Table 6-4b Top U.S. Maritime Intransit Shipment Ports:a 1996

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

(Thousands of U.S. dollars or U.S. short tons)

	Value	Weight
To/from Canada
Canadian overseas exports transshipped through U.S. maritime ports	199,519	80.6
Port of Los Angeles, CA	119,143	33.6
Port of Long Beach, CA	70,791	42.2
Port of Norfolk, VA	4,964	2.5
Port of New York, NY	1,111	1.0
Port of Houston, TX	822	0.4
Canadian overseas imports transshipped through U.S. maritime ports	442,627	92.9
Port of Superior, WI	132,496	1.8
Port of Los Angeles, CA	83,079	12.6
Port of Duluth, MN	55,096	0.7
Port of Brownsville, TX	44,438	31.3
Port of Seattle, WA	37,781	9.1
To/from Mexico
Mexican overseas exports transshipped through U.S. maritime ports	420,320	1,224.80
Port of Long Beach, CA	171,012	23.9
Port of Brownsville, TX	90,559	58.8
Port of Los Angeles, CA	46,716	14.9
Port of Charleston, SC	39,688	6.0
Port of Houston, TX	21,969	4.6
Mexican overseas imports transshipped through U.S. maritime ports	584,373	1,225.40
Port of Los Angeles, CA	161,817	48.9
Port of Long Beach, CA	133,015	50.7
Port of Portland, ME	126,073	980.6
Port Everglades, FL	34,136	2.1
Port of Miami, FL	30,612	3.3

^aPorts are ranked on total intransit shipment value.

SOURCE:U.S. Department of Transportation. Maritime Administration. Office of Statistical and Economic Analysis. Annual Waterborne

Databanks 1996 (formerly TA 305/705). (Washington, DC: 1998).

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