Table 11-4c Top 20 U.S. Water Ports by Tonnage (Domestic and International): 1996

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

(Thousands of U.S. short tons)

Port name	Total	Domestic	International	Containerized shipments (as percent of total tonnage)	Number of vessel entrances/ clearances
South Louisiana, LA	189,800	106,000	83,800	NS	153,386
Houston, TX	148,200	61,100	87,100	4	122,329
New York, NY and NJ	131,600	75,100	56,500	12.6	228,526
New Orleans, LA	83,700	36,800	46,900	3.6	125,116
Baton Rouge, LA	81,000	45,200	35,800	NS	68,922
Corpus Christi, TX	80,500	23,800	56,600	NS	32,957
Valdez, AK	77,100	75,000	2,200	NS	3,186
Plaquemine, LA	66,900	46,200	20,700	NS	65,780
Long Beach, CA	58,400	22,400	36,000	35	56,465
Texas City, TX	56,400	21,100	35,300	NS	23,462
Pittsburgh, PA	50,900	50,900	-	NS	118,283
Mobile, AL	50,900	25,400	25,500	NS	47,943
Tampa, FL	49,300	32,500	16,800	NS	10,234
Norfolk Harbor, VA	49,300	10,400	38,900	15	32,064
Lake Charles, LA	49,100	19,700	29,400	NS	49,303
Los Angeles, CA	45,700	17,900	27,800	37.8	37,226
Baltimore, MD	43,600	14,000	29,600	8.7	34,208
Philadelphia, PA	41,900	13,000	28,900	2.6	25,185
Duluth-Superior, MN and WI	41,400	30,200	11,200	NS	2,400
Port Arthur, TX	37,200	6,500	30,700	NS	12,890
Subtotal-top 20 ports	1,322,800	623,400	699,400	6	1,249,865
Tonnage, total all U.S. water ports	2,284,100	1,100,700	1,183,400	NA	NA
Percent of tonnage of all U.S. water ports	57.9	56.6	59.1	6	NA

KEY: NA = Not applicable. NS = Not significant.

NOTE: Ports are ranked by total tonnage.

SOURCES

Tonnage: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Waterborne Commerce of the United States, National Summaries, Part 5. (New Orleans, LA:1996).

Percent of containerized shipments: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Navigation Data Center. Special tabulation. (New Orleans, LA:1998).

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