MAJOR INTERNATIONAL SEA ROUTES VIA WATERBODIES
NEWYORK TO SEATTLE
New York – north Atlantic – Caribbean Sea – Panama Canal – n. Pacific Sea route – Seattle
NEW YORK TO SHANGHAI
Shanghai - Hangzhou bay- east China sea – Philippine Sea – s. China sea – strait of Malacca-Andaman
Sea – Bay of Bengal – Andaman Sea – Arabian sea – Gulf of Aden – red sea -Suez Canal – Ismailia canal –
Mediterranean Sea – strait of Gibraltar- north Atlantic Ocean- new York
YOKOYAMA TO SEATTLE
Yokoyama - n. Pacific Ocean – Philippine Sea – s. China sea – strait of Malacca-Andaman Sea – Bay of
Bengal – Andaman Sea – Arabian sea – Gulf of Aden – red sea -Suez Canal – Ismailia canal –
Mediterranean Sea – strait of Gibraltar- north Atlantic Ocean – Caribbean Sea – Panama Canal - north
pacific sea route – Seattle
MUMBAI TO SEATTLE
Mumbai – Arabian sea – Gulf of Aden – red sea – Gulf of Suez - Suez Canal- Ismailia canal –
Mediterranean Sea – Alboran sea - strait of Gibraltar- north Atlantic Ocean – Caribbean Sea – Panama
Canal - north pacific sea route – Seattle
MUMBAI TO NEWYORK
Mumbai – Arabian sea – Gulf of Aden – red sea – Gulf of Suez - Suez Canal- Ismailia canal –
Mediterranean Sea – alboran sea - strait of Gibraltar- north Atlantic Ocean - new York
ROTTERDOM TO NEWYORK
Rotterdam - North Sea – dover strait – English Channel – Bay of Biscay – north Atlantic Sea – new York
PORT OF DURBAN TO MUMBAI
Port of Durban - Indian ocean -Mozambique channel – Arabian sea – Mumbai
YOKOYAMA TO VANCOUVER
Yokohama - Philippine Sea – s. China sea – strait of Malacca-Andaman Sea – Bay of Bengal – Andaman
Sea – Arabian sea – Gulf of Aden – red sea -Suez Canal – Ismailia canal – Mediterranean Sea – strait of
Gibraltar- north Atlantic Ocean – Caribbean Sea – Panama Canal - north pacific sea route – strait of
Georgia – Vancouver.
Shanghai to Mumbai
Shanghai - Hangzhou bay- east China sea – Philippine Sea – s. China sea – strait of Malacca-Andaman
Sea – Bay of Bengal – Andaman Sea – laccadive sea - Arabian sea – Mumbai
Major international port of the world
Port of Shanghai, China - Since 2010, when Shanghai’s port passed Singapore to claim
the title of the busiest port in the world, the Port of Shanghai handled more than 43 million
TEUs of containers, making it the busiest port in the world. The Port of Shanghai is a crucial
entry point for China’s trade and commerce with the rest of the world. It is situated in the
Yangtze River Delta
Port of Singapore, Singapore - From 2005 until 2010, Singapore was the busiest
port in the world before being surpassed by the Port of Shanghai. The port, which
connects Asia, Europe, and the Americas. It is also called call of port.
The Port of Shenzhen is the second-largest port in China and the third-largest port
in the world.
South Korea’s Port of Busan is the sixth busiest port in the world. Situated on
South Korea’s southeast coast , The port of Busan is also the world’s third-largest
transhipment port.
Port of Jebel Ali, UAE
Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands The port is one of Europe’s top ports, The Port of
Rotterdam in the Netherlands was a prominent port that dominated world trade
between the mid-20th and the early 21st century
Belgium’s Port of Antwerp is the second busiest port in Europe and is in 13th
position in the world. The port of Antwerp has become one of Europe’s largest
seaports, ranking second behind Rotterdam by total freight shipped.
The Port of Los Angeles in California, also called America’s port, is the first US
port to appear in the Top Busiest Ports in the World list.
MAJOR N. AMERICAN PORTS
• Port of los angles
• New York port, U.S.A.
• Seattle port, USA
• Vancouver port
MAJOR S. AMERICAN PORTS
• Port of santos, Brazil
• Port Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Port of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Port of Colon, Panama
• Port of Santiago, Chile
MAJOR EUROPIAN PORTS
• Port of Barcelona
• Port of Valencia
• Port of Rotterdam
• Ports of Hamburg, Germany
• The Port of Piraeus, sea port of Athens
• Ports of Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Port of Marseille, France
Major Asian ports
• Tokyo, Japan
• Yokohama port, Japan
• Port of Busan, N. Korea
• Port of Shanghai, China
• Port of Guangzhou, China
• Port of Klang, Malaysia
• Port of Hong Kong
• Said port, Egypt
• Jeddah port, s. Arabia
• Duqm Port, Oman
• Aden port, Yemen
• Port of Jubail Ali, UAE
• Chabahar, Iran
• Port of Sittwe, Myanmar
• Port of Chittagong, Bangladesh
• Gwadar Port, Pakistan
• Mumbai port, India
• Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Hambantota, Sri Lanka
• Aden port, Yemen
Australian ports
• Port of Sydney
• Port of Darwin
• Port of Melbourne
• Port of Adelaide
• Port of Brisbane
MAJOR AFRICAN PORTS
• Port of Mombasa, Kenya
• Port of Suez, Egypt
• Port of Durban, South Africa
• Port of Lagos, Nigeria
• Dar-es-Salaam Port, Tanzania
• Port of Beira, Mozambique
• Port of Tanger Med, Morocco
• Port of Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti