Table 3-7: Top 30 U.S. Containership Ports: 2006
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 3-7: Top 30 U.S. Containership Ports: 2006
(Thousands of TEUs)
| Port | Rank | Total | Export | Import |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 5,634 | 1,264 | 4,370 |
| Long Beach, CA | 2 | 4,757 | 1,023 | 3,734 |
| New York/New Jersey | 3 | 3,629 | 1050 | 2,579 |
| Charleston, SC | 4 | 1,581 | 719 | 862 |
| Savannah, GA | 5 | 1,493 | 618 | 875 |
| Oakland, CA | 6 | 1,410 | 580 | 830 |
| Seattle, WA | 7 | 1,400 | 582 | 818 |
| Norfolk, VA | 8 | 1,268 | 614 | 654 |
| Houston, TX | 9 | 1,212 | 422 | 790 |
| Tacoma, WA | 10 | 1,092 | 355 | 737 |
| Miami, FL | 11 | 743 | 316 | 428 |
| Port Everglades, FL | 12 | 634 | 339 | 296 |
| Baltimore, MD | 13 | 403 | 150 | 253 |
| San Juan, PR | 14 | 208 | 56 | 152 |
| Gulfport, MS | 15 | 180 | 28 | 152 |
| New Orleans, LA | 16 | 170 | 102 | 68 |
| Wilmington, DE | 17 | 170 | 44 | 126 |
| West Palm Beach, FL | 18 | 162 | 64 | 97 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 19 | 161 | 76 | 85 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 20 | 152 | 104 | 48 |
| Boston, MA | 21 | 149 | 116 | 33 |
| Portland, OR | 22 | 139 | 60 | 79 |
| Newport News, VA | 23 | 127 | 48 | 79 |
| Wilmington, NC | 24 | 96 | 46 | 51 |
| Chester, PA | 25 | 74 | 30 | 43 |
| Freeport, TX | 26 | 55 | 28 | 27 |
| Honolulu, HI | 27 | 51 | 27 | 24 |
| San Diego, CA | 28 | 48 | 1 | 46 |
| Richmond-Petersburg, VA | 29 | 44 | 22 | 22 |
| Anchorage, AK | 30 | 44 | 19 | 25 |
| Top 30 ports, total | 27,284 | 8,902 | 18,383 | |
| United States, all ports2 | 27,473 | 8,997 | 18,477 | |
| Top 30 ports as percent of U.S. total | 99.3% | 98.9% | 99.5% |
1 Includes Puerto Rico.
KEY: TEUs = twenty-foot equivalent units.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, U.S. Waterborne Foreign Trade Containerized Cargo, based on the original data source: Port Import/Export Reporting Service, available at http://www.marad.dot.gov/Marad_Statistics/ as of Nov. 2007.