Table 20 Top 20 U.S. Water Ports by Weight
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Table 20 Top 20 U.S. Water Ports by Weight
(Millions of tons shipped)
| Port | 2001 | 1991 | % change 1991-2001 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Total tons | Rank | Total tons | ||
| South Louisiana, LA | 1 | 212.6 | 1 | 189.7 | 12.1 |
| Houston, TX | 2 | 185.1 | 2 | 131.5 | 40.7 |
| New York, NY & NJ | 3 | 137.5 | 3 | 126.9 | 8.4 |
| New Orleans, LA | 4 | 85.6 | 6 | 60.9 | 40.6 |
| Beaumont, TX | 5 | 79.1 | 26 | 22.4 | 253.5 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 6 | 77.6 | 7 | 59.1 | 31.4 |
| Huntington-Tristate, WV-OH-PAa | 7 | 76.7 | N | N | N |
| Long Beach, CA | 8 | 67.6 | 10 | 52.9 | 27.9 |
| Texas City, TX | 9 | 62.3 | 13 | 43.3 | 43.8 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 10 | 61.4 | 5 | 87.6 | -29.9 |
| Plaquemine, LA | 11 | 60.7 | 8 | 53.8 | 12.9 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 12 | 53.0 | 19 | 31.3 | 69.5 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 13 | 52.8 | 15 | 41.2 | 28.1 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 14 | 51.4 | 12 | 47.0 | 9.3 |
| Valdez, AK | 15 | 51.0 | 4 | 99.6 | -48.8 |
| Mobile, AL | 16 | 48.1 | 14 | 41.3 | 16.4 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 17 | 46.4 | 18 | 37.3 | 24.5 |
| Tampa, FL | 18 | 45.8 | 11 | 49.5 | -7.6 |
| Baltimore, MD | 19 | 42.1 | 16 | 37.7 | 11.5 |
| Duluth-Superior, MN & WI | 20 | 39.8 | 17 | 37.7 | 5.6 |
| Total top 20b | 1,459.8 | 1,250.7 | 16.7 | ||
a Huntington-Tristate, WV-OH-PA, is a newly defined port since the release of the 1991 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: 1991--U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Years 1991 and 1992, Part 5, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA: 1993), table 5-2. 2001-U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 2001, Part 5, National Summaries,available at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/wcsc.htm, table 5-2.