Table 3-6: Top 50 U.S. Ports by Port Calls and Vessel Type: 2004
Table 3-6: Top 50 U.S. Ports by Port Calls and Vessel Type: 2004
Port | Rank | Total Calls | Total Capacity | Vessel type and total capacity (thousands of dwt) | |||||||
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Tanker4 Calls | Tanker4 Capacity | Dry-bulk Calls | Dry-bulk Capacity | Containership Calls | Containership Capacity | Other general cargo5 Calls | Other general cargo5 Capacity | ||||
Houston, TX | 1 | 5,309 | 227,735 | 3,169 | 153,679 | 745 | 27,766 | 787 | 26,992 | 699 | 20,697 |
Los Angeles/Long Beach, CA2 | 2 | 5,290 | 227,689 | 953 | 79,319 | 638 | 28,746 | 3,082 | 155,054 | 857 | 18,437 |
New York, NY | 3 | 4,862 | 213,422 | 1,351 | 73,519 | 340 | 12,533 | 2,331 | 104,755 | 1,259 | 29,878 |
New Orleans, LA2 | 4 | 4,612 | 217,735 | 1,364 | 82,812 | 2,535 | 111,061 | 316 | 10,861 | 400 | 13,117 |
San Francisco, CA2 | 5 | 3,760 | 188,439 | 679 | 52,472 | 747 | 30,188 | 1,927 | 94,765 | 499 | 12,378 |
Philadelphia, PA2 | 6 | 2,909 | 165,364 | 1,508 | 126,288 | 438 | 16,978 | 349 | 10,773 | 702 | 12,718 |
Virginia Ports, VA2 | 7 | 2,595 | 120,642 | 147 | 8,955 | 423 | 22,802 | 1,717 | 76,424 | 352 | 13,301 |
Columbia River, OR2 | 8 | 2,243 | 88,313 | 133 | 4,553 | 1,610 | 66,005 | 187 | 9,224 | 484 | 11,321 |
Savannah, GA | 9 | 2,117 | 91,406 | 299 | 13,082 | 228 | 7,441 | 1,227 | 60,653 | 411 | 11,311 |
Charleston, SC | 10 | 2,037 | 84,967 | 144 | 6,320 | 128 | 5,473 | 1,481 | 66,099 | 438 | 9,978 |
Baltimore, MD | 11 | 1,747 | 59,556 | 140 | 5,357 | 386 | 19,216 | 372 | 14,845 | 1,334 | 28,638 |
Port Arthur, TX | 12 | 1,586 | 116,061 | 1,328 | 106,167 | 160 | 6,346 | 2 | 26 | 96 | 3,521 |
Jacksonville, FL | 13 | 1,441 | 41,792 | 293 | 12,669 | 226 | 9,381 | 293 | 8,703 | 1,009 | 17,140 |
Miami, FL | 14 | 1,247 | 44,383 | 4 | 130 | 25 | 878 | 893 | 38,278 | 345 | 5,433 |
Texas City, TX | 15 | 1,209 | 79,314 | 1,157 | 76,804 | 40 | 1,804 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 706 |
Tacoma, WA | 16 | 1,186 | 52,805 | 73 | 3,831 | 276 | 15,564 | 526 | 26,755 | 468 | 9,167 |
San Juan, PR | 17 | 1,080 | 22,908 | 112 | 4,648 | 51 | 1,651 | 498 | 10,723 | 522 | 7,464 |
Seattle, WA | 18 | 1,061 | 54,421 | 6 | 312 | 242 | 12,502 | 760 | 39,585 | 53 | 2,022 |
Port Everglades, FL | 19 | 1,055 | 36,552 | 397 | 17,552 | 114 | 4,195 | 362 | 11,611 | 189 | 3,310 |
Corpus Christi, TX | 20 | 931 | 63,150 | 726 | 51,365 | 139 | 5,595 | 1 | 53 | 65 | 6,136 |
Tampa, FL | 21 | 859 | 30,411 | 386 | 14,112 | 370 | 14,056 | 32 | 535 | 86 | 1,907 |
Freeport, TX | 22 | 755 | 40,192 | 613 | 36,866 | 20 | 952 | 97 | 1,416 | 25 | 958 |
Mobile, AL | 23 | 698 | 35,278 | 149 | 8,983 | 355 | 19,719 | 35 | 500 | 159 | 6,076 |
Honolulu, HI | 24 | 691 | 23,283 | 118 | 8,887 | 13 | 524 | 381 | 10,318 | 226 | 4,299 |
Lake Charles, LA | 25 | 640 | 41,757 | 478 | 35,477 | 107 | 4,910 | 2 | 37 | 53 | 1,334 |
Wilmington, NC | 26 | 520 | 18,904 | 220 | 8,202 | 105 | 3,313 | 56 | 2,506 | 140 | 4,901 |
Valdez, AK | 27 | 465 | 54,568 | 465 | 54,568 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Portland, ME | 28 | 402 | 31,061 | 328 | 28,433 | 33 | 1,048 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 1,580 |
Point Comfort, TX | 29 | 373 | 13,190 | 305 | 10,031 | 64 | 3,024 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 158 |
Galveston, TX | 30 | 351 | 14,238 | 140 | 8,068 | 86 | 4,160 | 1 | 36 | 163 | 2,622 |
Pascagoula, MS | 31 | 349 | 26,010 | 284 | 22,540 | 52 | 2,970 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 514 |
Port Hueneme, CA | 32 | 336 | 5,615 | 10 | 321 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 528 | 8,747 |
March Point, WA | 33 | 326 | 30,262 | 320 | 30,044 | 6 | 218 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
LOOP Terminal, LA | 34 | 269 | 66,836 | 266 | 66,604 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 220 |
Boston, MA | 35 | 262 | 11,311 | 167 | 7,664 | 23 | 816 | 62 | 2,610 | 17 | 324 |
Port Angeles, WA | 36 | 258 | 25,636 | 230 | 24,398 | 18 | 834 | 2 | 69 | 8 | 334 |
San Diego, CA | 37 | 251 | 5,418 | 2 | 225 | 33 | 1,366 | 49 | 800 | 293 | 4,999 |
El Segundo, CA | 38 | 242 | 24,657 | 242 | 24,657 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Anchorage, AK | 39 | 224 | 5,770 | 2 | 97 | 4 | 176 | 112 | 2,538 | 106 | 2,959 |
Cherry Point, WA | 40 | 188 | 19,860 | 188 | 19,860 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New Haven, CT | 41 | 175 | 6,730 | 91 | 3,789 | 50 | 1,918 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1,023 |
Providence, RI | 42 | 173 | 6,489 | 86 | 3,745 | 82 | 2,589 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 132 |
Dutch Harbor, AK | 43 | 172 | 6,454 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 6,402 | 5 | 67 |
Brownsville, TX | 44 | 168 | 5,808 | 31 | 1,067 | 107 | 4,072 | 2 | 36 | 28 | 633 |
Guayanilla, PR | 45 | 158 | 6,895 | 157 | 6,849 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46 |
Barbers Point, HI | 46 | 155 | 12,524 | 121 | 10,840 | 33 | 1,660 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
Port Manatee, FL | 47 | 137 | 4,412 | 8 | 303 | 57 | 2,355 | 1 | 23 | 71 | 1,731 |
Portsmouth, NH | 48 | 128 | 4,812 | 73 | 2,791 | 51 | 1,928 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 93 |
Ingleside, TX | 49 | 125 | 8,295 | 70 | 5,685 | 53 | 2,404 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 206 |
Palm Beach, FL | 50 | 122 | 1,606 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 97 | 49 | 671 | 69 | 813 |
All other ports | 1,636 | 156,914 | 698 | 76,334 | 415 | 18,578 | 115 | 2,414 | 529 | 11,424 | |
U.S. ports total3 | 59,885 | 2,941,853 | 20,232 | 1,401,298 | 11,631 | 499,812 | 18,279 | 797,154 | 12,808 | 294,799 | |
Top 50 as % of U.S. total | 97% | 95% | 97% | 95% | 96% | 96% | 99% | 100% | 96% | 96% |
1 Excludes calls by vessels under 10,000 dwt.
2 Starting with year 2000 source data, Columbia River ports, Virginia ports, Los Angeles/Long Beach, Philadelphia/Delaware River ports, New Orleans, and San Francisco Bay area ports were reported on an individual basis. However, for historical consistency, MARAD has continued to present calls at these ports as totals. For definitions of individual ports included in this table see the original information source.
3 Includes Puerto Rico.
4 Includes petroleum, chemical, and gas carriers.
5 Includes roll-on/roll-off, roll-on/roll-off container, vehicle carriers, general cargo, partial containership, refrigerated, barge carrier, livestock carrier, and combination carriers.
KEY: Capacity = dwt*calls; dwt = dead weight tons.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, Vessel Calls at U.S. Ports 2004, Washington, DC: 2005, available at http://www.marad.dot.gov/Marad_Statistics/index.html as of Oct. 3, 2005.