Table 1-51: Tonnage of Top 50 U.S. Water Ports, Ranked by Total Tonsa
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Table 1-51: Tonnage of Top 50 U.S. Water Ports, Ranked by Total Tonsa
| Ports | 2008 | 2007 | 1998 | Percent change 2007-2008 | Percent change 1998-2008 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Total tons (Millions) | Rank | Total tons (Millions) | Rank | Total tons (Millions) | |||
| South Louisiana, LA, Port of | 1 | 224.0 | 1 | 229.0 | 1 | 196.6 | -2.2% | 13.9% |
| Houston, TX | 2 | 212.2 | 2 | 216.1 | 2 | 169.1 | -1.8% | 25.5% |
| New York, NY and NJ | 3 | 153.5 | 3 | 157.2 | 3 | 137.5 | -2.4% | 11.6% |
| Long Beach, CA | 4 | 80.2 | 4 | 85.9 | 10 | 57.7 | -6.7% | 38.9% |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 5 | 76.8 | 6 | 81.1 | 5 | 86.2 | -5.3% | -10.9% |
| New Orleans, LA | 6 | 73.0 | 8 | 76.0 | 4 | 88.8 | -4.0% | -17.8% |
| Beaumont, TX | 7 | 69.5 | 5 | 81.4 | 9 | 60.1 | -14.6% | 15.7% |
| Huntington - Tristate | 8 | 69.3 | 7 | 76.5 | 27 | 24.7 | -9.4% | 180.3% |
| Mobile, AL | 9 | 67.6 | 10 | 64.5 | 15 | 49.2 | 4.9% | 37.4% |
| Plaquemines, LA, Port of | 10 | 63.7 | 12 | 58.8 | 7 | 65.8 | 8.4% | -3.1% |
| Los Angeles, CA | 11 | 59.8 | 9 | 65.5 | 18 | 44.1 | -8.7% | 35.4% |
| Lake Charles, LA | 12 | 53.8 | 11 | 64.2 | 11 | 53.6 | -16.3% | 0.4% |
| Texas City, TX | 13 | 52.6 | 13 | 56.8 | 14 | 49.5 | -7.4% | 6.3% |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 14 | 51.8 | 14 | 54.6 | 6 | 66.8 | -5.2% | -22.5% |
| Duluth - Superior, MN and WI | 15 | 45.3 | 16 | 46.5 | 19 | 42.4 | -2.5% | 6.8% |
| Norfolk Harbor, VA | 16 | 44.6 | 18 | 39.7 | 16 | 47.7 | 12.2% | -6.6% |
| Baltimore, MD | 17 | 43.4 | 17 | 41.3 | 20 | 40.1 | 5.2% | 8.2% |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 18 | 41.8 | 19 | 38.1 | 13 | 52.9 | 9.8% | -20.9% |
| Tampa, FL | 19 | 39.7 | 15 | 46.9 | 12 | 53.2 | -15.3% | -25.5% |
| Paulsboro, NJ | 20 | 36.4 | 20 | 38.0 | 28 | 23.5 | -4.3% | 54.7% |
| Valdez, AK | 21 | 36.0 | 21 | 37.8 | 8 | 61.9 | -4.8% | -41.9% |
| Savannah, GA | 22 | 35.4 | 22 | 36.5 | 39 | 17.7 | -3.0% | 99.8% |
| Pascagoula, MS | 23 | 33.6 | 23 | 35.2 | 25 | 26.4 | -4.6% | 27.2% |
| Philadelphia, PA | 24 | 32.3 | 24 | 35.1 | 17 | 47.5 | -8.2% | -32.0% |
| Port Arthur, TX | 25 | 31.8 | 28 | 29.3 | 23 | 29.6 | 8.5% | 7.4% |
| Freeport, TX | 26 | 29.8 | 27 | 29.6 | 24 | 29.0 | 0.8% | 2.9% |
| St.Louis, MO and IL | 27 | 29.5 | 25 | 32.1 | 21 | 31.8 | -8.1% | -7.1% |
| Tacoma, WA | 28 | 27.2 | 30 | 26.9 | 40 | 17.4 | 0.8% | 56.1% |
| Portland, OR | 29 | 26.7 | 26 | 31.1 | 22 | 30.0 | -14.3% | -11.0% |
| Richmond, CA | 30 | 26.4 | 31 | 25.0 | 36 | 19.0 | 5.5% | 38.6% |
| Seattle, WA | 31 | 26.2 | 29 | 28.2 | 30 | 22.6 | -7.1% | 15.8% |
| Marcus Hook, PA | 32 | 24.7 | 32 | 24.8 | 29 | 22.7 | -0.5% | 8.5% |
| Chicago, IL | 33 | 22.7 | 33 | 24.5 | 26 | 26.0 | -7.4% | -12.7% |
| Newport News, VA | 34 | 22.6 | 43 | 15.0 | 35 | 19.1 | 51.0% | 18.5% |
| Portland, ME | 35 | 22.1 | 34 | 24.3 | 44 | 15.1 | -8.8% | 46.9% |
| Port Everglades, FL | 36 | 21.7 | 35 | 24.2 | 31 | 21.8 | -10.6% | -0.6% |
| Jacksonville, FL | 37 | 21.0 | 38 | 21.2 | 33 | 21.2 | -0.7% | -0.7% |
| Boston, MA | 38 | 21.0 | 37 | 22.4 | 32 | 21.2 | -6.0% | -0.9% |
| Charleston, SC | 39 | 20.9 | 36 | 22.6 | 37 | 18.7 | -7.4% | 12.0% |
| Oakland, CA | 40 | 17.8 | 41 | 16.9 | 52 | 11.1 | 5.3% | 59.8% |
| Memphis,TN | 41 | 16.4 | 39 | 18.8 | 41 | 17.2 | -13.1% | -4.9% |
| Indiana Harbor, IN | 42 | 15.4 | 42 | 15.0 | 45 | 14.9 | 2.4% | 3.2% |
| Honolulu, HI | 43 | 14.0 | 40 | 17.6 | 47 | 13.7 | -20.3% | 2.1% |
| Cincinnati, OH | 44 | 13.4 | 47 | 13.2 | 50 | 12.0 | 1.7% | 12.2% |
| Two Harbors, MN | 45 | 13.4 | 46 | 13.7 | 49 | 13.2 | -1.7% | 1.6% |
| Kalama, WA | 46 | 12.9 | 53 | 10.4 | 83 | 4.7 | 24.4% | 174.2% |
| Detroit, MI | 47 | 12.8 | 44 | 14.9 | 34 | 19.5 | -14.1% | -34.0% |
| Anacortes, WA | 48 | 11.5 | 45 | 14.3 | 51 | 11.9 | -20.0% | -4.0% |
| San Juan, PR | 49 | 11.0 | 50 | 12.2 | 43 | 15.3 | -10.2% | -28.2% |
| Toledo, OH | 50 | 11.0 | 49 | 12.5 | 48 | 13.2 | -12.1% | -17.2% |
| Total top 50b | NA | 2,220.1 | NA | 2,305.8 | NA | 2,075.0 | -3.7% | 7.0% |
| All ports | NA | 2,477.1 | NA | 2,564.0 | NA | 2,339.5 | -3.4% | 5.9% |
KEY: NA = not applicable.
a Tonnage totals include both domestic and foreign waterborne trade.
b Data for 2007 and 1998 are based on the top 50 water ports in 2007 and 1998, and are not a summation of the numbers in the table.
NOTE
Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
SOURCE
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Part 5, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA: Annual Issues), tables 1-1, 5-1 and 5-2, available at http://www.ndc.iwr.usace.army.mil/wcsc/wcsc.htm as of July 14, 2010.