4-11 Top 20 U.S. Water Ports by Shipment Weight & Top 20 U.S. Water Ports by Container TEUs: 2010
| Rank | Port by shipment weight | Short tons (millions) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Louisiana, LA | 236.3 |
| 2 | Houston, TX | 227.1 |
| 3 | New York, NY and NJ | 139.2 |
| 4 | Beaumont, TX | 77.0 |
| 5 | Long Beach, CA | 75.4 |
| 6 | Corpus Christi, TX | 73.7 |
| 7 | New Orleans, LA | 72.4 |
| 8 | Los Angeles, CA | 62.4 |
| 9 | Huntington, KY, OH, WV | 61.5 |
| 10 | Texas City, TX | 56.6 |
| 11 | Plaquemines, LA | 55.8 |
| 12 | Mobile, AL | 55.7 |
| 13 | Baton Rouge, LA | 55.5 |
| 14 | Lake Charles, LA | 54.6 |
| 15 | Norfolk Harbor, VA | 41.6 |
| 16 | Baltimore, MD | 39.6 |
| 17 | Pascagoula, MS | 37.3 |
| 18 | Duluth-Superior, MN and WI | 36.6 |
| 19 | Savannah, GA | 34.7 |
| 20 | Tampa, FL | 34.2 |
| Total, top 20 | 1,527 | |
| Total, all ports | 2,334 |
| Rank | Port by container TEUs | Full TEUs (thousands) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles, CA | 5,479 |
| 2 | Long Beach, CA | 4,737 |
| 3 | New York, NY and NJ | 4,216 |
| 4 | Savannah, GA | 2,148 |
| 5 | Oakland, CA | 1,674 |
| 6 | Norfolk Harbor, VA | 1,602 |
| 7 | Seattle, WA | 1,473 |
| 8 | Houston, TX | 1,342 |
| 9 | Charleston, SC | 1,086 |
| 10 | Tacoma, WA | 1,061 |
| 11 | Miami, FL | 825 |
| 12 | Port Everglades, FL | 749 |
| 13 | Baltimore, MD | 725 |
| 14 | New Orleans, LA | 679 |
| 15 | Jacksonville, FL | 579 |
| 16 | San Juan, PR | 495 |
| 17 | Wilmington, NC | 275 |
| 18 | Gulfport, MS | 268 |
| 19 | Philadelphia, PA | 200 |
| 20 | Wilmington, DE | 177 |
| Total, top 20 | 29,790 | |
| Total, all ports | 31,507 |
Notes: Includes exports, imports, and domestic shipments. See table 4-10 for top 20 freight gateways by value of shipments. TEUs = 20-foot equivalent units. One 20-foot container equals one TEU.
Sources: Short tons: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Part 5, National Summaries, tables 1-1 and 5-2, available at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/wcsc.htm accessed August 2012 as reported in U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 1-57, available at https://www.bts.gov/archive/publications/national_transportation_statistics/index accessed August 2012. TEUs: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Waterborne Container Traffic by Port/Waterway, available at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/wcsc.htm accessed August 2012.