Table 21
Top 20 U.S. Water Ports by Shipment Weight
(Millions of tons)
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| 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.
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