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Top 20 U.S. Water Ports by Shipment Weight & Top 20 U.S. Water Ports by Container TEUs: 2006,,,
Port by shipment weight,Short tons (millions),Port by container TEUs,Full TEUs (thousands)
"South Louisiana, LA",225.5,"Los Angeles, CA","5,572"
"Houston, TX  ",222.1,"Long Beach, CA","5,043"
New York/New Jersey,157.6,New York/New Jersey,"3,812"
"Long Beach, CA  ",84.4,"Oakland, CA","1,579"
"Beaumont, TX",79.5,"Savannah, GA","1,574"
"Corpus Christ, TX",77.6,"Norfolk Harbor, VA","1,492"
"Huntington-Tristate, WV-OH-PA",77.2,"Charleston, SC","1,483"
"New Orleans, LA",76.9,"Seattle, WA","1,380"
"Los Angeles, CA",66.0,"Tacoma, WA","1,380"
"Mobile, AL  ",59.8,"Houston, TX","1,317"
"Lake Charles, LA",58.4,"Honolulu, HI",890
"Baton Rouge, LA  ",56.3,"Miami, FL",740
"Plaquemines, LA, Port of",55.9,"San Juan, PR",690
"Texas City, TX",48.9,"Port Everglades, FL",633,,,
"Duluth-Superior, MN and WI  ",47.0,"Jacksonville, FL",512,,,
"Tampa, FL  ",46.2,"Baltimore, MD",483,,,
"Baltimore, MD",42.4,"Anchorage, AK",277,,,
"Pittsburgh, PA",42.0,"New Orleans, LA",185,,,
"Paulsboro, NJ",39.2,"Portland, OR",183,,,
"Philadelphia, PA  ",38.6,"Wilmington, DE",170,,,
"Total, top 20","1,602",,"29,396",,,
"Total, all ports","2,681",,"31,320",,,
"Notes: 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 2006, Part 5, National Summaries, table 5-2, available at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/wcsc.htm as of October 2008.  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 October 2008.",,,,,,