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Table 3-6: Top 50 U.S. Ports by Port Calls and Vessel Type1: 2008

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Table 3-6: Top 50 U.S. Ports by Port Calls and Vessel Type1: 2008

(Capacity in thousands of dwt tons)

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Port   Rank Total Vessel type and total capacity2
Tanker3 Dry-bulk Containership Other general cargo4
Calls Capacity Calls Capacity Calls Capacity Calls Capacity Calls Capacity
Houston, TX 1 6,445 273,488 4,038 183,491 758 30,599 854 36,310 795 23,087
New York/New Jersey, NY and NJ 2 4,823 230,913 1,469 76,611 253 9,451 2,419 128,307 682 16,544
Los Angeles/Long Beach, CA 3 4,815 307,277 1,060 110,703 406 20,512 2,795 163,016 554 13,046
New Orleans, LA 4 4,328 218,108 1,545 96,800 2,060 95,575 297 13,159 426 12,574
San Francisco, CA 5 3,515 198,334 740 59,750 525 22,090 1,831 106,823 419 9,670
Philadelphia, PA 6 3,006 179,262 1,549 140,295 261 11,024 499 15,441 697 12,501
Virginia Ports, VA 7 2,759 146,066 174 10,070 608 38,026 1,752 88,066 225 9,904
Savannah, GA 8 2,417 116,005 312 11,693 160 4,970 1,659 90,865 286 8,477
Columbia River, OR 9 2,411 96,331 156 6,387 1,650 71,009 127 6,952 478 11,982
Charleston, SC 10 2,053 93,337 171 8,248 100 4,932 1,475 72,993 307 7,163
Baltimore, MD 11 1,870 67,676 165 5,566 410 23,042 380 17,153 915 21,914
Jacksonville, FL 12 1,542 45,860 290 13,332 182 9,672 307 9,178 763 13,678
Port Everglades, FL 13 1,395 46,371 473 20,997 25 1,005 715 21,587 182 2,781
Tacoma, WA 14 1,244 61,366 52 5,176 225 13,519 671 36,616 296 6,056
Port Arthur, TX 15 1,163 76,615 905 66,851 150 6,148 2 56 106 3,559
Corpus Christi, TX 16 1,120 73,345 775 56,512 244 11,445 1 36 100 5,352
Texas City, TX 17 976 65,169 931 63,076 38 1,810 1 33 6 250
Seattle, WA 18 972 54,231 21 947 236 14,287 652 36,302 63 2,695
Mobile, AL 19 963 51,045 180 11,950 465 28,673 57 2,410 261 8,012
Miami, FL 20 890 28,856 1 46 1 32 576 24,118 312 4,660
San Juan, PR 21 836 18,778 100 4,392 28 949 395 9,108 313 4,329
Freeport, TX 22 791 44,320 609 39,759 21 1,228 90 1,283 71 2,050
Tampa, FL 23 710 25,821 321 11,398 227 9,330 39 1,522 123 3,572
Lake Charles, LA 24 705 47,473 492 39,050 140 6,071 2 69 71 2,282
Honolulu, HI 25 636 20,963 71 3,906 16 720 410 13,363 139 2,974
Galveston, TX 26 560 24,073 188 13,109 181 7,232 11 421 180 3,311
Boston, MA 27 546 24,955 240 9,544 77 3,266 145 7,375 84 4,770
Wilmington, NC 28 515 20,946 266 10,163 59 1,852 112 6,277 78 2,654
LOOP Terminal, LA 29 423 108,749 423 108,749 0 0 0 0 0 0
Port Angeles, WA 30 355 35,211 284 32,144 42 2,272 6 274 23 520
Portland, ME 31 352 27,888 296 26,294 28 943 0 0 28 652
San Diego, CA 32 322 5,676 0 0 10 339 55 899 257 4,437
Cherry Point, WA 33 295 30,838 295 30,838 0 0 0 0 0 0
El Segundo, CA 34 274 30,068 274 30,068 0 0 0 0 0 0
Valdez, AK 35 272 38,945 272 38,945 0 0 0 0 0 0
March Point, WA 36 271 27,185 269 27,086 0 0 0 0 2 99
Port Hueneme, CA 37 256 4,344 10 334 0 0 0 0 246 4,011
Brunswick, GA 38 255 6,215 1 40 13 499 0 0 241 5,676
Pascagoula, MS 39 245 17,616 187 14,881 35 2,269 0 0 23 465
Annapolis Anch., MD 40 200 10,571 8 323 138 8,716 7 244 47 1,288
Beaumont, TX 41 183 8,029 92 5,336 48 1,585 3 84 40 1,024
Anchorage, AK 42 161 3,710 1 45 5 138 75 1,616 80 1,911
Ingleside, TX 43 159 10,919 79 7,344 65 3,309 2 105 13 161
Dutch Harbor, AK 44 148 6,723 3 129 1 47 137 6,356 7 192
Barbers Point, HI 45 136 10,202 82 7,174 44 2,536 0 0 10 492
Galveston light. Area, TX 46 135 35,006 135 35,006 0 0 0 0 0 0
Palm Beach, FL 47 127 1,919 7 201 0 0 50 717 70 1,000
Ferndale, WA 48 124 14,716 105 13,806 15 692 0 0 4 218
Point Comfort, TX 49 116 4,306 66 1,978 29 1,669 1 21 20 638
Guayanilla, PR 50 115 6,171 93 4,750 1 64 0 0 21 1,356
Top 50 ports total   58,930 3,101,990 20,276 1,465,293 9,980 473,551 18,610 919,157 10,064 243,990
U.S. ports total5   60,578 3,182,495 20,907 1,511,179 10,363 490,227 18,735 922,008 10,573 259,082
Top 50 ports as percent of U.S. total   97.3 97.5 97.0 97.0 96.3 96.6 99.3 99.7 95.2 94.2

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.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, Vessel Calls at U.S. Ports by Vessel Type, available at http://www.marad.dot.gov/library_landing_page/data_and_statistics/Data_and_Statistics.htm as of Apr. 14, 2010.