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Table
3-17: Top 15 U.S. Containership Ports
by Port Calls and Vessel Size: 1999
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New York ports in top 15 |
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New
York |
1,983 |
465 |
710 |
575 |
227 |
6 |
45 |
U.S.
ports total |
14,686 |
5,127 |
4,190 |
3,126 |
1,685 |
558 |
NA |
New
York, NY |
1,983 |
465 |
710 |
575 |
227 |
6 |
45 |
Charleston,
SC |
1,458 |
352 |
566 |
298 |
236 |
6 |
42 |
Long
Beach, CA |
1,256 |
307 |
246 |
357 |
168 |
178 |
60 |
Los
Angeles, CA |
1,207 |
429 |
208 |
220 |
294 |
56 |
81 |
Oakland,
CA |
1,110 |
123 |
291 |
405 |
183 |
108 |
42 |
Norfolk,
VA |
1,105 |
155 |
411 |
394 |
139 |
6 |
50 |
Miami,
FL |
745 |
347 |
244 |
154 |
0 |
0 |
42 |
Seattle,
WA |
638 |
157 |
180 |
175 |
57 |
69 |
40 |
Houston,
TX |
623 |
346 |
169 |
58 |
50 |
0 |
40 |
Savannah,
GA |
590 |
144 |
156 |
264 |
26 |
0 |
42 |
New
Orleans, LA |
434 |
297 |
119 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
45 |
Port
Everglades, FL |
412 |
297 |
63 |
0 |
52 |
0 |
42 |
Baltimore,
MD |
396 |
192 |
123 |
30 |
51 |
0 |
50 |
Tacoma,
WA |
376 |
33 |
105 |
83 |
30 |
125 |
50 |
San
Juan, PR |
337 |
307 |
30 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
36 |
All
other ports |
2,016 |
1,176 |
569 |
95 |
172 |
4 |
NA |
Top
15 as % of U.S. total |
86% |
77% |
86% |
97% |
90% |
99% |
NA |
Top New York port as % of U.S. total |
14% |
9% |
17% |
18% |
14% |
1% |
NA |
1 Channel depth for federally maintained channels at mean low water (MLW).
KEY: ft = feet; TEUs = twenty-foot equivalent units; NA = not applicable.
SOURCES:
Port calls by vessel size: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, U.S. Vessel Movements, 1999, available at http://www.marad.dot.gov/Marad_Statistics/PDF/Containership as of Nov. 5, 2001.
Maximum channel depth: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, The National Dredging Needs Study of Ports and Harbors, draft, May 2000, table 3-6.
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