 | Port of Prince Rupert | Prince Rupert, British Columbia | 885,797 | 739,315 | 19.8% | 26,339,329 |
| NOTE: Data for the Colon Container Terminal, Port of Cristobal, Manzanillo International Terminal, Port of Balboa and PSA Panama International Terminal is via the Georgia Tech Panama Logistics Innovation and Research Center. Data for the ports of Lázaro Cárdenas, Manzanillo and Veracruz is via the Coordinación General de Puertos y Marina Mercante. Data for the Port of Kingston is via MundoMaritimo. All other data is via port authorities. ^ Data for the Port of Jacksonville, Port Everglades and Port Miami is for fiscal year 2025, ended Sept. 30, 2025. | |||||||
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