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

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

(Thousands of metric tons)

Port name	Total	Domestic	International	Containerized shipments (as percent of total tonnage)	Number of vessel entrances/ clearances
South Louisiana, LA	172,200	96,204	75,996	NS	153,386
Houston, TX	134,432	55,452	78,979	4	122,329
New York, NY and NJ	119,389	68,145	51,244	12.6	228,526
New Orleans, LA	75,957	33,398	42,559	3.6	125,116
Baton Rouge, LA	73,492	41,026	32,466	NS	68,922
Corpus Christi, TX	72,993	21,629	51,364	NS	32,957
Valdez, AK	69,960	68,006	1,954	NS	3,186
Plaquemine, LA	60,701	41,932	18,769	NS	65,780
Long Beach, CA	52,976	20,292	32,684	35	56,465
Texas City, TX	51,160	19,108	32,052	NS	23,462
Pittsburgh, PA	46,153	46,153	-	NS	118,283
Mobile, AL	46,144	23,014	23,129	NS	47,943
Tampa, FL	44,718	29,443	15,275	NS	10,234
Norfolk Harbor, VA	44,690	9,411	35,279	15	32,064
Lake Charles, LA	44,540	17,913	26,627	NS	49,303
Los Angeles, CA	41,449	16,267	25,183	37.8	37,226
Baltimore, MD	39,511	12,696	26,814	8.7	34,208
Philadelphia, PA	37,996	11,807	26,188	2.6	25,185
Duluth-Superior, MN and WI	37,557	27,440	10,116	NS	2,400
Port Arthur, TX	33,710	5,896	27,813	NS	12,890
Subtotal-top 20 ports	1,200,060	565,569	634,491	6	1,249,865
Tonnage, total all U.S. water ports	2,072,090	998,529	1,073,561	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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