Table 3-6: Top 50 U.S. Ports by Port Calls and Vessel Type(1): 2011
(Capacity in thousands of dwt tons)
Port | Rank | Total | Vessel type and total capacity2 | ||||||||
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Tanker3 | Dry-bulk | Containership | Other general cargo4 | ||||||||
Calls | Capacity | Calls | Capacity | Calls | Capacity | Calls | Capacity | Calls | Capacity | ||
Houston, TX | 1 | 7,218 | 324,760 | 4,652 | 230,030 | 766 | 33,648 | 827 | 35,328 | 973 | 25,754 |
Los Angeles/Long Beach, CA | 2 | 5,364 | 338,943 | 1,311 | 113,204 | 581 | 31,407 | 2,927 | 180,926 | 545 | 13,405 |
New York/New Jersey, NY and NJ | 3 | 4,661 | 232,105 | 1,517 | 77,108 | 188 | 9,381 | 2,389 | 131,466 | 567 | 14,151 |
San Francisco, CA | 4 | 3,826 | 226,802 | 755 | 57,358 | 663 | 30,129 | 2,187 | 134,468 | 221 | 4,847 |
Virginia Ports, VA | 5 | 3,671 | 216,323 | 142 | 5,353 | 1,017 | 74,777 | 2,160 | 123,183 | 352 | 13,010 |
New Orleans, LA | 6 | 2,972 | 143,919 | 890 | 43,673 | 1,145 | 60,245 | 646 | 32,505 | 291 | 7,496 |
Columbia River, OR | 7 | 2,920 | 134,244 | 125 | 4,764 | 2,193 | 109,133 | 154 | 8,105 | 448 | 12,242 |
Savannah, GA | 8 | 2,731 | 134,565 | 241 | 10,191 | 164 | 5,791 | 2,015 | 109,952 | 311 | 8,631 |
Philadelphia, PA | 9 | 2,310 | 115,440 | 798 | 72,785 | 229 | 9,879 | 459 | 17,799 | 824 | 14,978 |
Baltimore, MD | 10 | 2,158 | 105,305 | 128 | 4,619 | 610 | 50,928 | 397 | 23,657 | 1,023 | 26,101 |
Charleston, SC | 11 | 1,876 | 94,367 | 187 | 8,712 | 76 | 3,446 | 1,302 | 75,423 | 311 | 6,786 |
Port Everglades, FL | 12 | 1,743 | 55,604 | 435 | 19,556 | 19 | 736 | 1,075 | 32,163 | 214 | 3,149 |
Jacksonville, FL | 13 | 1,657 | 55,334 | 220 | 10,604 | 97 | 5,727 | 541 | 23,803 | 799 | 15,200 |
Miami, FL | 14 | 1,284 | 41,413 | 17 | 789 | 0 | 0 | 1,064 | 38,019 | 203 | 2,606 |
Texas City, TX | 15 | 1,162 | 71,288 | 1,118 | 69,373 | 38 | 1,639 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 276 |
Galveston, TX | 16 | 1,087 | 42,055 | 641 | 27,679 | 207 | 9,138 | 11 | 418 | 228 | 4,820 |
San Juan, PR | 17 | 1,086 | 25,497 | 138 | 6,483 | 34 | 1,227 | 510 | 11,946 | 404 | 5,841 |
Mobile, AL | 18 | 1,065 | 52,224 | 165 | 9,216 | 374 | 24,013 | 223 | 9,524 | 303 | 9,471 |
Seattle, WA | 19 | 1,062 | 67,000 | 23 | 979 | 197 | 12,216 | 796 | 51,913 | 46 | 1,891 |
Tacoma, WA | 20 | 1,003 | 46,939 | 53 | 5,810 | 215 | 12,781 | 416 | 21,529 | 319 | 6,820 |
Corpus Christi, TX | 21 | 979 | 67,222 | 747 | 55,839 | 185 | 9,766 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 1,617 |
Galveston, TX | 22 | 969 | 126,532 | 969 | 126,532 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Port Arthur, TX | 23 | 808 | 42,994 | 519 | 31,722 | 161 | 7,127 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 4,144 |
Lake Charles, LA | 24 | 780 | 52,992 | 574 | 45,373 | 126 | 5,843 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 1,776 |
Tampa, FL | 25 | 765 | 28,956 | 345 | 13,523 | 251 | 10,418 | 43 | 1,254 | 126 | 3,761 |
Freeport, TX | 26 | 727 | 35,241 | 502 | 30,127 | 6 | 344 | 96 | 1,822 | 123 | 2,948 |
Nederland Terminal, TX | 27 | 702 | 59,319 | 673 | 58,266 | 21 | 756 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 297 |
Pascagoula, TX | 28 | 604 | 41,279 | 454 | 34,645 | 67 | 4,376 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 2,258 |
Boston, MA | 29 | 602 | 28,941 | 227 | 9,257 | 69 | 3,353 | 175 | 10,925 | 131 | 5,405 |
Honolulu, HI | 30 | 580 | 23,733 | 112 | 8,793 | 18 | 907 | 343 | 12,043 | 107 | 1,990 |
Wilmington, NC | 31 | 507 | 18,664 | 202 | 7,173 | 47 | 1,785 | 182 | 7,429 | 76 | 2,277 |
Southwest Pass light. Area, LA | 32 | 452 | 57,541 | 451 | 57,421 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 121 |
Port Angeles, WA | 33 | 379 | 36,437 | 256 | 31,089 | 94 | 4,548 | 9 | 392 | 20 | 409 |
Brunswick, GA | 34 | 364 | 7,753 | 3 | 68 | 9 | 239 | 1 | 21 | 351 | 7,426 |
San Diego, CA | 35 | 349 | 6,946 | 53 | 1,535 | 11 | 501 | 52 | 881 | 233 | 4,028 |
Loop Terminal, LA | 36 | 319 | 80,181 | 314 | 79,629 | 3 | 196 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 356 |
S. California Light. Area, CA | 37 | 312 | 51,478 | 312 | 51,478 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Port Hueneme, CA | 38 | 310 | 5,318 | 13 | 514 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 297 | 4,804 |
Point Comfort, TX | 39 | 289 | 11,431 | 154 | 4,895 | 86 | 5,128 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 1,408 |
Bayport, TX | 40 | 287 | 10,777 | 172 | 4,597 | 1 | 51 | 112 | 6,061 | 2 | 68 |
March Point, WA | 41 | 284 | 24,131 | 284 | 24,131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
El Segundo, CA | 42 | 274 | 26,909 | 274 | 26,909 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Valdez, AK | 43 | 270 | 33,186 | 270 | 33,186 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Beaumont, TX | 44 | 270 | 10,813 | 99 | 4,508 | 91 | 4,051 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 2,254 |
Cherry Point, WA | 45 | 250 | 26,769 | 250 | 26,769 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Portland, ME | 46 | 245 | 16,995 | 206 | 15,967 | 25 | 752 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 276 |
Gulfport, MS | 47 | 237 | 4,059 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 904 | 219 | 3,102 | 2 | 54 |
Anchorage, AK | 48 | 228 | 5,582 | 15 | 693 | 6 | 190 | 107 | 2,315 | 100 | 2,384 |
Ingleside, TX | 49 | 223 | 14,312 | 87 | 8,108 | 123 | 5,893 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 310 |
Barbours Cut, TX | 50 | 205 | 9,037 | 22 | 901 | 12 | 591 | 160 | 7,197 | 11 | 348 |
Top 50 ports total | 64,426 | 3,489,653 | 22,115 | 1,571,932 | 10,241 | 553,961 | 21,598 | 1,115,567 | 10,472 | 248,193 | |
U.S. ports total5 | 67,929 | 3,665,121 | 23,678 | 1,675,195 | 10,883 | 584,429 | 22,222 | 1,138,126 | 11,146 | 267,371 | |
Top 50 ports as percent of U.S. total | 94.8 | 95.2 | 93.4 | 93.8 | 94.1 | 94.8 | 97.2 | 98.0 | 94.0 | 92.8 |
1Excludes calls by vessels under 10,000 dwt.
2Capacity is calculated as the sum for all calling vessels of Calls multiplied by Capacity in dwt.
3Includes petroleum and chemical Tankers.
4Includes roll-on/roll-off, gas carrier, general cargo, and combination carriers.
5Includes Puerto Rico.
KEY: dwt = deadweight.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, Vessel Calls at U.S. Ports by Vessel Type, available at www.marad.dot.gov/library_landing_page/data_and_statistics/Data_and_Statistics.htm as of May 2013.