3-6 Top 10 U.S. Water Ports: 2014
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
By short tons
| Rank | Port | '13-'14 change | Millions of short tons |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Louisiana | 12.1% | 267.4 |
| 2 | Houston, TX | 2.2% | 234.3 |
| 3 | New York/New Jersey | 2.3% | 126.2 |
| 4 | Beaumont, TX | -7.5% | 87.3 |
| 5 | Long Beach, CA | 0.6% | 85.0 |
| 6 | Corpus Christi, TX | 11.5% | 84.9 |
| 7 | New Orleans, LA | 9.5% | 84.5 |
| 8 | Baton Rouge, LA | 8.3% | 69.2 |
| 9 | Mobile, AL | 19.1% | 64.3 |
| 10 | Los Angeles, CA | 5.3% | 61.0 |
By container TEUs, excluding foreign empty TEUs
| Rank | Port | '13-'14 change | Millions of TEUs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles, CA | 6.4% | 5.9 |
| 2 | Long Beach, CA | 1.0% | 5.3 |
| 3 | New York/New Jersey | -4.0% | 4.0 |
| 4 | Savannah, GA | 10.9% | 2.6 |
| 5 | Norfolk, VA | 6.8% | 2.0 |
| 6 | Oakland, CA | 0.4% | 1.8 |
| 7 | Tacoma, WA | 8.9% | 1.7 |
| 8 | Houston, TX | 6.5% | 1.7 |
| 9 | Charleston, SC | 11.2% | 1.4 |
| 10 | Seattle, WA | -18.5% | 1.0 |
Key: TEU = twenty-foot equivalent unit.
Note: Includes domestic and foreign waterborne trade. Excludes foreign empty TEUs.
Source: Short tons - As cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 1-57, available at www.bts.gov as of October 2016. Containers - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center, available at www.navigationdatacenter.us as of October 2016.