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TABLE 8. U.S. Maritime Freight Gateways, Ranked by Value and Weight, 2003
Value (current $, millions)
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| 1 |
Port of Los Angeles, CA |
122,051 |
16,865 |
105,186 |
| 2 |
Port of New York and New Jersey |
101,176 |
24,303 |
76,873 |
| 3 |
Port of Long Beach, CA |
95,863 |
17,163 |
78,700 |
| 4 |
Port of Houston, TX |
49,893 |
21,439 |
28,454 |
| 5 |
Port of Charleston, SC |
39,375 |
13,374 |
26,000 |
| 6 |
Port of Norfolk Harbor, VA |
29,495 |
11,026 |
18,469 |
| 7 |
Port of Tacoma, WA |
26,332 |
5,203 |
21,129 |
| 8 |
Port of Baltimore, MD |
25,956 |
5,686 |
20,270 |
| 9 |
Port of Oakland, CA |
25,144 |
7,762 |
17,382 |
| 10 |
Port of Seattle, WA |
23,078 |
5,688 |
17,390 |
| 11 |
Port of Savannah, GA |
21,349 |
7,418 |
13,931 |
| 12 |
Port of New Orleans, LA |
19,411 |
11,237 |
8,174 |
| 13 |
Port
of Miami, FL |
16,610 |
6,826 |
9,785 |
| 14 |
Port of Portland, OR |
11,810 |
2,966 |
8,844 |
| 15 |
Port of Jacksonville, FL |
11,235 |
2,334 |
8,901 |
| 16 |
Port Everglades, FL |
10,499 |
4,348 |
6,151 |
| 17 |
Port of Philadelphia, PA |
10,315 |
634 |
9,681 |
| 18 |
Port of Morgan City, LA |
10,108 |
181 |
9,927 |
| 19 |
Port of Corpus Christie, TX |
9,859 |
1,957 |
7,902 |
| 20 |
Port of Beaumont, TX |
9,616 |
954 |
8,662 |
| Total, U.S. waterborne trade (all seaports) |
|
811,086 |
206,205 |
604,881 |
| Total, top 20 seaports |
|
669,174 |
167,362 |
501,812 |
| Top 20 seaports as share of U.S. maritime total (percent) |
|
82.5 |
81.2 |
83.0 |
Weight (Short tons, thousands)
| 1 |
Port of Houston, TX |
126,098 |
36,245 |
89,853 |
| 2 |
Port of South Louisiana, LA |
80,324 |
49,517 |
30,807 |
| 3 |
Port of New York and New Jersey |
77,934 |
8,739 |
69,195 |
| 4 |
Port of Beaumont, TX |
68,747 |
5,415 |
63,331 |
| 5 |
Port of Corpus Christi, TX |
53,386 |
8,631 |
44,755 |
| 6 |
Port of Long Beach, CA |
51,348 |
14,176 |
37,172 |
| 7 |
Port of New Orleans, LA |
48,697 |
27,898 |
20,799 |
| 8 |
Port of Texas City, TX |
43,392 |
3,207 |
40,185 |
| 9 |
Port of Los Angeles, CA |
41,840 |
12,682 |
29,158 |
| 10 |
Port of Lake Charles, LA |
31,762 |
3,937 |
27,825 |
| 11 |
Port of Freeport, TX |
25,089 |
2,425 |
22,663 |
| 12 |
Port of Mobile, AL |
25,019 |
7,474 |
17,545 |
| 13 |
Port of Norfolk Harbor, VA |
24,187 |
15,045 |
9,142 |
| 14 |
Port of Baltimore, MD |
23,955 |
5,095 |
18,860 |
| 15 |
Port of Baton Rouge, LA |
23,095 |
4,446 |
18,650 |
| 16 |
Port of Savannah, GA |
21,268 |
8,211 |
13,057 |
| 17 |
Port of Pascagoula, MS |
20,783 |
3,269 |
17,514 |
| 18 |
Port of Plaquemines, LA |
18,917 |
10,449 |
8,468 |
| 19 |
Port of Philadelphia, PA |
18,481 |
166 |
18,315 |
| 20 |
Port Arthur, TX |
18,421 |
4,161 |
14,259 |
| Total U.S. waterborne trade (all seaports) |
|
1,211,480 |
363,478 |
848,002 |
| Total, top 20 seaports |
|
842,742 |
231,190 |
611,552 |
| Top 20 seaports as share of U.S. maritime total (percent) |
|
69.6 |
63.6 |
72.1 |
NOTE: Data do not include intransits (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 Statistic, 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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