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Table 2
Top 25 U.S. Ports by Cargo Vessel Type and Calls: 2000

(Vessels over 1,000 gross tons)

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	Total		Tanker		Dry bulk		Container		Other
	Calls	000 dwt	Calls	000 dwt	Calls	000 dwt	Calls	000 dwt	Calls	000 dwt
Los Angeles/Long Beach	5,426	243,752	905	65,819	797	38,674	2,955	124,281	769	14,978
New Orleans, LA¹	5,650	237,505	1,377	81,182	2,796	127,422	423	11,109	1,054	17,792
Houston, TX	6,327	215,467	3,111	133,432	885	39,160	651	19,999	1,680	22,875
New York, NY	4,817	188,006	1,287	66,018	399	17,485	2,199	87,675	932	16,827
San Francisco, CA¹	3,676	165,601	819	52,233	637	23,346	1,936	82,958	284	7,064
Philadelphia, PA	3,240	132,469	967	82,233	533	22,372	497	11,478	1,243	16,385
Hampton Roads, VA¹	2,660	111,365	158	7,498	507	32,991	1,592	62,169	403	8,706
Beaumont, TX	1,268	86,392	1,032	76,333	140	8,383	NA	NA	96	1,677
Corpus Christi, TX	1,455	84,893	964	64,312	350	19,040	2	83	139	1,458
Charleston, SC	2,234	82,167	148	5,988	144	5,003	1,552	62,499	390	8,676
LOOP Terminal, LA	307	79,650	291	77,023	16	2,627	NA	NA	NA	NA
Columbia River, WA¹	2,219	77,896	279	13,907	1,279	46,457	263	10,027	398	7,505
Texas City, TX	1,281	70,954	1,152	64,610	89	5,763	3	72	37	510
Savannah, GA	1,966	63,775	238	7,733	340	10,833	740	31,516	648	13,693
Baltimore, MD	1,795	56,590	164	5,038	469	23,637	409	14,669	753	13,247
Valdez, AK	441	54,094	440	54,092	NA	NA	NA	NA	1	2
Tacoma, WA	1,232	47,486	70	3,207	219	10,211	568	27,950	375	6,119
Seattle, WA	1,170	45,715	50	2,795	230	10,301	794	31,182	96	1,438
Lake Charles, LA	794	45,341	474	34,339	125	5,894	6	86	189	5,022
Miami, FL	2,728	42,258	11	424	117	2,745	1,125	28,376	1,475	10,713
Mobile, AL	993	41,178	146	8,752	450	26,540	17	158	380	5,728
Jacksonville, FL	1,685	37,988	204	8,848	193	7,067	476	9,441	812	12,632
Port Everglades, FL	2,625	37,528	348	15,129	128	4,953	703	9,116	1,446	8,331
Freeport, TX	725	36,367	521	30,319	54	3,510	81	1,070	69	1,469
Portland, ME	509	31,125	350	26,672	60	3,750	1	3	98	702
Total, top 25 ports	51,797	2,071,810	14,601	922,118	10,160	459,488	14,038	501,634	12,998	188,571
Top 25 (percent)	72.40%	74.00%	75.70%	73.30%	74.00%	76.80%	73.60%	74.90%	66.80%	69.10%
Total, all ports	71,548	2,798,448	19,299	1,257,664	13,729	598,325	19,067	669,623	19,453	272,835

¹Includes all area ports.

KEY: dwt = deadweight ton; NA = not applicable.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, Office of Statistical and Economic Analysis; based on Lloyd's Maritime Information Services, Vessel Movements (London, England: 2001).

Table 2 Top 25 U.S. Ports by Cargo Vessel Type and Calls: 2000

Table 2
Top 25 U.S. Ports by Cargo Vessel Type and Calls: 2000