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Seaports in Netherlands

Netherlands has 18 portsin the World Port Index — 2 large deep-water ports, 4 medium and 12 smaller harbours. They sit on North Sea; North Atlantic Ocean. Below: how they split by size, and the biggest harbours. From the NGA World Port Index, snapshot 2026-06-22.

PORTS18
LARGE · MEDIUM2 · 4
ONNorth Sea; North Atlantic Ocean

By harbour size

Large2 · 11%
Medium4 · 22%
Small5 · 28%
Very small7 · 39%

Biggest ports in Netherlands

The largest harbours in the snapshot, with their water body and harbour type.

largeAmsterdamNorth Sea; North Atlantic Ocean · Canal or Lake · NL AMS
largeRotterdamNorth Sea; North Atlantic Ocean · River (Basins) · NL RTM
mediumDordrechtNorth Sea; North Atlantic Ocean · River (Natural) · NL DOR
mediumEuropoortNorth Sea; North Atlantic Ocean · Canal or Lake · NL EUR
mediumTerneuzenNorth Sea; North Atlantic Ocean · River (Tide Gates) · NL TNZ
mediumVlissingenNorth Sea; North Atlantic Ocean · River (Natural) · NL VLI
smallDelfzijlNorth Sea; North Atlantic Ocean · Coastal (Tide Gates) · NL DZL
smallDen HelderNorth Sea; North Atlantic Ocean · River (Basins) · NL DHR
smallEemshavenNorth Sea; North Atlantic Ocean · River (Basins) · NL EEM
smallIjmuidenNorth Sea; North Atlantic Ocean · Coastal (Tide Gates) · NL IJM
smallZaandamNorth Sea; North Atlantic Ocean · Canal or Lake · NL ZAA
very smallHansweertNorth Sea; North Atlantic Ocean · Coastal (Tide Gates) · NL HAN

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