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Table 21
Top 20 U.S. Water Ports by Shipment Weight
(Millions of tons)
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| South Louisiana, LA |
1 |
199.7 |
1.0 |
216.4 |
8.4 |
| Houston, TX |
2 |
137.7 |
2.0 |
177.6 |
29.0 |
| New York, NY & NJ |
3 |
115.3 |
3.0 |
134.5 |
16.6 |
| Beaumont, TX |
26 |
22.4 |
4.0 |
85.9 |
283.8 |
| New Orleans, LA |
6 |
66.4 |
5.0 |
85.0 |
27.9 |
| Huntington-Tristate,
WV-OH-PAa |
N |
N |
6.0 |
81.1 |
N |
| Corpus Christi, TX |
7 |
60.9 |
7.0 |
72.0 |
18.3 |
| Long Beach, CA |
10 |
52.0 |
8.0 |
67.9 |
30.4 |
| Baton Rouge, LA |
5 |
84.7 |
9.0 |
60.6 |
-28.5 |
| Plaquemine, LA |
8 |
58.5 |
10.0 |
59.1 |
1.1 |
| Texas City, TX |
13 |
43.1 |
11.0 |
55.2 |
28.1 |
| Los Angeles, CA |
15 |
40.1 |
12.0 |
52.2 |
30.2 |
| Pittsburgh, PA |
19 |
34.3 |
13.0 |
52.1 |
51.7 |
| Valdez, AK |
4 |
93.7 |
14.0 |
50.5 |
-46.1 |
| Tampa, FL |
11 |
46.4 |
15.0 |
48.4 |
4.2 |
| Lake Charles, LA |
12 |
44.0 |
16.0 |
47.5 |
7.9 |
| Mobile, AL |
14 |
40.5 |
17.0 |
46.0 |
13.7 |
| Duluth-Superior, MN & WI |
17 |
39.3 |
18.0 |
44.2 |
12.4 |
| Baltimore, MD |
18 |
37.7 |
19.0 |
38.8 |
3.1 |
| Philadelphia, PA |
16 |
39.7 |
20.0 |
34.1 |
-14.0 |
| Total top 20b |
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1256.4 |
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1509.0 |
20.1 |
a Huntington-Tristate, WV-OH-PA, is a newly defined port. Data collection began in 2000. b For purposes of comparison, Huntington-Tristate, WV-OH-PA, is excluded.
Key: N = data are nonexistent.
Note: See table 26 for top 20 freight gateways by value.
Sources: 1992--U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Years 1991 and 1992, Part 5, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA: 1993), table 5-4.
2002-U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 2002, Part 5, National Summaries, table 5-2, available at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/wcsc.htm, as of October 2004.
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