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America's Container Ports: Freight Hubs That Connect Our Nation to Global Markets - June 2009

America's Container Ports: Freight Hubs That Connect Our Nation to Global Markets

June 2009


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Table of Contents File Formats
Entire Report
Citation
Acknowledgments
Overview
Introduction
Effects of Drop in Container Throughput
Trends in Container Throughput
Gateways for Inbound and Outbound Traffic
Port Concentration
Regional Shifts in Port Market Share
Vessel Calls and Capacity
Ranking of U.S. Ports Among World’s Top Ports
Trading Partners
Entries of Oceanborne Container Units
Container Entries by All Modes from All Countries
Spotlight 1: Landslide Access to Seaports
Spotlight 2: Maritime Security
Spotlight 3: Ports and Environmental Concerns
References
List of Abbreviations
Glossary
List of Figures
Figure 1 - Maritime Container Cargo Handled at Top 10 U.S. Container Ports: 2007 and 2008
Figure 2 - Quarterly Value of Total U.S. International Merchandise Trade: 2007 and 2008
Figure 3 - Quarter-to-Quarter Percent Change in Real Gross Domestic Product: 2007–2008
Figure 4 - World’s Top Merchandise Trade Countries: 2007
Figure 5 - Growth in U.S. Container Trade, Overall Freight, and Real GDP: 1995–2008
Figure 6 - Year-on-Year Percent Change in U.S. Container Trade and Real GDP: 1995–2008
Figure 7 - U.S. International Maritime Container Traffic: 1995–2008
Figure 8 - Top 25 Container Ports for U.S. International Maritime Freight: 2008
Figure 9 - U.S. International Maritime Containerized Activity: 1995-2008
Figure 10 - Coastal Port Region’s Market Share of U.S. Containerized TEUs: 1980–2007
Figure 11 - Growth of U.S. Maritime Containerized Exports and Imports by Coastal Port Region: 1980–2007
Figure 12 - Top 20 World Container Ports: 2000 and 2008
Figure 13 - Top 10 Trading Partners for U.S. Waterborne Containerized Imports: 2000, 2005, and 2007
Figure 14 - Exports - Top 10 U.S. Partners for U.S. Waterborne Containerized Trade, 2000, 2005, and 2007
Figure 15 - Maritime Container Entries into the United States: 2000-2007
Figure 16 - Monthly Maritime Container Entries into the United States: 2006–2007
List of Tables
Table 1 - Maritime Container Cargo Handled at Leading U.S. Container Ports: 2007 and 2008
Table 2 - U.S. versus World Maritime Container Traffic and Gross Domestic Product: 1995–2008
Table 3 - Top 10 U.S. Maritime Container Ports by Loaded TEUs: 1995, 2000, 2007, and 2008
Table 4 - Top 25 U.S. Container Ports by Port Calls and Vessel Type: 2007
Table 5 - Top 20 World Container Ports: 2000, 2007, and 2008
Table 6 - Container Entries into the United States from All Countries and by All Modes: 2000–2008
Table 7 - U.S. Maritime Port Activity and Landside Traffic Delay per Traveler in Surrounding Urban Area: 2007
Table 8 - Post-9/11 Legislation Relevant to Maritime Transportation System Security
Table 9 - Overview of Major Federal Programs for Supply Chain Security


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