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Top 20 U.S. Water Ports by Shipment Weight & Top 20 U.S. Water Ports by Container TEUs: 2004,,,
Port by shipment weight,Short tons (millions),Port by container TEUs,Full TEUs (thousands)
"South Louisiana, LA",224.2,"Long Beach, CA","5,185"
"Houston, TX  ",202.1,"Los Angeles, CA","3,901"
"New York, NY and NJ  ",152.4,"New York, NY and NJ","3,409"
"Beaumont, TX  ",91.7,"Tacoma, WA","1,626"
"Long Beach, CA  ",79.7,"Oakland, CA","1,510"
"Corpus Christi, TX  ",78.9,"Charleston, SC","1,423"
"New Orleans, LA",78.1,"Savannah, GA","1,309"
"Huntington-Tristate, WV-OH-PA",77.3,"Norfolk Harbor, VA","1,308"
"Texas City, TX  ",68.3,"Houston, TX","1,236"
"Baton Rouge, LA  ",57.1,"Seattle, WA","1,199"
"Mobile, AL  ",56.2,"Honolulu, HI","1,150"
"Lake Charles, LA  ",54.7,"Miami, FL",818
"Plaquemines, LA",54.4,"Jacksonville, FL",749
"Los Angeles, CA",51.4,"Anchorage, AK",604
"Tampa, FL  ",48.3,"Port Everglades, FL",502
"Baltimore, MD  ",47.4,"Baltimore, MD",444
"Valdez, AK",46.8,"New Orleans, LA",275
"Duluth-Superior, MN and WI  ",45.4,"Portland, OR",229
"Pittsburgh, PA",41.0,"Gulfport, MS",184
"Philadelphia, PA  ",35.2,"Wilmington, DE",150
"Total, top 20"," 1,591 ",,"27,211"
"Total, all ports"," 2,552 ",,"29,927"
"Note: Includes exports, imports, and domestic shipments.  See table 5-8 for top 20 freight gateways by value of shipments.
TEUs = 20-foot equivalent units.  One 20-foot container equals one TEU.",,,
"Sources:  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 2004, Part 5, National Summaries, table 5-2, available at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/wcsc.htm, as of April 2006.  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Container Traffic for U.S. Ports and all 50 States and U.S. Territories, Port TEUs, available at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/wcsc.htm, as of July 2006.",,,