Seaports are an important source of economic development of the nation. The reason for this is that seaports connect many foreign countries with the goal of conducting international trade through international waters. Seaports worldwide are ranked according to the amount of cargo shipped from them, measured in containers measured in "TEU", which is equivalent to twenty feet per unit, or in the amount shipped in a standard 20-foot intermodal tank or measured by weight cargo in tons. In 2019, Shanghai Seaport processed 33 million TEU of container traffic, while the Port of Singapore processed 32 million TEU. It is therefore clear that the Shanghai seaport in China is ranked as one of the busiest ports in the world, thus surpassing the Singapore seaport. In addition to Singapore, the Shanghai seaport has surpassed both the quantities and tons of cargo transported from other seaports around the world. Shanghai Seaport is also ranked among the fastest growing ports, as in 2010 it had about 29.05 million TEU, which by 2020 had grown to as much as 35 million TEU. The seaports of Shanghai and Singapore are the main ports that facilitate the import and export of their cargo in an efficient manner from one country to another, thus improving economic ties within and between foreign countries. They are the ones who play an important role in the development of the industrial sector by transferring their raw materials and final products to foreign countries. This thesis will present and compare the economic determinants of distribution and logistics on the examples of the seaports of Singapore and Shanghai.