Figure 1. U.S. International Oceanborne Containerized Maritime Activity: 1990-2001,
Year,Millon TEUs
1990,7879
1991,8321
1992,10583
1993,12238
1994,13173
1995,13328
1996,14794
1997,15556
1998,15556
1999,16564
2000,17938
2001,18081
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Figure 2. U.S. Waterborne Containerized Exports and Imports by Coastal Port Region: 2001,,,
,Percent Share TEUs,Percent Share TEUs,Percent Share TEUs
Region, Exports , Imports ,Total
West Coast, 43 , 56 , 51 
Atlantic Coast, 46 , 37 , 41 
Gulf Coast, 10 , 7 , 8 
Great Lakes, 0 , 0 , 0 
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Figure 3a. Top 10 Trading Partners for U.S. Waterborne Containerized Imports: 2001,,,
Country,Percent Shares,,
China,27.3,,,
Hong Kong,8.5,,,
Japan,6.2,,,
Taiwan,4.8,,,
Italy,4.0,,,
South Korea,3.9,,,
Germany,3.7,,,
Thailand,3.1,,,
Brazil,2.2,,,
Indonesia,2.2,,,
Others,33.9,,,




Figure 3b. Top 10 Trading Partners for U.S. Waterborne Containerized Exports: 2001,,,,
Country,Percent Shares
Japan,12.7
China,11.0
South Korea,5.3
Hong Kong,4.4
Taiwan,3.8
Belgium,3.5
United Kingdom,3.2
Germany,2.5
Netherlands,2.3
Brazil,2.1
Others,49.1




Figure 4. Maritime Container Entries into the United States,,
,Thousand Maritime Container Entries,Thousand Maritime Container Entries
Month,2000,2001
Jan,462.7,514.6
Feb,455.6,528.4
Mar,492.4,484.1
April,465.9,462.4
May,461.3,480.9
June,469.8,415.5
July,514.3,485.5
Aug,517.2,471.3
Sep,530.9,432.3
Oct,551.7,462.4
Nov,525.9,401.1
Dec,526.0,443.5




Figure 5. Container Entries into the United States: 2000 and 2001,,,,,,
Year,Vessel Containers  Full,Vessel Containers Empty,Rail Containers Full,Rail Containers Empty,"Truck Containers, Full","Truck Containers, Empty"
2000,5352626,634931,1512171,689515,7808916,2796759
2001,5076853,575540,1602696,764394,7953553,2939263



"Table 1. Top 10 U.S. Maritime Container Ports: 1995, 2000, and 2001 (thousands of TEUs)",,,,,,
Ports,1995,2000,2001,Average number of TEUs per day (2001),Percent change (1995-2000),Average annual growth rate (percent)
"Los Angeles, CA"," 1,849 "," 3,228 "," 3,425 "," 9,384 ",85.2,10.8
"Long Beach, CA"," 2,137 "," 3,204 "," 3,199 "," 8,765 ",49.7,7.0
New York and New Jersey," 1,537 "," 2,200 "," 2,332 "," 6,388 ",51.7,7.2
"Charleston, SC", 758 ," 1,246 "," 1,156 "," 3,166 ",52.5,7.3
"Oakland, CA", 919 , 989 , 960 ," 2,630 ",4.5,0.7,
"Norfolk, VA", 647 , 850 , 885 ," 2,424 ",36.7,5.4,
"Seattle, WA", 993 , 960 , 824 ," 2,257 ",-17.0,-3.1,
"Savannah, GA", 445 , 720 , 813 ," 2,226 ",82.6,10.6,
"Houston, TX", 489 , 733 , 778 ," 2,132 ",59.1,8.0,
"Miami, FL", 497 , 684 , 717 ," 1,964 ",44.2,6.3,
Total top 10 ports," 10,271 "," 14,814 "," 15,088 "," 41,337 ",46.9,6.6,
"Top 10, percent of total",77.1,82.6,83.4,,,,
Total all ports," 13,328 "," 17,938 "," 18,081 "," 49,537 ",35.7,5.2,


Table 2:  Top 10 U.S. Port of Calls by Vessel Type: 2000 (Capacity in thousands of deadweight tons),,,,,,,
Ranked by container capacity,Port,Container ship,,Container ships as percent of total vessels,,Average vessel size per call (DWT),
,,Calls,Capacity,Calls,Capacity,Total - all vessel types,Container ships
1,"Los Angeles/Long Beach, CA"," 2,955 "," 124,281 ",55.5,51.2," 45,616 "," 42,058 "
2,New York and New Jersey," 2,172 "," 87,463 ",47.2,46.9," 40,528 "," 40,268 "
3,"San Francisco, CA"," 1,936 "," 82,958 ",54.2,50.9," 45,614 "," 42,850 "
4,"Charleston, SC"," 1,547 "," 62,463 ",71.4,76.5," 37,701 "," 40,377 "
5,"Hampton Roads Area, VA"," 1,557 "," 61,943 ",62.4,56.1," 44,238 "," 39,784 "
6,"Savannah, GA", 739 ," 31,506 ",41.8,50.3," 35,404 "," 42,633 "
7,"Seattle, WA", 794 ," 31,182 ",69.0,68.4," 39,625 "," 39,272 "
8,"Tacoma, WA", 568 ," 27,950 ",47.5,59.3," 39,439 "," 49,208 "
9,"Miami, FL", 766 ," 25,522 ",63.2,73.9," 28,509 "," 33,319 "
10,"Houston, TX", 614 ," 19,799 ",12.0,9.5," 40,521 "," 32,246 "
,Top 10 U.S. ports," 13,648 "," 555,067 ",47.7,46.9," 41,311 "," 40,670 "
,Total U.S. ports," 17,401 "," 657,619 ",29.0,24.1," 45,531 "," 37,792 "
,Top 10 percent of U.S. total,78.4,84.4,,,,


Table 3.  U.S. Waterborne Containerized Trade by Major Commodities: 2001 (in thousands),,,,,,,
Ranked by TEUs,Exports,,Imports,,,,
,Commodity,Percent share,Commodity,Percent share,,,
1,Paper and paperboard,12.4,Furniture,8.3
2,General cargo,7.3,General cargo,4.9
3,"Fabrics, incl. raw cotton",4.2,Toys,3.9
4,Pet and animal feeds,3.6,Footware,3.3
5,Grocery products,3.0,Apparel and misc.,3.2
6,Synthetic resins,2.8,Auto parts,3.2
7,Logs and lumber,2.6,EDP machinery,2.5
8,Wood pulp,2.0,Plastic products,2.3
9,Auto parts,2.0,Bananas,2.2
10,Vegetables,1.9,Electrical and electronics,1.9
,Others,58.4,Others,64.2
,"Total, all",100.0,"Total, all",100.0