3-6 Top 10 U.S. Water Ports: 2013
Thursday, January 7, 2016
By short tons
| Rank | Port | '12-'13 change | Millions of short tons |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Louisiana | -5.4% | 238.6 |
| 2 | Houston, TX | -3.8% | 229.2 |
| 3 | New York/New Jersey | -6.6% | 123.3 |
| 4 | Beaumont, TX | 20.3% | 94.4 |
| 5 | Long Beach, CA | 9.2% | 84.5 |
| 6 | New Orleans, LA | -2.7% | 77.2 |
| 7 | Corpus Christi, TX | 10.4% | 76.2 |
| 8 | Baton Rouge, LA | 6.5% | 63.9 |
| 9 | Los Angeles, CA | -6.3% | 57.9 |
| 10 | Plaquemines, LA | -2.4% | 56.9 |
by TEUs
| Rank | Port | '12-'13 change | Millions of TEUs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles, CA | -2.1% | 5.6 |
| 2 | Long Beach, CA | 12.4% | 5.3 |
| 3 | New York/New Jersey | -4.5% | 4.2 |
| 4 | Savannah, GA | 2.6% | 2.3 |
| 5 | Norfolk, VA | 8.4% | 1.9 |
| 6 | Oakland, CA | 4.2% | 1.8 |
| 7 | Tacoma, WA | 13.4% | 1.6 |
| 8 | Houston, TX | 4.8% | 1.6 |
| 9 | Charleston, SC | 6.6% | 1.3 |
| 10 | Seattle, WA | -13.8% | 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 2015.