Figure 3-10 Top 25 Water Ports by Containerized Cargo: 2015
Thursday, February 16, 2017
thousands of TEUs
| Ports | Rank | Export | Import |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 1,493 | 3,981 |
| Long Beach, CA | 2 | 1,286 | 3,621 |
| New York, NY | 3 | 1,330 | 3,191 |
| Savannah, GA | 4 | 1,212 | 1,608 |
| Norfolk, VA | 5 | 923 | 1,042 |
| Houston, TX | 6 | 918 | 843 |
| Charleston, SC | 7 | 722 | 832 |
| Oakland, CA | 8 | 708 | 815 |
| Tacoma, WA | 9 | 505 | 829 |
| Seattle, WA | 10 | 336 | 474 |
| Miami, FL | 11 | 363 | 408 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 12 | 486 | 270 |
| Port Everglades, FL | 13 | 416 | 320 |
| Baltimore, MD | 14 | 203 | 387 |
| New Orleans, LA | 15 | 252 | 114 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 16 | 70 | 207 |
| Wilmington, NC | 17 | 107 | 125 |
| Wilmington, DE | 18 | 30 | 165 |
| Boston, MA | 19 | 76 | 115 |
| San Juan, PR | 20 | 18 | 166 |
| Mobile, AL | 21 | 101 | 82 |
| West Palm Beach, FL | 22 | 134 | 30 |
| Gulfport, MS | 23 | 49 | 66 |
| Chester, PA | 24 | 33 | 65 |
| Freeport, TX | 25 | 39 | 33 |
KEY: TEUs = twenty-foot equivalent units.
NOTE: The statistics include both government and non-government shipments by vessel into and out of U.S. foreign trade zones, the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, U.S. Waterborne Container Trade by U.S. Custom Ports, available at www.marad.dot.gov/resources/data-statistics/ as of April 2016.