Table 18 Top 20 U.S. Water Ports by Weight
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Table 18 Top 20 U.S. Water Ports by Weight
(Millions of tons)
| Port | 2000 | 1990 | % change 1990-2000 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Total tons | Rank | Total tons | ||
| South Louisiana, LA | 1 | 215.9 | 1 | 194.2 | 11.2 |
| Houston, TX | 2 | 186.6 | 3 | 126.2 | 47.9 |
| New York, NY & NJ | 3 | 137.2 | 2 | 140.0 | -2.0 |
| New Orleans, LA | 4 | 90.0 | 6 | 62.7 | 43.5 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 5 | 81.3 | 7 | 62.0 | 31.1 |
| Beaumont, TX | 6 | 76.9 | 23 | 26.7 | 188.0 |
| Huntington-Tristate, WV-OH-PAa | 7 | 76.9 | N | N | N |
| Long Beach, CA | 8 | 69.9 | 10 | 52.4 | 33.4 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 9 | 65.2 | 5 | 78.1 | -16.5 |
| Plaquemine, LA | 10 | 59.7 | 8 | 56.6 | 5.5 |
| Texas City, TX | 11 | 58.1 | 12 | 48.1 | 20.8 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 12 | 53.9 | 19 | 35.5 | 51.8 |
| Mobile, AL | 13 | 53.7 | 15 | 41.1 | 30.7 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 14 | 53.0 | 16 | 40.9 | 29.6 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 15 | 48.1 | 13 | 46.4 | 3.7 |
| Valdez, AK | 16 | 48.1 | 4 | 96.0 | -49.9 |
| Tampa, FL | 17 | 46.5 | 11 | 51.6 | -9.9 |
| Norfolk Harbor, VA | 18 | 42.3 | 9 | 53.7 | -21.2 |
| Duluth-Superior, MN & WI | 19 | 41.7 | 17 | 40.8 | 2.2 |
| Baltimore, MD | 20 | 40.8 | 18 | 39.5 | 3.3 |
| Totalb | 1468.9 | 1292.5 | 13.6 | ||
a Huntington-Tristate, WV-OH-PA, is a newly defined port since the release of the 1990 data.
b For purposes of comparison, Huntington-Tristate, WV-OH-PA, is excluded.
Key: N = data are nonexistent.
Note: See table 18 for top 20 freight gateways by value.
Sources: 1990--U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 1990, Part 5, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA: 1993), table 5-2. 2000-U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 2000, Part 5, National Summaries, available at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/wcsc.htm, table 5-2.