Table 1-14: Top 50 Water Ports Ranked by Tonnage: 2001
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 1-14: Top 50 Water Ports Ranked by Tonnage: 2001
| Port and state | Rank | Millions of short tons | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Foreign | Domestic | ||
| Port of South Louisiana, LA | 1 | 212.6 | 95.7 | 116.9 |
| Houston, TX | 2 | 185.1 | 120.6 | 64.5 |
| New York, NY and NJ | 3 | 137.5 | 67.3 | 70.2 |
| New Orleans, LA | 4 | 85.6 | 50.3 | 35.3 |
| Beaumont, TX | 5 | 79.1 | 62.0 | 17.1 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 6 | 77.6 | 53.9 | 23.7 |
| Huntington-Tristate, WV, OH, KY | 7 | 76.7 | 0.0 | 76.7 |
| Long Beach, CA | 8 | 67.6 | 51.6 | 16.1 |
| Texas City, TX | 9 | 62.3 | 44.1 | 18.1 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 10 | 61.4 | 20.7 | 40.8 |
| Port of Plaquemines, LA | 11 | 60.7 | 23.4 | 37.3 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 12 | 53.0 | 0.0 | 53.0 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 13 | 52.8 | 31.9 | 20.9 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 14 | 51.4 | 45.0 | 6.4 |
| Valdez, AK | 15 | 51.0 | 0.0 | 51.0 |
| Mobile, AL | 16 | 48.1 | 28.0 | 20.1 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 17 | 46.4 | 32.9 | 13.4 |
| Tampa, FL | 18 | 45.8 | 17.4 | 28.3 |
| Baltimore, MD | 19 | 42.1 | 25.4 | 16.7 |
| Duluth-Superior, MN and WI | 20 | 39.8 | 13.3 | 26.5 |
| Norfolk Harbor, VA | 21 | 37.3 | 27.0 | 10.3 |
| St. Louis, MO and IL | 22 | 34.4 | 0.0 | 34.4 |
| Portland, OR | 23 | 31.3 | 17.0 | 14.3 |
| Freeport, TX | 24 | 30.1 | 24.9 | 5.2 |
| Pascagoula, MS | 25 | 29.5 | 18.5 | 11.1 |
| Portland, ME | 26 | 28.5 | 26.4 | 2.0 |
| Charleston, SC | 27 | 23.3 | 17.1 | 6.1 |
| Port Arthur, TX | 28 | 22.8 | 15.1 | 7.7 |
| Chicago, IL | 29 | 22.0 | 2.6 | 19.4 |
| Port Everglades, FL | 30 | 21.9 | 9.6 | 12.3 |
| Paulsboro, NJ | 31 | 21.3 | 12.9 | 8.3 |
| Richmond, CA | 32 | 21.2 | 10.0 | 11.2 |
| Boston, MA | 33 | 20.6 | 12.4 | 8.2 |
| Seattle, WA | 34 | 20.5 | 14.9 | 5.6 |
| Tacoma, WA | 35 | 20.5 | 12.4 | 8.1 |
| Savannah, GA | 36 | 19.4 | 16.9 | 2.5 |
| Marcus Hook, PA | 37 | 19.1 | 8.2 | 10.9 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 38 | 17.8 | 8.9 | 8.9 |
| Detroit, MI | 39 | 17.0 | 4.7 | 12.3 |
| Memphis, TN | 40 | 16.9 | 0.0 | 16.9 |
| Anacortes, WA | 41 | 16.8 | 2.0 | 14.8 |
| Honolulu, HI | 42 | 16.6 | 4.8 | 11.8 |
| Cincinnati, OH | 43 | 14.1 | 0.0 | 14.1 |
| Newport News, VA | 44 | 13.9 | 6.7 | 7.2 |
| Indiana Harbor, IN | 45 | 13.6 | 0.7 | 12.8 |
| San Juan, PR | 46 | 12.8 | 5.2 | 7.6 |
| Oakland, CA | 47 | 12.3 | 10.7 | 1.6 |
| Cleveland, OH | 48 | 11.9 | 2.7 | 9.2 |
| Two Harbors, MN | 49 | 11.9 | 0.0 | 11.9 |
| Ashtabula, OH | 50 | 10.9 | 5.8 | 5.1 |
| Top 50, total | 2,146.8 | 1,081.8 | 1,065.0 | |
| United States, total | 2,446.8 | 1,192.3 | 1,254.5 | |
SOURCE: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 2001, Part 5 National Summaries, Alexandria, VA: 2002, available at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/pdf/wcusnatl01.pdf as of Sept. 29, 2003.