TABLE 3-4 Top 10 U.S. Maritime Container Ports: 2004-2009
TABLE 3-4 Top 10 U.S. Maritime Container Ports: 2004-2009
Thousands of TEU
| Port | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | Percent change, 2004-2009 |
Average annual growth rate, 2004-2009 (percent) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles/Long Beach, CA | 8,639 | 9,327 | 10,460 | 10,662 | 10,164 | 8,759 | 1.4 | 0.1 |
| New York, NY | 3,163 | 3,417 | 3,651 | 3,893 | 3,956 | 3,577 | 13.1 | 1.2 |
| Seattle/Tacoma, WA | 1,990 | 2,502 | 2,306 | 2,409 | 2,197 | 1,939 | -2.6 | -0.3 |
| Savannah, GA | 1,290 | 1,491 | 1,588 | 2,017 | 2,106 | 1,907 | 47.8 | 4.0 |
| Oakland, CA | 1,197 | 1,378 | 1,398 | 1,423 | 1,388 | 1,392 | 16.3 | 1.5 |
| Norfolk, VA | 1,206 | 1,325 | 1,414 | 1,568 | 1,585 | 1,372 | 13.8 | 1.3 |
| Houston, TX | 1,098 | 1,250 | 1,276 | 1,394 | 1,363 | 1,255 | 14.3 | 1.3 |
| Charleston, SC | 1,421 | 1,522 | 1,507 | 1,401 | 1,326 | 951 | -33.1 | -3.9 |
| Miami, FL | 795 | 778 | 746 | 673 | 669 | 624 | -21.5 | -2.4 |
| Port Everglades, FL | 500 | 587 | 635 | 686 | 681 | 535 | 7.0 | 0.7 |
| Total top 10 ports | 21,299 | 23,577 | 24,982 | 26,126 | 25,435 | 22,310 | 4.7 | 0.5 |
| Total all portsa | 23,851 | 26,092 | 27,631 | 29,020 | 28,309 | 24,989 | 4.8 | 0.5 |
| Top 10, percent of total | 89.3 | 90.4 | 90.4 | 90.0 | 89.8 | 89.3 |
KEY: TEU = twenty-foot equivalent unit.
a The statistics include both government and non-government shipments by vessel into and out of U.S. foreign trade zones, the 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
NOTES: One twenty-foot container equals one TEU while one forty-foot container equals two TEUs. The data in this table include only loaded containers in U.S. international maritime activity. It includes U.S. imports, exports, and transshipments. Therefore, the trade levels will be greater than those reported from U.S. international trade statistics, which excludes transshipments. The statistics exclude postal and military shipments.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, U.S. Waterborne Foreign Container Trade by U.S. Custom Ports (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), available at http://www.marad.dot.gov/library_landing_page/data_and_statistics/Data_and_Statistics.htm as of July 2010.