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Top 10 U.S. Container Ports: Traffic (thousands of TEUs) and Channel Depth (feet): 1992–2000,,,,,,,,,,,
Port,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,Authorized channel depth,Maintained channel depth
Los Angeles,"1,639","1,627","1,786","1,849","1,873","2,085","2,293","2,552","3,228",70,60
Long Beach,"1,356","1,543","1,939","2,137","2,357","2,673","2,852","3,048","3,204",76,63
New York,"1,294","1,306","1,404","1,537","1,533","1,738","1,884","2,027","2,200",45,40
Charleston,564,579,655,758,801,955,"1,035","1,170","1,246",45,40
Oakland,746,772,879,919,803,843,902,915,989,50,42
Seattle,743,781,967,993,939,953,976,962,960,34,52
Norfolk,519,519,570,647,681,770,793,829,850,55,50
Houston,368,392,419,489,538,609,657,714,733,45,40
Savannah,387,406,418,445,456,529,558,624,720,48,42
Miami,418,469,497,497,505,624,602,618,684,42,42
"Total, top 10 ports","8,035","8,394","9,534","10,271","10,486","11,779","12,552","13,458","14,814",,
"Top 10, % of total",76%,69%,72%,77%,71%,76%,81%,81%,83%,,
"Total, all U.S. ports","10,583","12,238","13,173","13,328","14,794","15,556","15,556","16,564","17,938",,
KEY: TEUs = 20-foot equivalent units.,,,,,,,,,,,
"SOURCE: Journal of Commerce, Port Import/Export Reporting Service (PIERS), various container data files; and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Navigation Data Center, channel depth data, personal commuication, June 2001.",,,,,,,,,,,
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