Table 4-8: Top 15 Cruise Ship Ports by Port of Departure
Table 4-8: Top 15 Cruise Ship Ports by Port of Departure
| Port | Rank in 2003 | 2002 | 2003 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passengers (thousands) | Cruises | Passengers (thousands) | Cruises | ||
| Miami, FL | 1 | 1,899 | 776 | 1,865 | 735 |
| Port Canaveral, FL | 2 | 1,036 | 423 | 1,116 | 451 |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 3 | 1,065 | 544 | 1,078 | 544 |
| San Juan, PR | 4 | 582 | 239 | 571 | 225 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 5 | 538 | 236 | 515 | 225 |
| New York, NY | 6 | 293 | 177 | 424 | 212 |
| Tampa, FL | 7 | 323 | 174 | 418 | 213 |
| Galveston, TX | 8 | 271 | 149 | 377 | 203 |
| New Orleans, LA | 9 | 256 | 126 | 297 | 143 |
| Honolulu, HI | 10 | 182 | 86 | 172 | 79 |
| Long Beach, CA | 11 | U | U | 171 | 70 |
| Seattle, WA | 12 | 118 | 62 | 165 | 78 |
| Seward, AK | 13 | 151 | 78 | 147 | 83 |
| San Diego, CA | 14 | 140 | 82 | 93 | 65 |
| Boston, MA | 15 | 69 | 42 | 69 | 43 |
| All other ports | 722 | 412 | 805 | 471 | |
| Top 15, total | U | U | 7,478 | 3,369 | |
| Total | 7,645 | 3,606 | 8,283 | 3,840 | |
| Top 15 as percent of total | U | U | 90.3 | 87.7 | |
KEY: U = data are not available.
NOTES: Cruise passenger statistics for this table are based on the passenger data provided by the ten major North American cruise brands. Those brands are as follows, listed in order of passenger volume for 2003: Carnival Cruise Line, Royal Carribean International, Norwegian Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Celebrity Cruises, Holland America Line, Disney Cruise Line, Costa Cruise Lines, Cunard Cruise Line, and Crystal Cruises. Vancouver, Canada, the fourth largest North American point of passenger embarkment, is not listed on this table.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, Cruise Passenger Statistics, available at http://www.marad.dot.gov/Marad_Statistics/index.html as of Aug. 26, 2004.