Table 4-8: Top 15 Cruise Ship Ports by Port of Departure: 2007 and 2008
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 4-8: Top 15 Cruise Ship Ports by Port of Departure: 2007 and 2008
| Port | Rank in 2008 | 2007 | 2008 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passengers (thousands) | Cruises | Passengers (thousands) | Cruises | ||
| Miami, FL | 1 | 1,890 | 679 | 2,099 | 755 |
| Port Canaveral, FL | 2 | 1,298 | 482 | 1,226 | 448 |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 3 | 1,289 | 582 | 1,188 | 526 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 4 | 624 | 260 | 607 | 253 |
| San Juan, PR | 5 | 534 | 215 | 521 | 220 |
| New York, NY | 6 | 525 | 223 | 477 | 188 |
| Seattle, WA | 7 | 386 | 176 | 435 | 190 |
| San Diego, CA | 8 | 341 | 171 | 416 | 206 |
| Galveston, TX | 9 | 529 | 207 | 403 | 142 |
| Tampa, FL | 10 | 368 | 173 | 393 | 177 |
| Long Beach, CA | 11 | 370 | 155 | 365 | 151 |
| New Orleans, LA | 12 | 258 | 113 | 185 | 79 |
| Honolulu, HI | 13 | 382 | 174 | 166 | 78 |
| Cape Liberty, NJ | 14 | 115 | 35 | 163 | 49 |
| Mobile, AL | 15 | 130 | 79 | 146 | 84 |
| All other ports1 | (R)639 | 358 | 594 | 346 | |
| Top 15 ports, total1 | 9,053 | 3,767 | 8,788 | 3,546 | |
| Total U.S. ports | (R)9,692 | 4,125 | 9,382 | 3,892 | |
| Top 15 as percent of total1 | 93.4 | 91.3 | 93.7 | 91.1 | |
1Data for 2007 are based on the top 15 cruise ship ports in that year.
NOTES: Cruise passenger statistics for this table are based on the passenger data provided by seventeen major cruise lines that offered North American cruises with a U.S. port of call in 2008. Details may not add to totals due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, Cruise Statistics, available at http://www.marad.dot.gov/library_landing_page/data_and_statistics/Data_and_Statistics.htm as of May 27, 2009.