The following lists of ports cover ports of various types, maritime facilities with one or more wharves where ships may dock to load and discharge passengers and cargo. Most are on the sea coast or an estuary, but some are many miles inland, with access to the sea via river or canal. The lists are organized by shipping volume, by ocean or sea, by nation or sub-region, and by other characteristics.

• List of busiest container ports – by number of twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) transported through the port
  • List of countries by container port traffic
• List of busiest ports by cargo tonnage – by weight of cargo transported through the port
• List of busiest ports in Europe – by several measures including number of twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) handled, by cargo tonnage and percentage transshipment
• List of busiest cruise ports by passengers

• List of ports and harbours of the Atlantic Ocean
  • Ports of the Baltic Sea
  • Channel Ports – ports and harbours of the English Channel
  • List of North Sea ports – ports of the North Sea and its influent rivers
  • List of coastal settlements of the Mediterranean Sea
• List of ports and harbors of the Arctic Ocean
• List of ports and harbours of the Indian Ocean
• List of ports and harbors of the Pacific Ocean
• Southern Ocean – See Category: Ports and harbors of Antarctica
  • Iceports
  • Ice pier – McMurdo Station

• Dry port (includes lists by continent)
• List of dry ports in Pakistan – inland inter-modal transshipment ports

• List of Chinese treaty ports
• List of free ports
• List of Panamax ports
• List of marinas

• List of ports (disambiguation)
• American Association of Port Authorities
• International Association of Ports and Harbors
• Port authority

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