Table 4-15 Top 20 U.S. Water Ports by Shipment Weight & Top 20 U.S. Water Ports by Container TEUs: 2004
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Table 4-15 Top 20 U.S. Water Ports by Shipment Weight & Top 20 U.S. Water Ports by Container TEUs: 2004
| Port by shipment weight | Short tons (millions) |
|---|---|
| South Louisiana, LA | 224.2 |
| Houston, TX | 202.1 |
| New York, NY and NJ | 152.4 |
| Beaumont, TX | 91.7 |
| Long Beach, CA | 79.7 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 78.9 |
| New Orleans, LA | 78.1 |
| Huntington-Tristate, WV-OH-PA | 77.3 |
| Texas City, TX | 68.3 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 57.1 |
| Mobile, AL | 56.2 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 54.7 |
| Plaquemines, LA | 54.4 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 51.4 |
| Tampa, FL | 48.3 |
| Baltimore, MD | 47.4 |
| Valdez, AK | 46.8 |
| Duluth-Superior, MN and WI | 45.4 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 41.0 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 35.2 |
| Total, top 20 | 1,591 |
| Total, all ports | 2,552 |
| Port by container TEUs | Full TEUs (thousands) |
|---|---|
| Long Beach, CA | 5,185 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 3,901 |
| New York, NY and NJ | 3,409 |
| Tacoma, WA | 1,626 |
| Oakland, CA | 1,510 |
| Charleston, SC | 1,423 |
| Savannah, GA | 1,309 |
| Norfolk Harbor, VA | 1,308 |
| Houston, TX | 1,236 |
| Seattle, WA | 1,199 |
| Honolulu, HI | 1,150 |
| Miami, FL | 818 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 749 |
| Anchorage, AK | 604 |
| Port Everglades, FL | 502 |
| Baltimore, MD | 444 |
| New Orleans, LA | 275 |
| Portland, OR | 229 |
| Gulfport, MS | 184 |
| Wilmington, DE | 150 |
| Total, top 20 | 27,211 |
| Total, all ports | 29,927 |
Note: Includes exports, imports, and domestic shipments. See table 5-8 for top 20 freight gateways
by value of shipments.
TEUs = 20-foot equivalent units. One
20-foot container equals one TEU.
Sources: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 2004, Part 5, National Summaries, table 5-2, available at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/wcsc.htm, as of April 2006. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Container Traffic for U.S. Ports and all 50 States and U.S. Territories, Port TEUs, available at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/wcsc.htm, as of July 2006.