Table 1-15: Top 50 Water Ports by Tonnage: 2003
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 1-15: Top 50 Water Ports by Tonnage: 2003
| Port and state | Rank | Millions of short tons | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Foreign | Domestic | ||
| Port of South Louisiana, LA | 1 | 198.8 | 80.4 | 118.4 |
| Houston, TX | 2 | 190.9 | 126.9 | 64.0 |
| New York, NY and NJ | 3 | 145.9 | 79.7 | 66.2 |
| Beaumont, TX | 4 | 87.5 | 68.8 | 18.8 |
| New Orleans, LA | 5 | 83.8 | 48.9 | 35.0 |
| Huntington-Tristate, WV, OH, KY | 6 | 77.6 | 0.0 | 77.6 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 7 | 77.2 | 53.4 | 23.8 |
| Long Beach, CA | 8 | 69.2 | 52.4 | 16.8 |
| Texas City, TX | 9 | 61.3 | 43.4 | 17.9 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 10 | 61.3 | 23.2 | 38.1 |
| Port of Plaquemines, LA | 11 | 55.9 | 19.0 | 36.9 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 12 | 53.4 | 31.8 | 21.6 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 13 | 51.3 | 42.8 | 8.5 |
| Mobile, AL | 14 | 50.2 | 25.0 | 25.2 |
| Valdez, AK | 15 | 49.9 | 0.0 | 49.9 |
| Tampa, FL | 16 | 48.3 | 17.4 | 30.9 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 17 | 41.7 | 0.0 | 41.7 |
| Baltimore, MD | 18 | 40.2 | 24.1 | 16.1 |
| Duluth-Superior, MN and WI | 19 | 38.3 | 13.1 | 25.2 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 20 | 33.2 | 18.8 | 14.5 |
| St. Louis, MO and IL | 21 | 32.4 | 0.0 | 32.4 |
| Pascagoula, MS | 22 | 31.3 | 20.8 | 10.5 |
| Norfolk Harbor, VA | 23 | 31.2 | 24.3 | 6.9 |
| Freeport, TX | 24 | 30.5 | 25.1 | 5.4 |
| Portland, ME | 25 | 29.2 | 27.3 | 1.9 |
| Paulsboro, NJ | 26 | 27.3 | 18.2 | 9.1 |
| Port Arthur, TX | 27 | 27.2 | 18.5 | 8.7 |
| Portland, OR | 28 | 26.8 | 15.8 | 11.0 |
| Marcus Hook, PA | 29 | 26.2 | 16.1 | 10.1 |
| Charleston, SC | 30 | 25.2 | 18.8 | 6.4 |
| Boston, MA | 31 | 24.8 | 16.4 | 8.4 |
| Savannah, GA | 32 | 23.4 | 21.5 | 1.9 |
| Port Everglades, FL | 33 | 23.0 | 10.4 | 12.6 |
| Richmond, CA | 34 | 23.0 | 10.9 | 12.1 |
| Tacoma, WA | 35 | 23.0 | 15.4 | 7.6 |
| Chicago, IL | 36 | 22.6 | 1.7 | 20.9 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 37 | 21.7 | 10.8 | 10.9 |
| Seattle, WA | 38 | 19.4 | 13.6 | 5.9 |
| Memphis, TN | 39 | 18.2 | 0.0 | 18.2 |
| Honolulu, HI | 40 | 17.8 | 5.4 | 12.4 |
| Anacortes, WA | 41 | 15.8 | 2.6 | 13.2 |
| San Juan, PR | 42 | 14.6 | 5.4 | 9.1 |
| Detroit, MI | 43 | 14.3 | 3.9 | 10.4 |
| Indiana Harbor, IN | 44 | 14.1 | 0.4 | 13.8 |
| Two Harbors, MN | 45 | 13.0 | 0.0 | 13.0 |
| Oakland, CA | 46 | 12.6 | 10.1 | 2.6 |
| Cleveland, OH | 47 | 12.6 | 3.1 | 9.5 |
| Cincinnati, OH | 48 | 11.8 | 0.0 | 11.8 |
| Matagorda Ship Channel, TX | 49 | 11.7 | 8.0 | 3.6 |
| Ashtabula, OH | 50 | 10.4 | 5.8 | 4.6 |
| Top 50, total | 2,151.3 | 1,099.3 | 1,052.0 | |
| United States, total | 2,556.9 | 1,244.9 | 1,312.0 | |
SOURCE: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 2003, Part 5 National Summaries, Alexandria, VA: 2004, available at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/wcsc.htm as of December 2004.