Table 3-6:  Top 50 U.S. Ports by Port Calls and Vessel Type: 20051,,,,,,,,,,,
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Port,Rank,"Total
Calls","Total
Capacity",Vessel type and total capacity (thousands of dwt),,,,,,,
,,,,"Tanker4
Calls","Tanker4
Capacity","Dry-bulk
Calls","Dry-bulk
Capacity","Containership
Calls","Containership
Capacity","Other general cargo5 
Calls","Other general cargo5 
Capacity"
"Houston, TX",1,"5,891","250,824","3,392","163,908",765,"29,671",874,"30,285",667,"20,089"
"Los Angeles/Long Beach, CA2",2,"5,178","289,015","1,070","92,445",640,"30,641","2,812","150,299",654,"15,544"
"New York, NY",3,"4,902","221,033","1,380","77,476",348,"13,096","2,370","108,547",791,"21,508"
"San Francisco, CA2",4,"3,871","202,746",692,"56,985",792,"31,988","1,930","101,208",409,"11,701"
"New Orleans, LA2",5,"3,749","177,678","1,121","69,525","1,962","85,156",310,"11,208",244,"7,998"
"Philadelphia, PA2",6,"2,998","177,614","1,534","136,614",435,"16,755",390,"12,391",604,"11,143"
"Virginia Ports, VA2",7,"2,547","119,456",147,"10,153",391,"20,105","1,731","77,241",272,"11,673"
"Savannah, GA",8,"2,333","101,036",273,"10,773",264,"8,644","1,386","67,581",350,"10,221"
"Columbia River, OR2",9,"2,189","84,709",132,"4,978","1,586","65,044",85,"4,306",378,"10,232"
"Charleston, SC",10,"2,046","87,739",166,"7,387",138,"6,200","1,464","67,307",278,"6,844"
"Baltimore, MD",11,"1,825","61,557",165,"6,161",408,"19,050",376,"14,858",872,"21,195"
"Port Arthur, TX",12,"1,563","111,666","1,270","100,067",179,"7,220",1,20,91,"3,701"
"Miami, FL",13,"1,299","45,829",6,206,3,99,907,"39,985",383,"5,539",
"Tacoma, WA",14,"1,270","56,751",67,"4,174",280,"17,977",618,"28,224",305,"6,376",
"Jacksonville, FL",15,"1,237","37,179",299,"13,059",191,"8,326",244,"6,971",502,"8,782",
"Seattle, WA",16,"1,186","64,054",8,351,295,"16,423",808,"44,315",75,"2,965",
"Port Everglades, FL",17,"1,182","41,893",440,"19,799",113,"4,486",460,"14,653",167,"2,900",
"Texas City, TX",18,"1,142","72,949","1,074","69,639",59,"2,709",0,0,9,600,
"San Juan, PR",19,"1,086","23,494",109,"5,326",55,"1,824",485,"10,071",431,"6,168",
"Tampa, FL",20,"1,003","36,366",401,"14,913",396,"15,885",38,587,74,"1,599",
"Corpus Christi, TX",21,989,"66,777",788,"55,676",145,"5,928",0,0,55,"5,163",
"Mobile, AL",22,811,"42,257",187,"11,629",415,"23,387",35,492,174,"6,749",
"Freeport, TX",23,760,"43,824",561,"38,406",30,"1,443",87,"1,270",25,719,
"Lake Charles, LA",24,701,"45,496",434,"33,267",164,"7,021",1,13,68,"2,645",
"Wilmington, NC",25,600,"21,889",267,"10,040",108,"3,217",96,"4,271",129,"4,360",
"Honolulu, HI",26,586,"16,199",28,"1,962",7,219,362,"10,331",188,"3,630",
"Galveston, TX",27,429,"18,953",150,"11,259",114,"4,333",3,85,157,"3,077",
"LOOP Terminal, LA",28,401,"102,348",400,"102,319",1,30,0,0,0,0,
"Valdez, AK",29,399,"50,344",399,"50,344",0,0,0,0,0,0
"Port Hueneme, CA",30,397,"6,281",16,489,0,0,0,0,381,"5,792"
"Portland, ME",31,364,"29,793",304,"27,847",32,916,0,0,28,"1,030"
"March Point, WA",32,342,"33,669",340,"33,577",1,39,0,0,0,0
"Boston, MA",33,332,"14,912",114,"4,689",22,914,149,"6,548",15,401
"Point Comfort, TX",34,321,"10,846",251,"7,940",36,"1,999",0,0,0,0
"San Diego, CA",35,319,"6,838",1,46,45,"1,998",52,849,221,"3,945"
"Port Angeles, WA",36,277,"31,931",252,"30,860",10,506,5,178,3,103
"El Segundo, CA",37,245,"23,624",245,"23,624",0,0,0,0,0,0
"Anchorage, AK",38,244,"6,111",17,747,11,380,121,"2,615",1,48
"Brunswick, GA",39,243,"5,181",0,0,16,528,0,0,227,"4,653"
"Pascagoula, MS",40,233,"16,634",189,"14,562",29,"1,676",0,0,13,350
"Cherry Point, WA",41,209,"23,747",209,"23,747",0,0,0,0,0,0
"Providence, RI",42,193,"7,899",97,"4,391",85,"3,065",0,0,5,167
"New Haven, CT",43,185,"7,445",91,"3,924",62,"2,312",1,23,31,"1,185"
"Barbers Point, HI",44,162,"13,879",120,"11,934",41,"1,932",1,13,0,0
"Port Manatee, FL",45,159,"5,544",21,874,76,"3,151",0,0,62,"1,519",,,
"Brownsville, TX",46,158,"5,917",28,"1,197",109,"4,189",3,90,18,442,,,
"Dutch Harbor, AK",47,157,"6,582",1,12,0,0,152,"6,485",4,85,,,
"Nikiski, AK",48,143,"6,476",76,"3,931",15,560,0,0,1,16,,,
Annapolis Anch.. MD,49,134,"6,179",8,381,80,"4,431",4,148,42,"1,219",,,
"Portsmouth, NH",50,129,"5,000",50,"1,859",66,"2,587",1,23,2,84,,,
All other ports,,"1,928","111,226",728,"4,811",386,"15,542",180,"3,302",606,"13,036",,,
U.S. ports total3,,"61,047","3,057,391","20,118","1,449,624","11,406","493,602","18,542","826,795","10,012","247,199",,,
Top 50 as % of U.S. total,,97%,96%,96%,95%,97%,97%,99%,100%,94%,95%,,,
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"1 Excludes calls by vessels under 10,000 dwt.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"2 Starting with year 2000 source data, Columbia River ports, Virginia ports, Los Angeles/Long Beach, Philadelphia/Delaware River ports, New Orleans, and San Francisco Bay area ports were reported on an individual basis. However, for historical consistency, MARAD has continued to present calls at these ports as totals. For definitions of individual ports included in this table see the original information source. ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,
3Includes Puerto Rico.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"4 Includes petroleum, chemical, and gas carriers.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"5 Includes roll-on/roll-off, roll-on/roll-off container, vehicle carriers, general cargo, partial containership, refrigerated, barge carrier, livestock carrier, and combination carriers.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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KEY: Capacity = dwt*calls;  dwt = dead weight tons.,,,,,,,,,,,
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"SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, Vessel Calls at U.S. Ports 2005, Washington, DC: 2006, available at http://www.marad.dot.gov/Marad_Statistics/index.html as of Sept. 8, 2006.",,,,,,,,,,,


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