天津港的历史最早可以上溯到汉代，自唐代以来形成海港，1860年对外开埠。
建国后经过三年恢复性建设，天津新港于1952年10月17日重新开港通航。
The history of Tianjin Port could be traced back to Han Dynasty. It emerged as a sea port in Tang Dynasty and opened as a commercial port in 1860. After the founding of the P.R.C, it was made a restoring construction for three years and reopened on Oct. 17, 1952.天津港是世界等级最高的人工深水港，位于海河入海口，处于京津城市带和环渤海经济圈的交汇点上，是首都北京和天津市的海上门户、我国北方重要的对外贸易口岸，是连接东北亚与中西亚的纽带。
天津港现有水陆域面积近260平方公里，陆域面积72平方公里，规划到2010年港口陆域总面积达100平方公里。
目前，天津港主航道长35公里，水深—19.5米，25万吨级船舶可自由进出港，30万吨级船舶可乘潮进出港。
天津港共拥有各类泊位134个，岸线总长2.8万米，其中万吨级以上泊位81个。
Tianjin Port is the largest artificial port in China. It locates at the estuary of Haihe River and the cross point of Beijing-Tianjin city band and Bohai Rim economic circle. It is the sea gate of Beijing and Tianjin, the important international trade port in northern China and the link to connect Northeast Asia and Central and West Asia. Tianjin Port covers water and land area nearly 260 km2, in which land area is 72km2. By Year 2010, it will be planned to cover total land area of 100 km2. At present, the main navigation channel is 35 km long with water depth of -19.5m, which is available for ship of 250,000 tons to enter and leave port freely and ship of 300,000 tons with high tide. There are totally 134 various berths in Tianjin Port, including 81 berths over 10,000 tons. The total quay length is 28,000 m.天津港经济腹地广阔，包括天津、北京、河北、山西、内蒙古、陕西、甘肃、青海、新疆、宁夏及辽宁、河南、山东、四川的一部分地区，面积近500万平方公里，占全国面积的52％。
天津港对区域经济的辐射力强，目前全港70%左右的货物吞吐量和50%以上的口岸进出口货值来自天津以外的各省区。
Tianjin Port has wide economic hinterland, including: Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Ningxia and part of Liaoning, Henan, Shandong and Sichuan. The area is almost 5 million km2, accounting for 52％of total Chinese area. Furthermore, it possesses strong economic radiant power. Presently, approximately 70% of the cargo throughput and more than 50% of the import and export cargo value via the port come from the provinces outside Tianjin.天津港对外联系广泛，与日本、韩国、美国、荷兰等国家的12个港口建立了友好港关系，同世界上110多个国家和地区的500多个港口有贸易往来，每月航班400余班，直达世界各地港口。
Tianjin Port has broad international connection. Sister port relations have been established with 12 foreign ports in Japan, Korea, USA and the Netherlands, etc. The port has trade relation with more than 500 ports in over 110 countries and regions. Every month there are about 400 scheduled vessels connecting with the main ports in America, Europe and Asia, etc.天津港主要分为北疆、南疆、东疆、海河四大港区。
北疆以集装箱和件杂货作业为主，南疆以液体散货和干散货作业为主，海河港区以小型船舶作业为主，正在建设中的东疆港区规划面积30平方公里，其中10平方公里将建成中国规模最大、开放度最高的保税港区。
规划建设中的临港产业区将成为以发展重装备制造为主的天津港的另一个功能区。
Tianjin Port mainly consists of four port areas, i.e. North Port, SouthPort, Haihe and East Port. North Port is mainly engaged in the operation of containers and general cargo. South Port focuses on liquid bulk cargo and dry bulk cargo. Haihe port area is mostly for the operation of small-scale ships. East Port in construction has layout area of 30 km2, of which 10 km2 will be built into a bonded port area with largest scale and highest openness extent in China. The Tianjin Port Industrial Zone will be developed into another function area of Tianjin Port focusing on the development of heavy equipment manufacture.天津港是我国沿海港口功能最齐全的港口之一，拥有集装箱码头、铁矿石码头、煤炭码头、石油化工品码头、杂货码头、滚装码头、散粮码头、散化肥码头、国际客运码头等各类专业化码头。
已经建成的天津国际贸易与航运服务中心，是集通关、通验，港口服务，结算，信息服务，咨询服务等多项综合服务项目为一体的目前全国最大的“一站式”航运服务中心和电子口岸。
正在建设的天津国际贸易与航运服务区，将集贸易服务、市场运营、信息集散、人才交流、商务休闲于一体，形成航运聚集区。
Possessing the specialized terminals respectively for containers, iron ore, coal, petrochemical products, general cargo, ro-ro, bulk grain, bulk fertilizer and international passenger terminal, Tianjin Port is one of the coastal ports with the most complete functions in China. The Tianjin International Trade & Shipping Service Center is the largest “one stop service” shipping service center and digital port in China at present with the overall service integrating customs clearance, inspection, port service, settlement, information service, consultation service, and so on. Tianjin International Trade & Shipping Service Area in construction will integrate trade service, market operation, information distribution, talent exchange and business relaxation, which will form shipping concentrated area.新世纪以来，天津港货物吞吐量快速增长，2001年突破1亿吨，2004年突破2亿吨，2007年突破3亿吨；2009年，天津港完成货物吞吐量3.8亿吨，位居世界港口第五位；完成集装箱吞吐量870万标准箱，排名世界港口第十一位。
The cargo throughput of Tianjin Port increased rapidly in the new century. The total throughput reached 100 million tons in 2001, 200 million tons in 2004, and 300 million tons in 2007; in 2009, the cargo throughput was 380 million tons, ranking the fifth among all the ports in the world; the container throughput reached 8.7 million TEU, which has enabled it to rank No. 11 in the world.2010年，天津港货物吞吐量将突破4亿吨，集装箱吞吐量力争达到1000万标准箱，港口等级达到30万吨级，成为设施先进、功能完善、管理科学、运行高效、人文和谐、生态宜居的现代化国际深水港；成为面向东北亚、辐射中西亚的集装箱枢纽港，中国北方最大的散货主干港，规模最大开放度最高的保税港区，环渤海地区最大的综合性港口，为天津建成北方国际航运中心和国际物流中心发挥核心载体作用。