Table 21,,,,,
Top 20 U.S. Water Ports by Shipment Weight,,,,,
(Millions of tons),,,,,
Port,1993,,2003,,% change 1993–2003
,Rank,Total tons,Rank,Total tons,
"South Louisiana, LA",1,193.7,1,198.8,2.6
"Houston, TX  ",2,141.4,2,190.9,34.9
"New York, NY and NJ  ",3,116.7,3,145.8,25.0
"Beaumont, TX  ",25,25.4,4,87.5,244.5
"New Orleans, LA  ",6,67.3,5,83.8,24.6
"Huntington-Tristate, WV-OH-PAa",N,N,6,77.6,N
"Corpus Christi, TX  ",7,59.6,7,77.2,29.5
"Long Beach, CA  ",8,54.3,8,69.1,27.4
"Texas City, TX  ",9,53.6,9,61.3,14.3
"Baton Rouge, LA  ",5,85.1,10,61.2,–28.0
"Plaquemine, LA",10,53.1,11,55.9,5.3
"Lake Charles, LA  ",12,45.4,12,53.3,17.4
"Los Angeles, CA  ",16,43.6,13,51.3,17.7
"Mobile, AL  ",15,43.9,14,50.2,14.2
"Valdez, AK  ",4,85.7,15,49.8,–41.8
"Tampa, FL  ",13,44.9,16,48.2,7.2
"Pittsburgh, PA  ",14,44.4,17,41.6,–6.3
"Baltimore, MD  ",20,37.1,18,40.1,8.1
"Duluth-Superior, MN and WI  ",19,37.6,19,38.3,1.8
"Philadelphia, PA  ",17,42.7,20,33.2,–22.1
Totalb,,1276.3,,"1,516",18.8
"a Huntington-Tristate, WV-OH-PA, is a newly defined port. Data collection began in 2000. b For purposes of comparison, Huntington-Tristate, WV-OH-PA, is excluded.",,,,,
Key: N = data are nonexistent.,,,,,
Note: See table 27 for top 20 freight gateways by value of shipments.,,,,,
"Sources: 1993—U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 1993, Part 5, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA: 1995), table 5-4. 2003—U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 2003, Part 5, National Summaries, table 5-2, available at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/wcsc.htm, as of October 2005.",,,,,