Table 21 Top 20 U.S. Water Ports by Shipment Weight
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Table 21 Top 20 U.S. Water Ports by Shipment Weight
(Millions of tons)
| Port | 1992 | 2002 | % change 1992-2002 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Total tons |
Rank | Total tons |
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| South Louisiana, LA | 1 | 199.7 | 1.0 | 216.4 | 8.4 |
| Houston, TX | 2 | 137.7 | 2.0 | 177.6 | 29.0 |
| New York, NY & NJ | 3 | 115.3 | 3.0 | 134.5 | 16.6 |
| Beaumont, TX | 26 | 22.4 | 4.0 | 85.9 | 283.8 |
| New Orleans, LA | 6 | 66.4 | 5.0 | 85.0 | 27.9 |
| Huntington-Tristate, WV-OH-PAa | N | N | 6.0 | 81.1 | N |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 7 | 60.9 | 7.0 | 72.0 | 18.3 |
| Long Beach, CA | 10 | 52.0 | 8.0 | 67.9 | 30.4 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 5 | 84.7 | 9.0 | 60.6 | -28.5 |
| Plaquemine, LA | 8 | 58.5 | 10.0 | 59.1 | 1.1 |
| Texas City, TX | 13 | 43.1 | 11.0 | 55.2 | 28.1 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 15 | 40.1 | 12.0 | 52.2 | 30.2 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 19 | 34.3 | 13.0 | 52.1 | 51.7 |
| Valdez, AK | 4 | 93.7 | 14.0 | 50.5 | -46.1 |
| Tampa, FL | 11 | 46.4 | 15.0 | 48.4 | 4.2 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 12 | 44.0 | 16.0 | 47.5 | 7.9 |
| Mobile, AL | 14 | 40.5 | 17.0 | 46.0 | 13.7 |
| Duluth-Superior, MN & WI | 17 | 39.3 | 18.0 | 44.2 | 12.4 |
| Baltimore, MD | 18 | 37.7 | 19.0 | 38.8 | 3.1 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 16 | 39.7 | 20.0 | 34.1 | -14.0 |
| Total top 20b | 1256.4 | 1509.0 | 20.1 | ||
a Huntington-Tristate, WV-OH-PA, is a newly defined port. Data collection began in 2000. b For purposes of comparison, Huntington-Tristate, WV-OH-PA, is excluded.
Key: N = data are nonexistent.
Note: See table 26 for top 20 freight gateways by value.
Sources: 1992--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 5-4.
2002-U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 2002, Part 5, National Summaries, table 5-2, available at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/wcsc.htm, as of October 2004.