Table 1-15: Top 50 Water Ports by Tonnage: 2007 and 2008
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 1-15: Top 50 Water Ports by Tonnage: 2007 and 2008
Port | 2007 | 2008 | ||||||
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Rank | Millions of short tons | Rank | Millions of short tons | |||||
Total | Foreign | Domestic | Total | Foreign | Domestic | |||
Port of South Louisiana, LA | 1 | 229.0 | 107.5 | 121.5 | 1 | 224.0 | 111.4 | 112.6 |
Houston, TX | 2 | 216.1 | 145.3 | 70.7 | 2 | 212.2 | 146.4 | 65.8 |
New York/New Jersey, NY and NJ | 3 | 157.2 | 91.4 | 65.8 | 3 | 153.5 | 91.1 | 62.4 |
Long Beach, CA | 4 | 85.9 | 70.6 | 15.4 | 4 | 80.2 | 67.3 | 12.9 |
Corpus Christi, TX | 6 | 81.1 | 58.4 | 22.7 | 5 | 76.8 | 55.4 | 21.4 |
New Orleans, LA | 8 | 76.0 | 37.8 | 38.3 | 6 | 73.0 | 36.5 | 36.5 |
Beaumont, TX | 5 | 81.4 | 57.0 | 24.3 | 7 | 69.5 | 46.8 | 22.7 |
Huntington-Tristate, WV, OH, KY | 7 | 76.5 | 0.0 | 76.5 | 8 | 69.3 | 0.0 | 69.3 |
Mobile, AL | 10 | 64.5 | 34.8 | 29.7 | 9 | 67.6 | 38.1 | 29.5 |
Port of Plaquemines, LA | 12 | 58.8 | 24.0 | 34.8 | 10 | 63.7 | 27.9 | 35.8 |
Los Angeles, CA | 9 | 65.5 | 57.3 | 8.2 | 11 | 59.8 | 52.9 | 6.9 |
Lake Charles, LA | 11 | 64.2 | 39.7 | 24.5 | 12 | 53.8 | 31.8 | 22.0 |
Texas City, TX | 13 | 56.8 | 40.5 | 16.3 | 13 | 52.6 | 38.7 | 13.9 |
Baton Rouge, LA | 14 | 54.6 | 18.5 | 36.1 | 14 | 51.8 | 15.9 | 35.9 |
Duluth-Superior, MN and WI | 16 | 46.5 | 15.1 | 31.4 | 15 | 45.3 | 15.0 | 30.3 |
Norfolk Harbor, VA | 18 | 39.7 | 32.1 | 7.7 | 16 | 44.6 | 36.9 | 7.7 |
Baltimore, MD | 17 | 41.3 | 26.7 | 14.5 | 17 | 43.4 | 31.0 | 12.5 |
Pittsburgh, PA | 19 | 38.1 | 0.0 | 38.1 | 18 | 41.8 | 0.0 | 41.8 |
Tampa, FL | 15 | 46.9 | 15.2 | 31.7 | 19 | 39.7 | 13.4 | 26.3 |
Paulsboro, NJ | 20 | 38.0 | 24.2 | 13.8 | 20 | 36.4 | 23.9 | 12.5 |
Valdez, AK | 21 | 37.8 | 0.0 | 37.8 | 21 | 36.0 | 0.0 | 36.0 |
Savannah, GA | 22 | 36.5 | 34.8 | 1.7 | 22 | 35.4 | 33.6 | 1.8 |
Pascagoula, MS | 23 | 35.2 | 23.4 | 11.8 | 23 | 33.6 | 24.1 | 9.5 |
Philadelphia, PA | 24 | 35.1 | 21.7 | 13.5 | 24 | 32.3 | 20.3 | 12.0 |
Port Arthur, TX | 28 | 29.3 | 17.6 | 11.6 | 25 | 31.8 | 21.7 | 10.0 |
Freeport, TX | 27 | 29.6 | 24.1 | 5.5 | 26 | 29.8 | 25.7 | 4.1 |
St. Louis, MO and IL | 25 | 32.1 | 0.0 | 32.1 | 27 | 29.5 | 0.0 | 29.5 |
Tacoma, WA | 30 | 26.9 | 19.3 | 7.6 | 28 | 27.2 | 20.3 | 6.9 |
Portland, OR | 26 | 31.1 | 18.8 | 12.3 | 29 | 26.7 | 17.9 | 8.7 |
Richmond, CA | 31 | 25.0 | 13.9 | 11.1 | 30 | 26.4 | 15.9 | 10.4 |
Seattle, WA | 29 | 28.2 | 21.3 | 6.8 | 31 | 26.2 | 20.2 | 5.9 |
Marcus Hook, PA | 32 | 24.8 | 13.0 | 11.8 | 32 | 24.7 | 14.3 | 10.4 |
Chicago, IL | 33 | 24.5 | 3.4 | 21.1 | 33 | 22.7 | 3.6 | 19.1 |
Newport News, VA | 43 | 15.0 | 10.1 | 4.9 | 34 | 22.6 | 18.6 | 4.0 |
Portland, ME | 34 | 24.3 | 22.8 | 1.4 | 35 | 22.1 | 20.8 | 1.3 |
Port Everglades, FL | 35 | 24.2 | 14.3 | 9.9 | 36 | 21.7 | 11.8 | 9.8 |
Jacksonville, FL | 38 | 21.2 | 13.6 | 7.6 | 37 | 21.0 | 13.7 | 7.4 |
Boston, MA | 37 | 22.4 | 14.4 | 8.0 | 38 | 21.0 | 13.2 | 7.9 |
Charleston, SC | 36 | 22.6 | 19.6 | 3.0 | 39 | 20.9 | 18.3 | 2.6 |
Oakland, CA | 41 | 16.9 | 13.9 | 3.0 | 40 | 17.8 | 15.1 | 2.7 |
Memphis, TN | 39 | 18.8 | 0.0 | 18.8 | 41 | 16.4 | 0.0 | 16.4 |
Indiana Harbor, IN | 42 | 15.0 | 0.5 | 14.5 | 42 | 15.4 | 0.4 | 15.0 |
Honolulu, HI | 40 | 17.6 | 1.2 | 16.4 | 43 | 14.0 | 1.1 | 12.9 |
Cincinnati, OH | 47 | 13.2 | 0.0 | 13.2 | 44 | 13.4 | 0.0 | 13.4 |
Two Harbors, MN | 46 | 13.7 | 0.6 | 13.1 | 45 | 13.4 | 0.0 | 13.4 |
Kalama, WA | 53 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 0.7 | 46 | 12.9 | 12.5 | 0.5 |
Detroit, MI | 44 | 14.9 | 3.5 | 11.4 | 47 | 12.8 | 3.3 | 9.5 |
Anacortes, WA | 45 | 14.3 | 3.5 | 10.9 | 48 | 11.5 | 3.0 | 8.5 |
San Juan, PR | 50 | 12.2 | 5.2 | 7.0 | 49 | 11.0 | 4.9 | 6.1 |
Toledo, OH | 49 | 12.5 | 8.0 | 4.5 | 50 | 11.0 | 7.0 | 3.9 |
United States, total water ports | 2,564.0 | 1,542.5 | 1,021.5 | 2,477.1 | 1,520.8 | 956.3 |
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 Years 2007 and 2008, Part 5 National Summaries (Alexandria, VA: Annual issues), tables 1.1 and 5.2, available at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/wcsc.htm as of Apr. 8, 2010.