3-6 Top 10 U.S. Water Port Rankings: 2011 (Table)
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
By short tons
| Rank | Port | '10-'11 change | Millions of short tons |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Louisiana | 4.3% | 246.5 |
| 2 | Houston, TX | 4.7% | 237.8 |
| 3 | New York/New Jersey | 0.0% | 139.2 |
| 4 | Long Beach, CA | 6.4% | 80.3 |
| 5 | New Orleans, LA | 6.6% | 77.2 |
| 6 | Beaumont, TX | -4.3% | 73.7 |
| 7 | Corpus Christi, TX | -4.2% | 70.5 |
| 8 | Los Angeles, CA | 4.2% | 65.0 |
| 9 | Huntington - Tristate, WV | -4.8% | 58.6 |
| 10 | Baton Rouge, LA | 4.2% | 57.9 |
| All U.S. ports | 1.4% | 2,367.5 |
By TEUs
| Rank | Port | '10-'11 change | Millions of TEUs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles, CA | 7.7% | 5.9 |
| 2 | Long Beach, CA | -1.0% | 4.7 |
| 3 | New York/New Jersey | 5.1% | 4.4 |
| 4 | Savannah, GA | 5.7% | 2.3 |
| 5 | Oakland, CA | 1.2% | 1.7 |
| 6 | Seattle, WA | -1.8% | 1.6 |
| 7 | Norfolk, VA | 3.7% | 1.5 |
| 8 | Houston, TX | 6.6% | 1.4 |
| 9 | Tacoma, WA | 6.4% | 1.2 |
| 10 | Charleston, SC | 5.8% | 1.1 |
| All U.S. ports | 3.9% | 32.7 |
Key: TEU = twenty-foot equivalent unit.
Note: Includes domestic and foreign waterborne trade. Excludes foreign empty TEUs.
Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center, available at www.navigationdatacenter.us as of October 2013.