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Table 14
Top 20 U.S. Water Ports by Weight
(Millions of tons)
Excel |
CSV
| 1 |
South Louisiana, LA |
214.2 |
1 |
194.2 |
10.3 |
| 2 |
Houston, TX |
158.8 |
3 |
126.2 |
25.9 |
| 3 |
New York, NY & NJ |
133.7 |
2 |
140.0 |
-4.5 |
| 4 |
New Orleans, LA |
87.5 |
6 |
62.7 |
39.5 |
| 5 |
Corpus Christi, TX |
78.1 |
7 |
62.0 |
25.9 |
| 6 |
Beaumont, TX |
R69.4 |
23 |
26.7 |
R159.6 |
| 7 |
Baton Rouge, LA |
63.7 |
5 |
78.1 |
-18.5 |
| 8 |
Plaquemine, LA |
R62.5 |
8 |
56.6 |
R10.4 |
| 9 |
Long Beach, CA |
60.9 |
10 |
52.4 |
16.2 |
| 10 |
Valdez, AK |
53.4 |
4 |
96.0 |
-44.3 |
| 11 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
52.9 |
19 |
35.5 |
49.0 |
| 12 |
Tampa, FL |
51.5 |
11 |
51.6 |
-0.2 |
| 13 |
Lake Charles, LA |
R50.7 |
16 |
40.9 |
R24.0 |
| 14 |
Texas City, TX |
49.5 |
12 |
48.1 |
3.0 |
| 15 |
Mobile, AL |
R45.4 |
15 |
41.1 |
R10.4 |
| 16 |
Duluth-Superior, MN & WI |
42.3 |
17 |
40.8 |
3.8 |
| 17 |
Los Angeles, CA |
42.3 |
13 |
46.4 |
-8.7 |
| 19 |
Norfolk Harbor, VA |
40.8 |
9 |
53.7 |
-24.1 |
| 18 |
Philadelphia, PA |
39.3 |
14 |
41.8 |
-6.0 |
| 20 |
Baltimore, MD |
37.3 |
18 |
39.5 |
-5.7 |
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Total top 20 |
R1,434.2 |
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1,334.4 |
7.5 |
Key: R = revised.
Note: See table 18 for top 20 freight gateways by value.
Sources: 1990--U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 1990, Part 5, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA: 1993), table 5-2. 1999-Ibid., Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 1999, Part 5, National Summaries, personal communication.
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