3-6 Top 10 U.S. Water Ports: 2012
Thursday, January 8, 2015
By short tons
| Rank | Port | '11-'12 change | Millions of short tons |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Louisiana | 2.3% | 252.1 |
| 2 | Houston, TX | 0.2% | 238.2 |
| 3 | New York/New Jersey | -5.2% | 132.0 |
| 4 | New Orleans, LA | 2.8% | 79.3 |
| 5 | Beaumont, TX | 6.6% | 78.5 |
| 6 | Long Beach, CA | -3.6% | 77.4 |
| 7 | Corpus Christi, TX | -2.2% | 69.0 |
| 8 | Los Angeles, CA | -4.9% | 61.8 |
| 9 | Baton Rouge, LA | 3.7% | 60.0 |
| 10 | Plaquemines, LA | 7.7% | 58.3 |
By TEUs
| Rank | Port | '11-'12 change | Millions of TEUs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles, CA | -3.9% | 5.7 |
| 2 | Long Beach, CA | 0.6% | 4.7 |
| 3 | New York/New Jersey | -0.5% | 4.4 |
| 4 | Savannah, GA | 0.9% | 2.3 |
| 5 | Norfolk, VA | 13.1% | 1.7 |
| 6 | Oakland, CA | -0.2% | 1.7 |
| 7 | Houston, TX | 4.3% | 1.5 |
| 8 | Seattle, WA | -8.8% | 1.4 |
| 9 | Tacoma, WA | 20.0% | 1.4 |
| 10 | Charleston, SC | 7.8% | 1.2 |
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 September 2014.