Table 4-8: Top 15 Cruise Ship Ports by Port of Departure: 2009 and 2010
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 4-8: Top 15 Cruise Ship Ports by Port of Departure: 2009 and 2010
| Port | 2009 | 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Passengers (thousands) | Cruises | Rank | Passengers (thousands) | Cruises | |
| Miami, FL | 1 | (R)2,044 | (R)757 | 1 | 2,151 | 779 |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 2 | 1,277 | 537 | 2 | 1,759 | 649 |
| Port Canaveral, FL | 3 | 1,189 | 433 | 3 | 1,299 | 448 |
| New York, NY | 9 | 403 | 150 | 4 | 556 | 216 |
| San Juan, PR | 4 | 507 | 219 | 5 | 522 | 228 |
| Seattle, WA | 5 | 430 | 199 | 6 | 469 | 217 |
| Galveston, TX | 11 | 386 | 134 | 7 | 429 | 148 |
| Tampa, FL | 10 | 401 | 181 | 8 | 425 | 192 |
| Long Beach, CA | 6 | 415 | 158 | 9 | 414 | 150 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 8 | (R)412 | (R)158 | 10 | 374 | 140 |
| New Orleans, LA | 12 | 243 | 101 | 11 | 261 | 89 |
| San Diego, CA | 7 | 413 | 196 | 12 | 242 | 123 |
| Baltimore, MD | 14 | 166 | 77 | 13 | 215 | 90 |
| Cape Liberty, NJ | 15 | 156 | 48 | 14 | 198 | 67 |
| Mobile, AL | 16 | 135 | 76 | 15 | 183 | 75 |
| All other ports1 | (R)651 | (R)341 | 703 | 325 | ||
| Top 15 ports, total1 | (R)8,631 | (R)3,427 | 9,495 | 3,611 | ||
| Total U.S. ports | (R)9,282 | (R)3,768 | 10,198 | 3,936 | ||
| Top 15 as percent of total1 | (R)93.0 | (R)91.0 | 93.1 | 91.7 | ||
KEY: R = revised.
1Data for 2009 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.
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 Jun. 29, 2011.