Table 1-15: Top 50 Water Ports by Tonnage: 2006
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 1-15: Top 50 Water Ports by Tonnage: 2006
| Port | Rank | Millions of short tons | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Foreign | Domestic | ||
| Port of South Louisiana, LA | 1 | 225.5 | 106.7 | 118.8 |
| Houston, TX | 2 | 222.1 | 152.9 | 69.3 |
| New York/New Jersey, NY and NJ | 3 | 157.6 | 91.4 | 66.3 |
| Long Beach, CA | 4 | 84.4 | 71.6 | 12.8 |
| Beaumont, TX | 5 | 79.5 | 57.3 | 22.2 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 6 | 77.6 | 53.8 | 23.8 |
| Huntington-Tristate, WV, OH, KY | 7 | 77.2 | 0.0 | 77.2 |
| New Orleans, LA | 8 | 76.9 | 38.8 | 38.1 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 9 | 66.0 | 57.0 | 8.9 |
| Mobile, AL | 10 | 59.8 | 34.3 | 25.5 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 11 | 58.4 | 34.3 | 24.1 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 12 | 56.3 | 19.3 | 37.1 |
| Port of Plaquemines, LA | 13 | 55.9 | 20.9 | 35.0 |
| Texas City, TX | 14 | 48.9 | 35.8 | 13.1 |
| Duluth-Superior, MN and WI | 15 | 47.0 | 14.5 | 32.5 |
| Tampa, FL | 16 | 46.2 | 18.6 | 27.7 |
| Baltimore, MD | 17 | 42.4 | 28.0 | 14.4 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 18 | 42.0 | 0.0 | 42.0 |
| Paulsboro, NJ | 19 | 39.2 | 25.5 | 13.7 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 20 | 38.6 | 24.8 | 13.8 |
| Pascagoula, MS | 21 | 37.7 | 26.7 | 11.0 |
| Valdez, AK | 22 | 36.2 | 0.0 | 36.2 |
| Norfolk Harbor, VA | 23 | 34.2 | 25.9 | 8.4 |
| Savannah, GA | 24 | 34.0 | 32.3 | 1.7 |
| Freeport, TX | 25 | 32.1 | 27.2 | 5.0 |
| St. Louis, MO and IL | 26 | 31.3 | 0.0 | 31.3 |
| Portland, OR | 27 | 28.5 | 16.3 | 12.2 |
| Port Arthur, TX | 28 | 28.4 | 18.9 | 9.5 |
| Seattle, WA | 29 | 28.0 | 22.0 | 5.9 |
| Charleston, SC | 30 | 26.4 | 23.4 | 3.1 |
| Tacoma, WA | 31 | 26.0 | 18.8 | 7.3 |
| Chicago, IL | 32 | 25.7 | 3.2 | 22.5 |
| Richmond, CA | 33 | 25.6 | 14.3 | 11.3 |
| Portland, ME | 34 | 25.2 | 24.4 | 0.9 |
| Port Everglades, FL | 35 | 24.8 | 15.3 | 9.5 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 36 | 22.2 | 14.0 | 8.2 |
| Boston, MA | 37 | 21.9 | 13.9 | 7.9 |
| Marcus Hook, PA | 38 | 20.1 | 9.3 | 10.8 |
| Memphis, TN | 39 | 19.1 | 0.0 | 19.1 |
| Detroit, MI | 40 | 17.4 | 4.4 | 13.0 |
| Oakland, CA | 41 | 16.6 | 13.7 | 2.9 |
| Honolulu, HI | 42 | 16.2 | 1.2 | 15.0 |
| Indiana Harbor, IN | 43 | 16.2 | 0.5 | 15.7 |
| Cleveland, OH | 44 | 15.2 | 3.7 | 11.5 |
| Anacortes, WA | 45 | 15.1 | 3.7 | 11.4 |
| Two Harbors, MN | 46 | 13.4 | 0.1 | 13.4 |
| Cincinnati, OH | 47 | 13.3 | 0.0 | 13.3 |
| San Juan, PR | 48 | 12.9 | 6.0 | 7.0 |
| Newport News, VA | 49 | 11.3 | 6.3 | 5.1 |
| Toledo, OH | 50 | 11.2 | 8.9 | 2.3 |
| United States, total water ports | 2,588.4 | 1,564.9 | 1,023.5 | |
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 2006, Part 5 National Summaries, Table 5.2, Alexandria, VA: 2008, available at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/wcsc.htm as of Nov. 10, 2008.