Table 1-51: Tonnage of Top 50 U.S. Water Ports, Ranked by Total Tons
Table 1-51: Tonnage of Top 50 U.S. Water Ports, Ranked by Total Tons
| 2002 | 2001 | 1992 | Percent change 2001-2002 | Percent change 1992-2002 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Total tons (Millions) | Rank | Total tons (Millions) | Rank | Total tons (Millions) | |||
| South Louisiana, LA | 1 | 216.4 | 1 | 212.6 | 1 | 199.7 | 1.8% | 8.4% |
| Houston, TX | 2 | 177.6 | 2 | 185.1 | 2 | 137.7 | -4.0% | 29.0% |
| New York, NY and NJ | 3 | 134.5 | 3 | 137.5 | 3 | 115.3 | -2.2% | 16.6% |
| Beaumont, TX | 4 | 85.9 | 5 | 79.1 | 26 | 22.7 | 8.6% | 278.4% |
| New Orleans, LA | 5 | 85.0 | 4 | 85.6 | 6 | 66.4 | -0.7% | 27.9% |
| Huntington, WV-KY-OH | 6 | 81.1 | 7 | 76.7 | 29 | 21.8 | 5.7% | 271.3% |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 7 | 72.0 | 6 | 77.6 | 7 | 60.9 | -7.2% | 18.3% |
| Long Beach, CA | 8 | 67.9 | 8 | 67.6 | 10 | 52.0 | 0.3% | 30.4% |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 9 | 60.6 | 10 | 61.4 | 5 | 84.7 | -1.4% | -28.5% |
| Plaquemines, LA | 10 | 59.1 | 11 | 60.7 | 8 | 58.5 | -2.6% | 1.1% |
| Texas City, TX | 11 | 55.2 | 9 | 62.3 | 13 | 43.1 | -11.3% | 28.1% |
| Los Angeles, CA | 12 | 52.2 | 14 | 51.4 | 15 | 40.1 | 1.6% | 30.2% |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 13 | 52.1 | 12 | 53.0 | 19 | 34.3 | -1.8% | 51.7% |
| Valdez, AK | 14 | 50.5 | 15 | 51.0 | 4 | 93.7 | -0.9% | -46.1% |
| Tampa, FL | 15 | 48.4 | 18 | 45.8 | 11 | 46.4 | 5.7% | 4.2% |
| Lake Charles, LA | 16 | 47.5 | 13 | 52.8 | 12 | 44.0 | -10.1% | 7.9% |
| Mobile, AL | 17 | 46.0 | 16 | 48.1 | 14 | 40.5 | -4.4% | 13.7% |
| Duluth-Superior, MN-WI | 18 | 44.2 | 20 | 39.8 | 17 | 39.3 | 10.9% | 12.4% |
| Baltimore, MD | 19 | 38.8 | 19 | 42.1 | 18 | 37.7 | -7.7% | 3.1% |
| Philadelphia, PA | 20 | 34.1 | 17 | 46.4 | 16 | 39.7 | -26.5% | -14.0% |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 21 | 32.6 | 22 | 34.4 | 21 | 31.9 | -5.3% | 2.0% |
| Pascagoula, MS | 22 | 31.9 | 25 | 29.5 | 22 | 29.2 | 7.8% | 8.9% |
| Norfolk Harbor, VA | 23 | 27.9 | 21 | 37.3 | 9 | 53.5 | -25.2% | -47.8% |
| Freeport, TX | 24 | 27.2 | 24 | 30.1 | 38 | 15.0 | -9.9% | 81.7% |
| Portland, ME | 25 | 27.1 | 26 | 28.5 | 47 | 12.5 | -4.8% | 116.9% |
| Portland, OR | 26 | 26.6 | 23 | 31.3 | 23 | 28.2 | -15.0% | -5.6% |
| Paulsboro, NJ | 27 | 26.4 | 31 | 21.3 | 31 | 20.3 | 24.1% | 30.3% |
| Marcus Hook, PA | 28 | 25.2 | 37 | 19.1 | 24 | 26.6 | 31.8% | -5.1% |
| Charleston, SC | 29 | 25.0 | 27 | 23.3 | 55 | 9.7 | 7.5% | 159.0% |
| Port Arthur, TX | 30 | 22.7 | 28 | 22.8 | 20 | 33.5 | -0.6% | -32.4% |
| Richmond, CA | 31 | 21.9 | 32 | 21.2 | 30 | 21.0 | 3.2% | 4.1% |
| Port Everglades, FL | 32 | 21.3 | 30 | 21.9 | 39 | 14.5 | -2.9% | 46.7% |
| Savannah, GA | 33 | 20.7 | 36 | 19.4 | 41 | 14.0 | 6.6% | 47.7% |
| Tacoma, WA | 34 | 20.6 | 35 | 20.5 | 32 | 20.1 | 0.3% | 2.3% |
| Chicago, IL | 35 | 20.4 | 29 | 22.0 | 27 | 22.2 | -7.2% | -7.9% |
| Boston, MA | 36 | 20.4 | 33 | 20.6 | 33 | 19.2 | -1.1% | 6.0% |
| Seattle, WA | 37 | 19.6 | 34 | 20.5 | 28 | 21.9 | -4.7% | -10.5% |
| Jacksonville, FL | 38 | 17.9 | 38 | 17.8 | 34 | 17.2 | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Detroit, MI | 39 | 17.3 | 39 | 17.0 | 35 | 16.3 | 1.9% | 6.1% |
| Honolulu, HI | 40 | 16.6 | 42 | 16.6 | 51 | 11.5 | 0.4% | 44.4% |
| Memphis, TN | 41 | 16.4 | 40 | 16.9 | 44 | 13.3 | -3.0% | 23.5% |
| Anacortes, WA | 42 | 15.4 | 41 | 16.8 | 37 | 15.3 | -8.4% | 0.7% |
| Two Harbors, MN | 43 | 14.9 | 49 | 11.9 | 52 | 11.2 | 25.4% | 33.5% |
| Indiana Harbor, IN | 44 | 13.8 | 45 | 13.6 | 36 | 15.3 | 1.9% | -9.7% |
| Cincinnati, OH | 45 | 13.0 | 43 | 14.1 | 49 | 11.9 | -7.7% | 9.7% |
| Oakland, CA | 46 | 12.5 | 47 | 12.3 | 45 | 13.2 | 1.5% | -5.7% |
| San Juan, PR | 47 | 12.4 | 46 | 12.8 | 40 | 14.3 | -3.3% | -13.6% |
| Cleveland, OH | 48 | 11.4 | 48 | 11.9 | 42 | 13.7 | -4.4% | -16.4% |
| Newport News, VA | 49 | 11.3 | 44 | 13.9 | 25 | 24.5 | -18.5% | -53.8% |
| Toledo, OH | 50 | 11.1 | 51 | 10.5 | 46 | 12.7 | 5.5% | -12.6% |
| Total top 50 | 2,110.4 | 2,146.4 | 1,862.1 | -1.7% | 13.3% | |||
| All ports | 2,340.3 | 2,393.3 | 2,132.1 | -2.2% | 9.8% | |||
a Tonnage totals include both domestic and foreign waterborne trade.
NOTE
In 1992, Lorain, OH, ranked 43rd (13.3 million tons); Galveston, TX, ranked 48th (12.3 million tons); and New Castle, DE, ranked 50th (11.8 million tons).
In 2001, Ashtabula, OH, ranked 50th (10.9 million tons).
Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
SOURCES
1992: Ibid., Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 1992, Part 5, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA: 1994), table 1-1 and 5-2.
2001: Ibid., Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 2001, Part 5, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA: 2003), tables 1-1 and 5-2.
2002: Ibid., A23, Calendar Year 2002, Part 5, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA: 2004), tables 1-1 and 5-2.