Maritime Knowledge: A Comprehensive List of Major Routes and Basic Ports Worldwide
Publish Time: 2025-07-08 Origin: Site
In international maritime transportation, "basic ports" refer to the important hub ports of a country or region, similar to large transfer stations in railway transportation. Ships usually call at these ports, which are equipped with advanced facilities, have well-developed container transportation, and have a concentration of supporting service enterprises (such as freight forwarders, customs brokers, and trucking companies). They have frequent schedules and large and stable cargo volumes. "Non-basic ports" refer to all other ports except the basic ports. For goods destined for these ports, in addition to the basic freight rate, a transshipment surcharge or direct sailing surcharge is usually added (depending on the route and volume of cargo). The arrangement of ship routes usually focuses on basic ports, where ships first call at all basic ports and then transport goods to non-basic ports through transshipment.
1. Northeast Asia Route (Japan and South Korea)
South Korea: Busan, Incheon, Seoul
Japan: Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Tokyo
2. Southeast Asia Route
Hong Kong, China: Hong Kong
Singapore: Singapore
Taiwan, China: Keelung, Kaohsiung, Taichung
Indonesia: Surabaya, Jakarta, Belawan, Semarang
Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh, Haiphong
Malaysia: Port Kelang, Penang
Thailand: Bangkok, Laem Chabang
Myanmar: Yangon/Rangoon
Philippines: Manila
3. Indian Ocean Route (India and Pakistan)
India: Bombay, Nhava Sheva, Madras/Chennai, Calcutta, New Delhi
Pakistan: Karachi, Lahore
Bangladesh: Chittagong, Dhaka
Sri Lanka: Colombo
4. West Coast of the United States Route
West Coast of the United States: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago
5. East Coast of the United States Route
East Coast of the United States: New York, Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Miami
6. Canadian Route
Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto
7. Australian Route
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide
8. New Zealand Route
Auckland, Lyttelton, Wellington
9. Western European Route
Belgium: Antwerp
Germany: Hamburg, Bremen 10. Northern Europe Routes
Denmark: Copenhagen, Aarhus
Sweden： Gothenburg ， Stockholm
Norway: Oslo
Finland: Helsinki
11. Portuguese Routes
Lisbon , Leixoes ， Oporto
12. Black Sea Routes
Ukraine： Odessa ，Illichevsk
Romania: Constanza
Bulgaria： Varna
13. Western Mediterranean Routes
Italy： Genova， La Spezia， Milan ，Livorno ， Naples， Trieste ， Venice， Taranto， Nola
Spain： Barcelona， Valencia， Bilbao， Madrid
France： Marseilles ， FOS
Morocco： Casablanca
Tunisia： Tunis
14. Eastern Mediterranean Routes
Turkey： Istanbul， Mersin， Izmir
Greece: Piraeus, Thessaloniki
Cyprus： Limassol
Egypt： Alexandria， Port Said， Cairo
Lebanon： Beirut
Syria： Lattakia
15. Middle East (Israel) Routes
Ashdod， Haifa， Tel-Aviv
16. Middle East Routes
United Arab Emirates： Dubai， Jebel Ali
Saudi Arabia： Jeddah
Kuwait： Kuwait
Iran： Bandar Abbas
Jordan： Aqaba
17. South American West Routes
Chile： Valparaiso ， Arica
Panama： Colon Free Zone ， Panama CityArgentina: Buenos Aires
Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Santos， Rio Grande
Uruguay： Montevideo
Paraguay： Asuncion
South Africa: Durban, Cape Town, Johannesburg
Kenya： Mombasa， Nairobi
Nigeria： Lagos
Ghana： Tema
Benin： Cotonou
Togo： Lome