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Table 25 - U.S. Maritime Freight Gateways, Ranked by Value and Weight: 2003
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Value
(current $, billions)
1 |
Los Angeles, CA |
122.1 |
16.9 |
105.2 |
2 |
New York and New Jersey |
101.2 |
24.3 |
76.9 |
3 |
Long Beach, CA |
95.9 |
17.2 |
78.7 |
4 |
Houston, TX |
49.9 |
21.4 |
28.5 |
5 |
Charleston, SC |
39.4 |
13.4 |
26.0 |
6 |
Norfolk Harbor, VA |
29.5 |
11.0 |
18.5 |
7 |
Tacoma, WA |
26.3 |
5.2 |
21.1 |
8 |
Baltimore, MD |
26.0 |
5.7 |
20.3 |
9 |
Oakland, CA |
25.1 |
7.8 |
17.4 |
10 |
Seattle, WA |
23.1 |
5.7 |
17.4 |
11 |
Savannah, GA |
21.3 |
7.4 |
13.9 |
12 |
New
Orleans, LA |
19.4 |
11.2 |
8.2 |
13 |
Miami,
FL |
16.6 |
6.8 |
9.8 |
14 |
Portland,
OR |
11.8 |
3.0 |
8.8 |
15 |
Jacksonville,
FL |
11.2 |
2.3 |
8.9 |
16 |
Everglades,
FL |
10.5 |
4.3 |
6.2 |
17 |
Philadelphia,
PA |
10.3 |
0.6 |
9.7 |
18 |
Morgan
City, LA |
10.1 |
0.2 |
9.9 |
19 |
Corpus
Christie, TX |
9.9 |
2.0 |
7.9 |
20 |
Beaumont,
TX |
9.6 |
1.0 |
8.7 |
Total, U.S. waterborne trade (all seaports) |
811.1 |
206.2 |
604.9 |
Total, top 20 seaports |
669.2 |
167.4 |
501.8 |
Top 20 seaports as share of U.S. maritime total (percent) |
82.5 |
81.2 |
83.0 |
Weight
(short tons, millions)
1 |
Houston, TX |
126.1 |
36.2 |
89.9 |
2 |
South Louisiana, LA |
80.3 |
49.5 |
30.8 |
3 |
New York and New Jersey |
77.9 |
8.7 |
69.2 |
4 |
Beaumont, TX |
68.7 |
5.4 |
63.3 |
5 |
Corpus Christi, TX |
53.4 |
8.6 |
44.8 |
6 |
Long Beach, CA |
51.3 |
14.2 |
37.2 |
7 |
New Orleans, LA |
48.7 |
27.9 |
20.8 |
8 |
Texas City, TX |
43.4 |
3.2 |
40.2 |
9 |
Los Angeles, CA |
41.8 |
12.7 |
29.2 |
10 |
Lake Charles, LA |
31.8 |
3.9 |
27.8 |
11 |
Freeport, TX |
25.1 |
2.4 |
22.7 |
12 |
Mobile, AL |
25.0 |
7.5 |
17.5 |
13 |
Norfolk Harbor, VA |
24.2 |
15.0 |
9.1 |
14 |
Baltimore, MD |
24.0 |
5.1 |
18.9 |
15 |
Baton Rouge, LA |
23.1 |
4.4 |
18.6 |
16 |
Savannah, GA |
21.3 |
8.2 |
13.1 |
17 |
Pascagoula, MS |
20.8 |
3.3 |
17.5 |
18 |
Plaquemines, LA |
18.9 |
10.4 |
8.5 |
19 |
Philadelphia, PA |
18.5 |
0.2 |
18.3 |
20 |
Arthur, TX |
18.4 |
4.2 |
14.3 |
Total U.S. waterborne trade (all seaports) |
1,211.5 |
363.5 |
848.0 |
Total, top 20 seaports |
842.7 |
231.2 |
611.6 |
Top 20 seaports as share of U.S. maritime total (percent) |
69.6 |
63.6 |
72.1 |
NOTE: Data do
not include intransit (i.e., shipments transiting U.S. ports from one foreign
country to another but not counted as part of U.S. official merchandise
trade).
SOURCES: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, based on: Value- U.S. Department of
Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, August 2004; Weight-special
tabulations from U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of United States data, November 2004.
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