Table 3-6: Top 50 U.S. Ports by Port Calls and Vessel Type1: 2007
Table 3-6: Top 50 U.S. Ports by Port Calls and Vessel Type1: 2007
Port | Rank | Total | Vessel type and total capacity2 (thousands of dwt) | ||||||||
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Tanker3 | Dry-bulk | Containership | Other general cargo4 | ||||||||
Calls | Capacity | Calls | Capacity | Calls | Capacity | Calls | Capacity | Calls | Capacity | ||
Houston, TX | 1 | 6,195 | 267,045 | 3,757 | 175,784 | 800 | 32,144 | 818 | 34,090 | 820 | 25,027 |
Los Angeles/Long Beach, CA | 2 | 5,492 | 335,898 | 1,337 | 128,153 | 484 | 23,288 | 3,058 | 169,562 | 613 | 14,896 |
New York/New Jersey, NY and NJ | 3 | 4,968 | 232,426 | 1,443 | 77,897 | 274 | 10,788 | 2,549 | 127,359 | 702 | 16,382 |
New Orleans, LA | 4 | 4,884 | 239,972 | 1,667 | 103,556 | 2,392 | 108,085 | 281 | 12,189 | 544 | 16,141 |
San Francisco, CA | 5 | 3,945 | 212,966 | 736 | 58,670 | 633 | 25,869 | 2,046 | 115,246 | 530 | 13,181 |
Philadelphia, PA | 6 | 3,148 | 191,814 | 1,646 | 149,269 | 352 | 14,678 | 499 | 15,594 | 651 | 12,274 |
Virginia Ports, VA | 7 | 2,775 | 137,548 | 164 | 10,222 | 426 | 24,480 | 1,940 | 91,138 | 245 | 11,708 |
Savannah, GA | 8 | 2,615 | 121,811 | 297 | 11,170 | 231 | 7,553 | 1,807 | 93,739 | 280 | 9,349 |
Columbia River, OR | 9 | 2,578 | 99,772 | 194 | 7,602 | 1,683 | 71,709 | 154 | 7,473 | 547 | 12,988 |
Charleston, SC | 10 | 2,160 | 96,571 | 169 | 7,707 | 92 | 4,826 | 1,589 | 76,622 | 310 | 7,416 |
Baltimore, MD | 11 | 1,833 | 63,052 | 162 | 5,861 | 364 | 17,891 | 427 | 17,793 | 880 | 21,506 |
Port Everglades, FL | 12 | 1,472 | 51,636 | 450 | 19,854 | 57 | 2,286 | 739 | 25,602 | 226 | 3,894 |
Jacksonville, FL | 13 | 1,470 | 42,957 | 321 | 14,463 | 184 | 8,804 | 265 | 7,243 | 700 | 12,447 |
Port Arthur, TX | 14 | 1,418 | 94,515 | 1,049 | 81,819 | 220 | 8,196 | 5 | 140 | 144 | 4,360 |
Tacoma, WA | 15 | 1,241 | 62,621 | 82 | 8,127 | 241 | 15,208 | 621 | 33,262 | 297 | 6,023 |
Texas City, TX | 16 | 1,200 | 70,266 | 1,160 | 68,194 | 36 | 1,875 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 198 |
Corpus Christi, TX | 17 | 1,080 | 71,866 | 816 | 60,582 | 182 | 7,434 | 1 | 51 | 81 | 3,799 |
San Juan, PR | 18 | 1,045 | 23,484 | 106 | 5,087 | 31 | 983 | 498 | 11,464 | 410 | 5,950 |
Seattle, WA | 19 | 1,042 | 59,936 | 23 | 1,258 | 293 | 16,630 | 666 | 39,485 | 60 | 2,563 |
Miami, FL | 20 | 927 | 31,184 | 3 | 97 | 3 | 93 | 563 | 26,078 | 358 | 4,916 |
Mobile, AL | 21 | 885 | 47,279 | 165 | 10,541 | 427 | 26,198 | 50 | 2,110 | 243 | 8,431 |
Freeport, TX | 22 | 806 | 40,036 | 604 | 35,272 | 19 | 926 | 99 | 1,355 | 84 | 2,483 |
Tampa, FL | 23 | 800 | 28,652 | 347 | 12,153 | 276 | 11,064 | 36 | 1,416 | 141 | 4,019 |
Lake Charles, LA | 24 | 796 | 55,534 | 524 | 41,643 | 135 | 6,047 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 7,845 |
Honolulu, HI | 25 | 648 | 20,798 | 70 | 4,653 | 6 | 204 | 412 | 12,892 | 160 | 3,049 |
Wilmington, NC | 26 | 562 | 22,322 | 284 | 10,358 | 85 | 3,018 | 102 | 5,477 | 91 | 3,469 |
Boston, MA | 27 | 544 | 23,591 | 235 | 9,138 | 70 | 2,696 | 161 | 7,337 | 78 | 4,420 |
Galveston, TX | 28 | 486 | 20,870 | 154 | 11,362 | 192 | 7,092 | 2 | 83 | 138 | 2,332 |
LOOP Terminal, LA | 29 | 400 | 106,641 | 400 | 106,641 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
March Point, WA | 30 | 380 | 37,341 | 374 | 37,154 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 161 |
San Diego, CA | 31 | 367 | 7,332 | 1 | 133 | 31 | 1,264 | 53 | 879 | 282 | 5,057 |
Port Angeles, WA | 32 | 355 | 38,917 | 300 | 36,310 | 38 | 2,151 | 3 | 105 | 14 | 351 |
Point Comfort, TX | 33 | 321 | 12,006 | 214 | 6,957 | 70 | 3,962 | 1 | 21 | 36 | 1,067 |
Port Hueneme, CA | 34 | 318 | 5,275 | 13 | 469 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 304 | 4,767 |
Valdez, AK | 35 | 312 | 42,720 | 312 | 42,720 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cherry Point, WA | 36 | 291 | 31,898 | 288 | 31,669 | 3 | 229 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brunswick, GA | 37 | 282 | 6,816 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 234 | 0 | 0 | 274 | 6,582 |
Portland, ME | 38 | 277 | 24,217 | 242 | 23,306 | 18 | 563 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 348 |
El Segundo, CA | 39 | 259 | 27,186 | 259 | 27,186 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pascagoula, MS | 40 | 215 | 14,623 | 169 | 12,478 | 28 | 1,697 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 448 |
Anchorage, AK | 41 | 184 | 4,265 | 2 | 94 | 2 | 69 | 94 | 2,007 | 86 | 2,094 |
Brownsville, TX | 42 | 178 | 7,125 | 61 | 2,845 | 98 | 3,888 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 392 |
New Haven, CT | 43 | 171 | 7,082 | 131 | 5,567 | 35 | 1,316 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 199 |
Dutch Harbor, AK | 44 | 153 | 6,635 | 5 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 6,415 | 2 | 23 |
Barbers Point, HI | 45 | 140 | 10,575 | 99 | 8,498 | 39 | 2,054 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
Ingleside, TX | 46 | 137 | 9,107 | 65 | 5,933 | 59 | 2,820 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 354 |
Port Manatee, FL | 47 | 114 | 3,456 | 15 | 423 | 31 | 1,359 | 2 | 40 | 66 | 1,633 |
Ferndale, WA | 48 | 112 | 13,380 | 92 | 12,439 | 17 | 778 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 163 |
Everett, WA | 49 | 110 | 3,345 | 1 | 74 | 31 | 1,333 | 2 | 65 | 76 | 1,873 |
Palm Beach, FL | 50 | 105 | 1,388 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 730 | 53 | 658 |
Top 50 ports total | 62,196 | 3,187,751 | 21,008 | 1,491,579 | 10,697 | 483,807 | 19,742 | 945,102 | 10,749 | 267,263 | |
U.S. ports total5 | 63,804 | 3,295,980 | 21,724 | 1,568,955 | 11,040 | 499,779 | 19,863 | 947,862 | 11,177 | 279,384 | |
Top 50 ports as percent of U.S. total | 97.5 | 96.7 | 96.7 | 95.1 | 96.9 | 96.8 | 99.4 | 99.7 | 96.2 | 95.7 |
1 Excludes calls by vessels under 10,000 dwt.
2 Capacity is calculated as the sum for all calling vessels of calls multiplied by capacity in dwt.
3 Includes petroleum and chemical tankers.
4 Includes roll-on/roll-off, gas carrier, general cargo, and combination carriers.
5 Includes Puerto Rico.
KEY: dwt = deadweight tons.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, Vessel Calls at U.S. Ports 2002-2007, Washington, DC: 2009, available at http://www.marad.dot.gov/library_landing_page/data_and_statistics/Data_and_Statistics.htm as of Jan. 27, 2009.