Table 3-7: Top 30 U.S. Containership Ports: 2008
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 3-7: Top 30 U.S. Containership Ports: 2008
(Thousands of TEUs)
Port | Rank | Total | Export | Import |
---|---|---|---|---|
Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 5,611 | 1,598 | 4,014 |
Long Beach, CA | 2 | 4,553 | 1,439 | 3,114 |
New York, NY | 3 | 3,956 | 1413 | 2,542 |
Savannah, GA | 4 | 2,106 | 1020 | 1086 |
Norfolk, VA | 5 | 1,585 | 778 | 807 |
Oakland, CA | 6 | 1,388 | 662 | 726 |
Houston, TX | 7 | 1,363 | 789 | 574 |
Charleston, SC | 8 | 1,326 | 635 | 690 |
Tacoma, WA | 9 | 1,118 | 472 | 646 |
Seattle, WA | 10 | 1,080 | 423 | 656 |
Port Everglades, FL | 11 | 681 | 398 | 283 |
Miami, FL | 12 | 669 | 355 | 315 |
Baltimore, MD | 13 | 430 | 171 | 259 |
New Orleans, LA | 14 | 235 | 154 | 81 |
San Juan, PR | 15 | 223 | 66 | 157 |
Philadelphia, PA | 16 | 218 | 59 | 159 |
Portland, OR | 17 | 196 | 99 | 97 |
Wilmington, DE | 18 | 187 | 53 | 134 |
Gulfport, MS | 19 | 172 | 66 | 107 |
Jacksonville, FL | 20 | 158 | 106 | 53 |
West Palm Beach, FL | 21 | 156 | 115 | 41 |
Wilmington, NC | 22 | 146 | 58 | 89 |
Boston, MA | 23 | 146 | 56 | 90 |
Chester, PA | 24 | 101 | 52 | 49 |
Mobile, AL | 25 | 73 | 35 | 38 |
Honolulu, HI | 26 | 59 | 36 | 23 |
Freeport, TX | 27 | 56 | 25 | 31 |
San Diego, CA | 28 | 48 | 2 | 46 |
Richmond-Petersburg, VA | 29 | 45 | 23 | 22 |
Panama City, FL | 30 | 37 | 19 | 19 |
Top 30 ports, total | 28,122 | 11,175 | 16,947 | |
United States, all ports1 | 28,309 | 11,277 | 17,032 | |
Top 30 ports as percent of U.S. total | 99.3% | 99.1% | 99.5% |
1 Includes Puerto Rico.
KEY: TEUs = twenty-foot equivalent units.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, U.S. Waterborne Foreign Container Trade by U.S. Custom Ports, available at http://www.marad.dot.gov/library_landing_page/data_and_statistics/Data_and_Statistics.htm as of Apr. 14, 2010.