Table 4-8: Top 15 Cruise Ship Ports by Port of Departure: 2010 and 2011
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
| Port | 2010 | 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Passengers (thousands) | Cruises | Rank | Passengers (thousands) | Cruises | |
| Miami, FL | 1 | 2,151 | 779 | 1 | 1,970 | 731 |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 2 | 1,759 | 649 | 2 | 1,826 | 611 |
| Port Canaveral, FL | 3 | 1,299 | 448 | 3 | 1,496 | 485 |
| New York, NY | 4 | 562 | 219 | 4 | 612 | 242 |
| San Juan, PR | 5 | 522 | 227 | 5 | 522 | 222 |
| Galveston, TX | 7 | 440 | 152 | 6 | 462 | 149 |
| Tampa, FL | 8 | 425 | 192 | 7 | 458 | 199 |
| Seattle, WA | 6 | 469 | 217 | 8 | 439 | 183 |
| Long Beach, CA | 9 | 414 | 150 | 9 | 405 | 144 |
| New Orleans, LA | 11 | 261 | 89 | 10 | 373 | 136 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 10 | 378 | 140 | 11 | 311 | 130 |
| Baltimore, MD | 13 | 215 | 90 | 12 | 254 | 104 |
| Cape Liberty, NJ | 14 | 198 | 67 | 13 | 217 | 73 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 16 | 172 | 71 | 14 | 190 | 77 |
| Charleston, SC | 18 | 117 | 49 | 15 | 165 | 68 |
| All other ports1 | (R)700 | (R)348 | (R)706 | (R)390 | ||
| Top 15 ports, total1 | 9,516 | 3,618 | 9,702 | 3,554 | ||
| Total U.S. ports | (R)10,216 | (R)3,966 | (R)10,409 | (R)3,944 | ||
| Top 15 as percent of total1 | 93.2 | (R)91.2 | (R)93.2 | (R)90.1 | ||
1Data for 2010 are based on the top 15 cruise ship ports in that year.
KEY: R = revised.
NOTES: Cruise passenger statistics for this table are based on the passenger data provided by 20 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 Summary Tables, available at www.marad.dot.gov/library_landing_page/data_and_statistics/Data_and_Statistics.htm as of June 2013.