"Table 1-51:  Tonnage of Top 50 U.S. Water Ports, Ranked by Total Tonsa",,,,,,,,,,
,2006,,2005,,1996,,Percent change 2005-2006,Percent change 1996-2006,,
Ports,Rank,Total tons (Millions),Rank,Total tons  (Millions),Rank,Total tons  (Millions),,,,
"South Louisiana, LA",1,225.5,1,212.2,1,189.8,6.2%,18.8%,,
"Houston, TX",2,222.1,2,211.7,2,148.2,5.0%,49.9%,,
"New York, NY and NJ",3,157.6,3,152.1,3,131.6,3.6%,19.8%,,
"Long Beach, CA",4,84.4,5,79.9,9,58.4,5.7%,44.5%,,
"Beaumont, TX",5,79.5,6,78.9,21,35.7,0.8%,122.6%,,
"Corpus Christi, TX",6,77.6,7,77.6,6,80.5,-0.1%,-3.6%,,
Huntington - Tristate,7,77.2,4,83.9,26,27.5,-8.0%,180.8%,,
"New Orleans, LA",8,76.9,8,65.9,4,83.7,16.7%,-8.2%,,
"Los Angeles, CA",9,66.0,12,54.9,16,45.7,20.2%,44.4%,,
"Mobile, AL",10,59.8,11,57.7,12,50.9,3.8%,17.6%,,
"Lake Charles, LA",11,58.4,13,52.7,15,49.1,10.8%,19.0%,,
"Baton Rouge, LA",12,56.3,9,59.3,5,81.0,-5.0%,-30.4%,,
"Plaquemines, LA, Port of",13,55.9,15,47.9,8,66.9,16.7%,-16.5%,,
"Texas City, TX",14,48.9,10,57.8,10,56.4,-15.5%,-13.3%,,
"Duluth-Superior, MN and WI",15,47.0,16,44.7,19,41.4,5.0%,13.5%,,
"Tampa, FL",16,46.2,14,49.2,13,49.3,-6.0%,-6.2%,,
"Baltimore, MD",17,42.4,18,44.1,17,43.6,-3.8%,-2.6%,,
"Pittsburgh, PA",18,42.0,19,43.6,11,50.9,-3.8%,-17.5%,,
"Paulsboro, NJ",19,39.2,23,32.1,27,25.0,22.4%,56.7%,,
"Philadelphia, PA",20,38.6,20,39.4,18,41.9,-1.9%,-7.8%,,
"Pascagoula, MS",21,37.7,26,29.3,24,29.3,28.4%,28.3%,,
"Valdez, AK",22,36.2,17,44.4,7,77.1,-18.7%,-53.1%,,
"Norfolk Harbor, VA",23,34.2,21,35.3,14,49.3,-2.9%,-30.5%,,
"Savannah, GA",24,34.0,25,30.1,36,17.6,12.8%,93.0%,,
"Freeport, TX",25,32.1,22,33.6,29,24.6,-4.3%,30.8%,,
"St. Louis, MO and IL",26,31.3,24,30.3,22,30.2,3.2%,3.8%,,
"Portland, OR",27,28.5,29,28.1,23,29.7,1.2%,-4.2%,,
"Port Arthur, TX",28,28.4,31,26.4,20,37.2,7.6%,-23.6%,,
"Seattle, WA",29,28.0,30,28.1,30,23.5,-0.4%,18.8%,,
"Charleston, SC",30,26.4,33,25.4,51,11.1,3.9%,138.4%,,
"Tacoma, WA",31,26.0,28,28.3,32,21.5,-8.0%,21.1%,,
"Chicago, IL",32,25.7,32,25.8,25,27.9,-0.4%,-7.8%,,
"Richmond, CA",33,25.6,35,24.5,31,21.8,4.6%,17.5%,,
"Portland, ME",34,25.2,27,29.3,42,15.2,-13.8%,65.6%,,
"Port Everglades, FL",35,24.8,34,24.7,34,18.9,0.6%,31.4%,,
"Jacksonville, FL",36,22.2,37,21.8,39,16.7,2.0%,32.7%,,
"Boston, MA",37,21.9,36,22.4,33,20.1,-2.3%,8.7%,,
"Marcus Hook, PA",38,20.1,39,20.3,47,12.4,-0.8%,62.5%,,
"Memphis, TN",39,19.1,41,17.1,37,17.3,11.7%,10.4%,,
"Detroit, MI",40,17.4,40,17.4,35,17.6,-0.5%,-1.5%,,
"Oakland, CA",41,16.6,42,16.6,50,11.2,0.1%,48.2%,,
"Honolulu, HI",42,16.2,38,20.4,48,12.0,-20.4%,35.1%,,
"Indiana Harbor, IN",43,16.2,45,14.1,38,16.9,14.5%,-4.3%,,
"Cleveland, OH",44,15.2,47,13.6,40,16.7,11.3%,-9.2%,,
"Anacortes, WA",45,15.1,43,15.8,44,13.8,-4.0%,9.4%,,
"Two Harbors, MN",46,13.4,51,11.0,52,10.7,22.5%,25.9%,,
"Cincinnati, OH",47,13.3,44,14.6,46,12.8,-8.6%,4.1%,,
"San Juan, PR",48,12.9,48,13.4,43,15.1,-3.1%,-14.3%,,
"Newport News, VA",49,11.3,46,13.7,28,24.8,-17.2%,-54.3%,,
"Toledo, OH",50,11.2,53,10.5,45,13.0,6.3%,-14.4%,,
Total top 50,,"2,287.9",,"2,231.9",,"2,023.5",2.5%,13.1%,,
All ports,,"2,588.4",,"2,527.6",,"2,284.1",2.4%,13.3%,,
a Tonnage totals include both domestic and foreign waterborne trade.,,,,,,,,,,
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NOTE,,,,,,,,,,
Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.,,,,,,,,,,
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"U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Part 5, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA: Annual issues), tables 1-1 and 5-2. ",,,,,,,,,,
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