Table 2 - Seaport Freight Capacity and Bottleneck Measures: 1999

Monday, September 10, 2012

Seaport	AADT per lane-mile		Freight-to-capacity ratio¹		Delay per lane-mile
Seaport	Rank	Number	Rank	Ratio	Rank	Hours
Long Beach	1	18,687	20	1.12	1	265
Oakland	2	17,850	15	1.24	2	204
Richmond	3	15,465	18	1.15	3	155
Boston	4	13,138	37	0.48	6	116
Port Everglades	5	13,090	9	1.57	5	132
New York	6	12,573	26	0.98	7	110
Honolulu	7	12,239	40	0	17	71
Miami	8	12,232	17	1.18	4	133
Baltimore	9	11,815	22	1.08	16	72
Tacoma	10	11,731	10	1.56	8	102
New Haven	11	11,489	23	1.05	21	51
Seattle Elliott Bay	12	11,272	25	1	9	100
Houston	13	11,172	7	1.89	10	88
Philadelphia	14	10,381	27	0.94	15	73
Paulsboro	15	10,341	24	1.04	12	80
Marcus Hook	16	10,340	21	1.1	14	74
Portland	17	10,153	16	1.23	11	80
Tampa Bay	18	9,995	31	0.64	19	67
Vancouver	19	9,978	19	1.12	13	79
Newport News	20	9,876	32	0.58	18	69
Norfolk Harbor	21	9,571	34	0.51	20	64
Providence	22	9,206	38	0.21	24	36
Jacksonville	23	9,030	28	0.92	23	42
New Orleans	24	8,758	13	1.45	22	44
Anacortes	25	7,889	30	0.73	26	20
Port Arthur	26	7,408	2	2.97	31	5
Baton Rouge	27	7,123	1	3.21	28	15
Pascagoula	28	7,072	4	2.3	33	4
Port of South Louisiana	29	7,010	8	1.84	30	5
Savannah	30	6,626	12	1.51	29	10
Mobile Harbor	31	6,613	6	1.9	32	4
Charleston	32	6,552	29	0.75	27	17
Portland	33	5,814	36	0.48	35	3
Lake Charles	34	5,587	3	2.59	38	0.7
Wilmington	35	5,404	33	0.53	25	24
Galveston	36	5,000	39	0.14	36	1
Corpus Christi	37	4,658	11	1.53	34	3
Freeport	38	4,015	35	0.5	37	0.9
Matagorda Ship Channel	39	2,800	14	1.41	40	-
Port of Plaquemine	40	U	5	2.3	39	-

¹ This ratio compares the volume of freight transported to the relative capacity of the transportation infrastructure in handling that level of freight. It divides freight traffic on the transportation network by a measure of nominal flow representing a reasonable annual traffic level for facilities of its kind. Assigned flows in excess of nominal flow do not automatically imply a capacity problem, merely that flows are above average for that type of facility.

KEY: - = value too small to report; AADT = average annual daily traffic; U = data are unavailable.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Intermodal Bottleneck Analysis Tool data, October 2001.

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Table 2 - Seaport Freight Capacity and Bottleneck Measures: 1999

Table 2 - Seaport Freight Capacity and Bottleneck Measures: 1999