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Top ten ports in the world and top ten busiest ports in the world:

Rotterdam, Netherlands 1

Rotterdam is the second largest city in the Netherlands and the largest port in the world, located at the intersection of the Rhine and Maas rivers in Europe. The whole city is scattered on both sides of the Mas River, about 25 kilometers away from the North Sea, and there are new waterways connected with the North Sea. Rotterdam is an important port connecting Europe, America, Asia, Africa and Australia, and is known as the "gateway to Europe".

2. Singapore wave

The port is located on the southern coast of Singapore Island, bordering the southeast side of Malacca Strait in the west and the north side of Singapore Strait in the south. It is the largest entrepot in the Asia-Pacific region and one of the largest container ports in the world. The strategic position of this port is very important because it is the main shipping route between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. At present, it has developed into an internationally famous entrepot.

3. Hongkong, China

Victoria Harbour is a port and sea area between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon Peninsula. It is the largest seaport in China and the third largest seaport in the world, second only to San Francisco in the United States and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Victoria Harbour has a wide water surface and charming scenery. In the northwest of the harbour, there is a Kwai Chung container terminal, which is one of the largest container transportation centers in the world.

4. Antwerp (Belgium)

The largest seaport in Belgium, the third largest seaport in Europe, is the largest port in Europe after Rotterdam and Marseille. Together with the city, Antwerp became a very prosperous commercial port city in Europe in the16th century, and 70% of Belgium's maritime trade was completed through this port. The port of Antwerp is famous for its high concentration of industry.

5.houston, USA

Houston, the largest city in the southern United States, is an artificial port. The largest oil industry center and the third largest port in the United States. Located on the southeast coast of Texas, on the northwest coast plain of Galveston Bay, it is connected with the Gulf of Mexico through an 80-kilometer-long sea canal.

6. Kaohsiung (China)

Kaohsiung Port is the largest seaport in Taiwan Province Province, China. Located in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan Province Province. Large-scale comprehensive ports with railways and highways as the means of collection and distribution are one of the main ports for container transportation in the world today.

7. Marseille (France)

Marseille is the second largest city and the largest seaport in France, surrounded by limestone hills on three sides, with beautiful scenery and pleasant climate. The southeast of Marseille is close to the Mediterranean Sea, with a wide water surface, no rapids and rapids, and the 10,000-ton ship can travel unimpeded; The Rhone River and the flat valley in the west are connected with northern Europe, and their geographical position is unique.

8. new york (USA)

The largest seaport in the United States, one of the largest seaports in the world, is located at the mouth of the Hudson River in the northeast of the United States and faces the Atlantic Ocean in the east. New york Port is one of the natural deep-water ports in the world, with two main waterways. One is Ambrose Strait in the south outside the Hudson Estuary, and the other is Long Island Strait and Donghe River. Ships entering the port from the north must pass through this strait.

9. New Orleans (USA)

New Orleans is a city in the southern United States, close to the Gulf of Mexico, and an important port city in Louisiana, which is famous for jazz and French colonial culture. New Orleans is the largest city in Louisiana and the second largest port city in the United States after new york. It is located in southeastern Louisiana, where the lower Mississippi River flows into the sea, and its north faces Lake Pontchartrain.

Hamburg, Germany 10

A beautiful port city in northern Germany, located on the Elbe River in the northeast of Bremen, Hamburg is the largest port in the world and is known as "Germany's gateway to the world". Ocean liners from all over the world will call at Hamburg Port when they come to Germany. Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany, second only to Berlin.