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Port of Long Beach, California-Water Gateway

Port of Long Beach, California-Water Gateway

The maritime Port of Long Beach (POLB) is the nation’s third busiest waterborne freight gateway for international merchandise trade by value of shipments. It is our fifth busiest gateway by value when compared with all U.S. freight gateways...

El Paso, Texas-Land Gateway

El Paso, Texas-Land Gateway

El Paso, Texas, is our nation’s fifth busiest land border gateway by value for imports and exports transported across the border by highways, railroads, and pipelines. And its land ports are our fourteenth overall gateway when compared with all U.S....

Laredo, Texas-Land Gateway

Laredo, Texas-Land Gateway

Laredo, Texas, is our nation’s second busiest land gateway by value of imports and exports transported across the border by highways, railroads, and pipelines. And its land ports are our sixth leading gateway when compared with all U.S. freight gateways—...

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Texas-Air Freight Gateway

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Texas-Air Freight Gateway

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) was the sixth busiest international air cargo gateway in the United States by value of shipments, and the twentieth overall by value among all freight gateways—airports,...

New Orleans Customs Port, Louisiana-Air Freight Gateway

New Orleans Customs Port, Louisiana-Air Freight Gateway

New Orleans Customs Port ranked fifth among all U.S. international air freight gateways by value of shipments, and sixteenth overall by value among all freight gateways—airports, seaports, and land ports in 2003. About 5...

Los Angeles International Airport, California-Air Freight Gateway

Los Angeles International Airport, California-Air Freight Gateway

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) was the nation’s second busiest international airfreight gateway by value of shipments in 2003. And it was the seventh leading gateway when compared with all U.S. freight gateways...

Detroit, Michigan-Land Gateway

Detroit, Michigan-Land Gateway

Detroit is our nation’s busiest land border gateway by value for imports and exports transported across the border by highways, railroads, and pipelines. And its land ports are our third leading gateway when compared with all U.S. freight gateways—...

Miami International Airport, Florida-Air Freight Gateway

Miami International Airport, Florida-Air Freight Gateway

Miami International Airport (MIA) ranked seventh by value of shipments among all international air gateways in the United States, and twenty-second overall by value among all freight gateways—airports, seaports, and land ports in...