Table 15 - Top 10 U.S. Maritime Container Ports: 1995-2004
Table 15 - Top 10 U.S. Maritime Container Ports: 1995-2004
| Port | Thousands of TEUs | Average number of TEUs per day | Percent change | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 1995 | 2004 | 1995-2004 | |
| Los Angeles CA | 1,849 | 3,228 | 3,428 | 4,060 | 4,664 | 4,875 | 5,066 | 13,355 | 163.6 |
| Long Beach CA | 2,137 | 3,204 | 3,195 | 3,184 | 3,091 | 3,764 | 5,855 | 10,313 | 76.1 |
| New York NY | 1,537 | 2,200 | 2,355 | 2,627 | 2,803 | 3,163 | 4,211 | 8,666 | 105.8 |
| Charleston SC | 758 | 1,246 | 1,159 | 1,197 | 1,250 | 1,421 | 2,077 | 3,894 | 87.5 |
| Savannah GA | 445 | 720 | 813 | 1,014 | 1,124 | 1,290 | 1,219 | 3,535 | 189.9 |
| Norfolk VA | 647 | 850 | 885 | 982 | 1,093 | 1,206 | 1,773 | 3,304 | 86.4 |
| Oakland CA | 919 | 989 | 963 | 979 | 1,064 | 1,197 | 2,518 | 3,280 | 30.3 |
| Houston TX | 489 | 733 | 783 | 851 | 933 | 1,098 | 1,340 | 3,008 | 124.5 |
| Seattle WA | 993 | 960 | 824 | 850 | 815 | 1,049 | 2,721 | 2,874 | 5.7 |
| Tacoma WA | 425 | 647 | 612 | 769 | 931 | 941 | 1,164 | 2,577 | 121.3 |
| Top 10 U.S. Ports | 10,199 | 14,777 | 15,017 | 16,513 | 17,768 | 20,004 | 27,942 | 54,807 | 96.1 |
| Top 10 ports as % of total | 76.5 | 74.1 | 82.9 | 83.7 | 83.5 | 83.9 | 36,515 | 65,344 | 79.0 |
| Total, all ports (1) | 13,328 | 19,938 | 18,117 | 19,729 | 21,289 | 23,851 | 36,515 | 65,344 | 79.0 |
(1) Includes all container ports in the 50 U.S. states and Puerto Rico.
NOTE: TEUs = 20-foot equivalent units. One 20-foot container equals 1 TEU while one 40-foot container equals 2 TEUs. The data in this table include only loaded containers engaged in U.S.-international maritime activity. Data include U.S. imports, exports, and transshipments. Transshipments neither originate nor are destined for the United States but pass through it from one foreign country to another. For example, an automobile component shipped from Japan and destined for Mexico, may pass through the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach before being trucked to Mexico. Therefore the trade levels will be greater than those reported in U.S.-international trade statistics, which exclude transshipments. The data also exclude military shipments.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, September 2005; based on Journal of Commerce, Port Import/Export Reporting Services (PIERS) data multiple years.