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 | 1993 | 2003 | % change 1993-2003 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Total tons | Rank | Total tons | ||
| South Louisiana, LA | 1 | 193.7 | 1 | 198.8 | 2.6 |
| Houston, TX | 2 | 141.4 | 2 | 190.9 | 34.9 |
| New York, NY and NJ | 3 | 116.7 | 3 | 145.8 | 25.0 |
| Beaumont, TX | 25 | 25.4 | 4 | 87.5 | 244.5 |
| New Orleans, LA | 6 | 67.3 | 5 | 83.8 | 24.6 |
| Huntington-Tristate, WV-OH-PAa | N | N | 6 | 77.6 | N |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 7 | 59.6 | 7 | 77.2 | 29.5 |
| Long Beach, CA | 8 | 54.3 | 8 | 69.1 | 27.4 |
| Texas City, TX | 9 | 53.6 | 9 | 61.3 | 14.3 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 5 | 85.1 | 10 | 61.2 | -28.0 |
| Plaquemine, LA | 10 | 53.1 | 11 | 55.9 | 5.3 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 12 | 45.4 | 12 | 53.3 | 17.4 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 16 | 43.6 | 13 | 51.3 | 17.7 |
| Mobile, AL | 15 | 43.9 | 14 | 50.2 | 14.2 |
| Valdez, AK | 4 | 85.7 | 15 | 49.8 | -41.8 |
| Tampa, FL | 13 | 44.9 | 16 | 48.2 | 7.2 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 14 | 44.4 | 17 | 41.6 | -6.3 |
| Baltimore, MD | 20 | 37.1 | 18 | 40.1 | 8.1 |
| Duluth-Superior, MN and WI | 19 | 37.6 | 19 | 38.3 | 1.8 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 17 | 42.7 | 20 | 33.2 | -22.1 |
| Totalb | 1276.3 | 1,516 | 18.8 | ||
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 27 for top 20 freight gateways by value of shipments.
Sources: 1993-U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 1993, Part 5, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA: 1995), table 5-4. 2003-U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 2003, Part 5, National Summaries, table 5-2, available at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/wcsc.htm, as of October 2005.