Table 1 - Top 10 U.S. Container Ports: Traffic (thousands of TEUs) and Channel Depth (feet): 1992-2000

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Port	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	Authorized channel depth	Maintained channel depth
Los Angeles	1,639	1,627	1,786	1,849	1,873	2,085	2,293	2,552	3,228	70	60
Long Beach	1,356	1,543	1,939	2,137	2,357	2,673	2,852	3,048	3,204	76	63
New York	1,294	1,306	1,404	1,537	1,533	1,738	1,884	2,027	2,200	45	40
Charleston	564	579	655	758	801	955	1,035	1,170	1,246	45	40
Oakland	746	772	879	919	803	843	902	915	989	50	42
Seattle	743	781	967	993	939	953	976	962	960	34	52
Norfolk	519	519	570	647	681	770	793	829	850	55	50
Houston	368	392	419	489	538	609	657	714	733	45	40
Savannah	387	406	418	445	456	529	558	624	720	48	42
Miami	418	469	497	497	505	624	602	618	684	42	42
Total, top 10 ports	8,035	8,394	9,534	10,271	10,486	11,779	12,552	13,458	14,814
Top 10, % of total	76%	69%	72%	77%	71%	76%	81%	81%	83%
Total, all U.S. ports	10,583	12,238	13,173	13,328	14,794	15,556	15,556	16,564	17,938

KEY: TEUs = 20-foot equivalent units.

SOURCE: Journal of Commerce, Port Import/Export Reporting Service (PIERS), various container data files; and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Navigation Data Center, channel depth data, personal commuication, June 2001.

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Table 1 - Top 10 U.S. Container Ports: Traffic (thousands of TEUs) and Channel Depth (feet): 1992-2000

Table 1 - Top 10 U.S. Container Ports: Traffic (thousands of TEUs) and Channel Depth (feet): 1992-2000