Table 13,,,,,,,,,
Top 25 U.S. Port of Calls by Vessel Type: 2000,,,,,,,,,
(Capacity in thousands of deadweight tons),,,,,,,,,
Ranked by container capacity,Port,"Total
calls","Total
capacity",Containership,,"Containerships (percentage of
total vessels)",,"Average vessel
size per
call (dwt)",
,,,,Calls,Capacity,Calls,Capacity,"All vessel
types",Container- ships
1,"Los Angeles/Long Beach, CA","5,326","242,951","2,955","124,281",55.5,51.2," 45,616 "," 42,058 "
2,"New York, NY/NJ","4,605","186,631","2,172","87,463",47.2,46.9," 40,528 "," 40,268 "
3,"San Francisco Bay area, CA1","3,575","163,071","1,936","82,958",54.2,50.9," 45,614 "," 42,850 "
4,"Charleston, SC","2,167","81,699","1,547","62,463",71.4,76.5," 37,701 "," 40,377 "
5,"Hampton Roads area, VA2","2,496","110,417","1,557","61,943",62.4,56.1," 44,238 "," 39,784 "
6,"Savannah, GA","1,769","62,629",739,"31,506",41.8,50.3," 35,404 "," 42,633 "
7,"Seattle, WA","1,150","45,569",794,"31,182",69.0,68.4," 39,625 "," 39,272 "
8,"Tacoma, WA","1,196","47,169",568,"27,950",47.5,59.3," 39,439 "," 49,208 "
9,"Miami, FL","1,212","34,553",766,"25,522",63.2,73.9," 28,509 "," 33,319 "
10,"Houston, TX","5,129","207,831",614,"19,799",12.0,9.5," 40,521 "," 32,246 "
11,"Baltimore, MD","1,636","55,476",409,"14,669",25.0,26.4," 33,910 "," 35,866 "
12,"San Juan, PR","1,344","27,449",610,"11,490",45.4,41.9," 20,423 "," 18,836 "
13,"Philadelphia, PA","2,739","129,204",468,"11,315",17.1,8.8," 47,172 "," 24,177 "
14,"New Orleans, LA","5,090","234,036",388,"10,853",7.6,4.6," 45,980 "," 27,972 "
15,"Columbia River, OR3","2,163","77,436",262,"10,025",12.1,12.9," 35,800 "," 38,263 "
16,"Honolulu, HI",676,"26,900",339,"8,987",50.1,33.4," 39,793 "," 26,510 "
17,"Jacksonville, FL","1,291","35,532",305,"7,989",23.6,22.5," 27,523 "," 26,193 "
18,"Port Everglades, FL",814,"27,834",211,"5,890",25.9,21.2," 34,194 "," 27,915 "
19,"Freeport, TX",641,"35,737",46,766,7.2,2.1," 55,752 "," 16,652 "
20,"Tampa, FL",779,"23,628",6,127,0.8,0.5," 30,331 "," 21,167 "
,All other ports,"14,157","874,089",709,"20,441",5.0,2.3," 61,743 "," 28,831 "
,"Total, top 20
U.S. ports","45,798","1,855,752","16,692","637,178",36.4,34.3," 40,520 "," 38,173 "
,"Top 20, % of total", 76.4 , 68.0 , 95.9 , 96.9 ,,,,
,"Total, all U.S. ports","59,955","2,729,841","17,401","657,619",29.0,24.1," 45,531 "," 37,792 "
"1 Includes, e.g., Port of Oakland and Port of San Francisco.",,,,,,,,,
"2 Includes, e.g., Norfolk and Newsport News.",,,,,,,,,
"3 Includes, e.g., Vancouver, Portland and Astoria.",,,,,,,,,
KEY: dwt = deadweight tons.,,,,,,,,,
"NOTES: Data include oceangoing vessels of 1,000 gross tons and above. Capacity = dwt multiplied by calls and represents the vessel capacity handled by a port.  Port geography in this table is defined by Lloyd's Maritime information Services and differs from that in tables 10 and 11 wher ""U.S. ports"" are based on U.S. Customs designations.",,,,,,,,,
"SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration; based on Lloyd's Maritime Information Services, Vessel Movements, available at http://www.marad.dot.gov/Marad_Statistics/Porcalls_us.htm, as of Apr. 24, 2002.",,,,,,,,,



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