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U.S. Top Container Ports Based on TEUs: 2022

TEU = twenty-foot equivalent unit.

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This map of the United States shows top container ports by twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) in 2022. At each port, a pie chart shows the number of imports, exports, and domestic commodities by TEU. At the Port of Alaska; Honolulu, O’ahu; San Juan; Jacksonville; and South Jersey Port Corporation most commodities are domestic. At the Port of New Orleans, most commodities are exports. At all other ports, most commodities are imports.

Description:

This map is from the 2024 Transportation Statistics Annual Report.

Source:

Vessel call data and size category from San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan, Bay Wide Ocean-Going Vessel International Maritime Organization Tier Forecast 2015–2050, July 2017, p. 3; TEU volume data from the Port of Los Angeles, Annual Container Statistics, available at https://www.portoflosangeles.org/business/statistics/container-statistics and Port of Long Beach, TEUs Archive: 1995 to Present by Year, available at https://polb.com/business/port-statistics#yearly-teus; data at both ports available as of October 2023.

Previous Editions:
U.S. Top 25 Container Ports Based on Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units 2020
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