Table 1-47. Tonnage of Top 50 U.S. Water Ports, Ranked by Total Tonsa (Millions)
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Table 1-47. Tonnage of Top 50 U.S. Water Ports, Ranked by Total Tonsa (Millions)
| 1999 | 1990 | % change 1990-99 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Total tons | Rank | Total tons | ||
| South Louisiana, LA | 1 | 214.2 | 1 | 194.2 | 10.3 |
| Houston, TX | 2 | 158.8 | 3 | 126.2 | 25.9 |
| New York, NY and NJ | 3 | 133.7 | 2 | 140.0 | -4.5 |
| New Orleans, LA | 4 | 87.5 | 6 | 62.7 | 39.5 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 5 | 78.1 | 7 | 62.0 | 25.9 |
| Beaumont, TX | 6 | 69.5 | 23 | 26.7 | 160.0 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 7 | 63.7 | 5 | 78.1 | -18.5 |
| Plaquemine, LA | 8 | 62.4 | 8 | 56.6 | 10.3 |
| Long Beach, CA | 9 | 60.9 | 10 | 52.4 | 16.2 |
| Valdez, AK | 10 | 53.4 | 4 | 96.0 | -44.3 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 11 | 52.9 | 19 | 35.5 | 49.0 |
| Tampa, FL | 12 | 51.5 | 11 | 51.6 | -0.2 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 13 | 50.8 | 16 | 40.9 | 24.3 |
| Texas City, TX | 14 | 49.5 | 12 | 48.1 | 3.0 |
| Mobile, AL | 15 | 45.5 | 15 | 41.1 | 10.6 |
| Duluth-Superior, MN and WI | 16 | 42.3 | 17 | 40.8 | 3.8 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 17 | 42.3 | 13 | 46.4 | -8.7 |
| Norfolk Harbor, VA | 18 | 40.8 | 9 | 53.7 | -24.1 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 19 | 39.3 | 14 | 41.8 | -6.0 |
| Baltimore, MD | 20 | 37.3 | 18 | 39.5 | -5.7 |
| St. Louis, MO and IL | 21 | 32.7 | 22 | 27.1 | 20.6 |
| Portland, OR | 22 | 29.3 | 21 | 27.5 | 6.6 |
| Pascagoula, MS | 23 | 28.1 | 24 | 26.5 | 6.1 |
| Freeport, TX | 24 | 28.1 | 40 | 14.5 | 93.9 |
| Paulsboro, NJ | 25 | 26.9 | 27 | 23.3 | 15.3 |
| Chicago, IL | 26 | 26.0 | 28 | 22.5 | 15.3 |
| Huntington, WV | 27 | 24.7 | 34 | 17.3 | 42.7 |
| Seattle, WA | 27 | 25.5 | 30 | 21.6 | 18.2 |
| Richmond, CA | 28 | 22.4 | 32 | 21.2 | 5.9 |
| Boston, MA | 30 | 22.1 | 29 | 21.9 | 0.9 |
| Port Everglades, FL | 31 | 22.1 | 42 | 14.1 | 56.2 |
| Tacoma, WA | 32 | 21.1 | 31 | 21.4 | -1.6 |
| Portland, ME | 33 | 20.4 | 51 | 10.8 | 89.4 |
| Charleston, SC | 34 | 19.9 | 54 | 9.7 | 105.2 |
| Marcus Hook, PA | 35 | 19.3 | 25 | 25.9 | -25.4 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 36 | 19.3 | 36 | 15.1 | 27.6 |
| Port Arthur, TX | 37 | 18.3 | 20 | 30.7 | -40.4 |
| Savannah, GA | 38 | 18.2 | 44 | 13.6 | 34.1 |
| Detroit, MI | 39 | 16.9 | 33 | 17.7 | -4.7 |
| Memphis, TN | 40 | 16.6 | 47 | 12.4 | 34.3 |
| San Juan, PR | 42 | 15.6 | 39 | 14.5 | 7.3 |
| Cleveland, OH | 43 | 15.5 | 41 | 14.4 | 7.9 |
| Indiana Harbor, IN | 44 | 15.1 | 37 | 14.7 | 2.9 |
| Newport News, VA | 45 | 14.3 | 26 | 24.9 | -42.7 |
| Cincinnati, OH | 46 | 14.3 | 46 | 12.6 | 13.3 |
| Lorain, OH | 47 | 13.0 | 43 | 14.0 | -6.9 |
| Toledo, OH | 48 | 12.3 | 38 | 14.7 | -16.1 |
| Honolulu, HI | 49 | 12.2 | 50 | 11.3 | 7.6 |
| Two Harbors, MN | 50 | 11.9 | 48 | 12.3 | -3.3 |
| Total top 50 | 2,016.5 | 1,862.5 | 8.3 | ||
| All ports | 2,326.9 | 2,163.9 | 7.5 | ||
a Tonnage totals include both domestic and foreign waterborne trade.
NOTE: In 1990, Grays Harbor, Washington, ranked 45th (12.8) and Anacortes, Washington, ranked 35th (15.4).
SOURCES:
1990: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar
Year 1990, Part 5, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA :1993), table 5-2.1999: Ibid., Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar
Year 1998, Part 5, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA :2000), tables 1-1 and 5-2.