Table 1-15: Top 50 Water Ports by Tonnage: 2005
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 1-15: Top 50 Water Ports by Tonnage: 2005
| Port | Rank | Millions of short tons | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Foreign | Domestic | ||
| Port of South Louisiana, LA | 1 | 212.2 | 94.6 | 117.7 |
| Houston, TX | 2 | 211.7 | 145.1 | 66.6 |
| New York, NY and NJ | 3 | 152.1 | 87.8 | 64.3 |
| Huntington-Tristate, WV, OH, KY | 4 | 83.9 | 0.0 | 83.9 |
| Long Beach, CA | 5 | 79.9 | 63.3 | 16.6 |
| Beaumont, TX | 6 | 78.9 | 60.1 | 18.8 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 7 | 77.6 | 53.8 | 23.8 |
| New Orleans, LA | 8 | 65.9 | 33.1 | 32.8 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 9 | 59.3 | 22.4 | 36.9 |
| Texas City, TX | 10 | 57.8 | 43.5 | 14.4 |
| Mobile, AL | 11 | 57.7 | 31.4 | 26.3 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 12 | 54.9 | 46.9 | 8.0 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 13 | 52.7 | 32.1 | 20.6 |
| Tampa, FL | 14 | 49.2 | 20.1 | 29.1 |
| Port of Plaquemines, LA | 15 | 47.9 | 16.0 | 31.9 |
| Duluth-Superior, MN and WI | 16 | 44.7 | 14.5 | 30.2 |
| Valdez, AK | 17 | 44.4 | 0.0 | 44.4 |
| Baltimore, MD | 18 | 44.1 | 28.2 | 15.9 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 19 | 43.6 | 0.0 | 43.6 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 20 | 39.4 | 26.2 | 13.1 |
| Norfolk Harbor, VA | 21 | 35.3 | 26.4 | 8.8 |
| Freeport, TX | 22 | 33.6 | 28.4 | 5.2 |
| Paulsboro, NJ | 23 | 32.1 | 18.4 | 13.7 |
| St. Louis, MO and IL | 24 | 30.3 | 0.0 | 30.3 |
| Savannah, GA | 25 | 30.1 | 28.3 | 1.8 |
| Pascagoula, MS | 26 | 29.3 | 19.9 | 9.4 |
| Portland, ME | 27 | 29.3 | 28.2 | 1.1 |
| Tacoma, WA | 28 | 28.3 | 20.7 | 7.6 |
| Portland, OR | 29 | 28.1 | 16.4 | 11.8 |
| Seattle, WA | 30 | 28.1 | 21.0 | 7.1 |
| Port Arthur, TX | 31 | 26.4 | 18.1 | 8.3 |
| Chicago, IL | 32 | 25.8 | 2.7 | 23.1 |
| Charleston, SC | 33 | 25.4 | 21.9 | 3.6 |
| Port Everglades, FL | 34 | 24.7 | 14.2 | 10.5 |
| Richmond, CA | 35 | 24.5 | 11.7 | 12.8 |
| Boston, MA | 36 | 22.4 | 15.2 | 7.2 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 37 | 21.8 | 12.5 | 9.3 |
| Honolulu, HI | 38 | 20.4 | 6.7 | 13.7 |
| Marcus Hook, PA | 39 | 20.3 | 9.6 | 10.6 |
| Detroit, MI | 40 | 17.4 | 4.4 | 13.1 |
| Memphis, TN | 41 | 17.1 | 0.0 | 17.1 |
| Oakland, CA | 42 | 16.6 | 13.5 | 3.2 |
| Anacortes, WA | 43 | 15.8 | 3.2 | 12.6 |
| Cincinnati, OH | 44 | 14.6 | 0.0 | 14.6 |
| Indiana Harbor, IN | 45 | 14.1 | 0.4 | 13.7 |
| Newport News, VA | 46 | 13.7 | 7.8 | 5.8 |
| Cleveland, OH | 47 | 13.6 | 3.4 | 10.2 |
| San Juan, PR | 48 | 13.4 | 6.3 | 7.1 |
| Matagorda Ship Channel, TX | 49 | 11.6 | 9.2 | 2.4 |
| Presque Isle, MI | 50 | 11.0 | 3.4 | 7.6 |
| United States, total water ports | 2,527.6 | 1,498.7 | 1,028.9 | |
NOTE: Top 50 water ports are not additive due to shared tonnage between ports.
SOURCE: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 2005, Part 5 National Summaries, Alexandria, VA: 2007, available at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/wcsc.htm as of Nov. 16, 2007.