| Sister City | Major Industries | Sea Port |
|---|---|---|
| Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
Food and Beverage Production, Oil, Chemical Products, Rubber and Plastic Products, Mining | Artificial deep-water port, handles approximately 900,000 tons of cargo annually |
| Baku, Azerbaijan |
Oil, Textile, Power Production, Manufacturing, Chemical | Serves as a transshipment point for goods (primarily petroleum products & lumber) crossing the Caspian Sea |
| Chiba, Japan |
Chemical Production, Petroleum and Coal Production, Steel Production | Largest port in Japan, centrally located near Tokyo Bay with 133 km of coastline spanning six cities |
| Grampian Region (Aberdeen), Scotland |
Oil and Gas | Annually handling around 5 million tonnes of cargo, valued at approximately £1.5 billion, for a wide range of industries; center of activity for the offshore oil & gas industry's marine support operations in northwest Europe |
| Guayaquil, Ecuador |
Agriculture, Alternative Fuel Production | Handles 93% of container traffic in/out the country and 62% if total import-export cargo, approximately 5.1 million tons of cargo; 13th largest port in Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Huelva, Spain |
Agriculture and Mining | Main fishing port for Spain and bulk-carrier/industrial port for Southern Europe |
| Istanbul, Turkey |
Food Processing, Textile Production, Oil Products, Rubber, Metal Ware, Leather, Chemicals, Electronics, Glass, Machinery, Paper and Paper Products, Alcoholic Drinks | Most important port in the country, handles 3.4 million tons of cargo annually |
| Karachi, Pakistan | Financial, Information and Communication Technology, Pharmaceuticals, Textiles, Steel, Automobile Industry | Two sea ports including Pakistan’s single largest and busiest port which handles about 60% of the nation’s cargo (25 million tons per year) |
| Leipzig, Germany |
Textiles, Electrical Products, Automobiles, Machine Tools, Chemicals | No seaport, is home to DHL's Europe Hub |
| Luanda, Angola |
Petroleum, Diamonds, Iron Ore, Fish Products, Textiles, Processed Food | Angola's 2nd busiest port |
| Nice, France |
Tourism, Pharmaceuticals | One of the busiest on the Ligurian Coast; old port handles commercial fishing & passenger service to Corsica, the new port west of the city handles commercial shipping |
| Perth, Australia |
Mining, Textiles, Insurance, Whiskey Distilling, Glass Making | Serviced by port of Fremantle, the biggest & busiest general cargo port in Western Australia; handles about $20 billion in trade annually and has container trade growth of about 10% per year |
| Shenzhen, China |
IT, Software Production, Electronics, Clothing, Jewelry, Furniture, Clock/Watch Making | One of the busiest and fastest growing ports in southern China; in 2005 handled an estimated 150 million tons of cargo |
| Stavanger, Norway |
Oil and Gas | One of Norway's busiest with more than 50,000 ship-calls per year |
| Taipei, Taiwan |
Electrical and Electronic Equipment, Textiles, Metal, Ship Building, Motorcycles | Handled 9.1 million tons of cargo in 2005 |
| Tampico, Mexico |
Aviation, Oil, Mining, Agriculture | One of the most important ports in Mexico, handled 11.6 million tons of cargo in 2006 |
| Tyumen, Russia |
Oil and Gas | River port |