Table 4-8: Top 15 Cruise Ship Ports by Port of Departure: 2005 and 2006
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 4-8: Top 15 Cruise Ship Ports by Port of Departure: 2005 and 2006
| Port | Rank in 2006 | 2005 | 2006 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passengers (thousands) | Cruises | Passengers (thousands) | Cruises | ||
| Miami, FL | 1 | 1,771 | 656 | 1,890 | 705 |
| Port Canaveral, FL | 2 | 1,234 | (R) 455 | 1,396 | 525 |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 3 | 1,199 | 618 | 1,145 | 534 |
| Galveston, TX | 4 | 531 | 222 | 617 | 248 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 5 | 615 | (R) 263 | 583 | 245 |
| San Juan, PR | 6 | 581 | 264 | 555 | 230 |
| New York, NY | 7 | 370 | 171 | 536 | 231 |
| Tampa, FL | 8 | 408 | 192 | 461 | 222 |
| Seattle, WA | 9 | 337 | 151 | 382 | 187 |
| Long Beach, CA | 10 | 363 | (R) 150 | 380 | 157 |
| Honolulu, HI | 11 | 236 | 121 | 316 | 155 |
| San Diego, CA | 12 | 234 | 133 | 180 | 94 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 13 | 137 | 83 | 128 | 77 |
| Cape Liberty, NJ | 14 | 147 | 59 | 123 | 53 |
| Whittier, AK | 15 | 96 | 51 | 109 | 52 |
| All other ports | 941 | 543 | 645 | 404 | |
| Top 15 ports, total1 | 8,470 | (R) 3,659 | 8,800 | 3,715 | |
| Total U.S. ports | 9,198 | (R) 4,132 | 9,445 | 4,119 | |
| Top 15 as percent of total1 | 92.1 | (R) 88.6 | 93.2 | 90.2 | |
1 Data for 2005 are based on the top 15 cruise ship ports in that year.
KEY: R = revised
NOTES: Cruise passenger statistics for this table are based on the passenger data provided by eighteen major cruise lines that offered North American cruises with a U.S. port of call in 2006. Details may not add to totals due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, Cruise Passenger Statistics, available at http://www.marad.dot.gov/Marad_Statistics/index.html as of Nov. 21, 2007.