Table 1-57: Tonnage of Top 50 U.S. Water Ports, Ranked by Total Tonsa
| Ports | 2009 | 2008 | 1999 | Percent change 2008-2009 | Percent change 1999-2009 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Total tons (Millions) | Rank | Total tons (Millions) | Rank | Total tons (Millions) | |||
| South Louisiana, LA, Port of | 1 | 212.6 | 1 | 224.0 | 1 | 214.2 | -5.1% | -0.8% |
| Houston, TX | 2 | 211.3 | 2 | 212.2 | 2 | 158.8 | -0.4% | 33.1% |
| New York, NY and NJ | 3 | 144.7 | 3 | 153.5 | 3 | 133.7 | -5.7% | 8.2% |
| Long Beach, CA | 4 | 72.5 | 4 | 80.2 | 9 | 60.9 | -9.6% | 19.1% |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 5 | 68.2 | 5 | 76.8 | 5 | 78.1 | -11.1% | -12.7% |
| New Orleans, LA | 6 | 68.1 | 6 | 73.0 | 4 | 87.5 | -6.7% | -22.2% |
| Beaumont, TX | 7 | 67.7 | 7 | 69.5 | 6 | 69.4 | -2.5% | -2.4% |
| Huntington - Tristate | 8 | 59.2 | 8 | 69.3 | 29 | 22.3 | -14.7% | 165.2% |
| Los Angeles, CA | 9 | 58.4 | 11 | 59.8 | 17 | 42.3 | -2.3% | 38.2% |
| Texas City, TX | 10 | 52.6 | 13 | 52.6 | 14 | 49.5 | 0.1% | 6.3% |
| Lake Charles, LA | 11 | 52.3 | 12 | 53.8 | 13 | 50.7 | -2.8% | 3.0% |
| Mobile, AL | 12 | 52.2 | 9 | 67.6 | 15 | 45.4 | -22.8% | 14.9% |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 13 | 51.9 | 14 | 51.8 | 7 | 63.7 | 0.2% | -18.5% |
| Plaquemines, LA, Port of | 14 | 50.9 | 10 | 63.7 | 8 | 62.5 | -20.2% | -18.6% |
| Norfolk Harbor, VA | 15 | 40.3 | 16 | 44.6 | 18 | 40.8 | -9.6% | -1.1% |
| Pascagoula, MS | 16 | 36.6 | 23 | 33.6 | 23 | 28.1 | 9.0% | 30.3% |
| Tampa, FL | 17 | 34.9 | 19 | 39.7 | 12 | 51.5 | -12.1% | -32.3% |
| Valdez, AK | 18 | 34.5 | 21 | 36.0 | 10 | 53.4 | -4.2% | -35.4% |
| Port Arthur, TX | 19 | 33.8 | 25 | 31.8 | 37 | 18.3 | 6.5% | 84.6% |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 20 | 32.9 | 18 | 41.8 | 11 | 52.9 | -21.4% | -37.9% |
| Savannah, GA | 21 | 32.3 | 22 | 35.4 | 38 | 18.2 | -8.6% | 78.1% |
| Philadelphia, PA | 22 | 31.8 | 24 | 32.3 | 19 | 39.3 | -1.6% | -19.1% |
| St. Louis, MO and IL | 23 | 31.3 | 27 | 29.5 | 21 | 32.7 | 6.2% | -4.0% |
| Paulsboro, NJ | 24 | 30.3 | 20 | 36.4 | 25 | 26.8 | -16.8% | 12.7% |
| Duluth - Superior, MN and WI | 25 | 30.2 | 15 | 45.3 | 16 | 42.3 | -33.3% | -28.5% |
| Baltimore, MD | 26 | 30.1 | 17 | 43.4 | 20 | 37.3 | -30.6% | -19.2% |
| Freeport, TX | 27 | 27.4 | 26 | 29.8 | 24 | 28.1 | -8.3% | -2.5% |
| Richmond, CA | 28 | 25.4 | 30 | 26.4 | 28 | 22.4 | -3.8% | 13.5% |
| Seattle, WA | 29 | 24.6 | 31 | 26.2 | 27 | 25.4 | -6.0% | -3.3% |
| Marcus Hook, PA | 30 | 24.6 | 32 | 24.7 | 35 | 19.3 | -0.4% | 27.6% |
| Portland, OR | 31 | 23.3 | 29 | 26.7 | 22 | 29.3 | -12.6% | -20.6% |
| Tacoma, WA | 32 | 23.2 | 28 | 27.2 | 32 | 21.1 | -14.7% | 9.8% |
| Portland, ME | 33 | 21.0 | 35 | 22.1 | 33 | 20.4 | -5.1% | 3.1% |
| Boston, MA | 34 | 20.5 | 38 | 21.0 | 30 | 22.2 | -2.8% | -7.7% |
| Port Everglades, FL | 35 | 20.1 | 36 | 21.7 | 31 | 22.1 | -7.4% | -9.0% |
| Chicago, IL | 36 | 19.2 | 33 | 22.7 | 26 | 26.6 | -15.1% | -27.7% |
| Newport News, VA | 37 | 18.0 | 34 | 22.6 | 45 | 14.3 | -20.2% | 25.8% |
| Jacksonville, FL | 38 | 17.7 | 37 | 21.0 | 36 | 19.3 | -16.0% | -8.2% |
| Oakland, CA | 39 | 17.4 | 40 | 17.8 | 51 | 11.7 | -2.3% | 48.3% |
| Charleston, SC | 40 | 15.8 | 39 | 20.9 | 34 | 19.9 | -24.4% | -20.5% |
| Memphis, TN | 41 | 14.0 | 41 | 16.4 | 40 | 16.6 | -14.6% | -15.8% |
| Cincinnati, OH | 42 | 11.8 | 44 | 13.4 | 46 | 14.3 | -12.5% | -17.7% |
| San Juan, PR | 43 | 11.3 | 49 | 11.0 | 42 | 15.6 | 2.9% | -27.4% |
| Anacortes, WA | 44 | 10.4 | 48 | 11.5 | 41 | 16.2 | -9.0% | -35.7% |
| New Haven, CT | 45 | 10.1 | 55 | 9.7 | 62 | 8.7 | 4.9% | 16.7% |
| Kalama, WA | 46 | 9.9 | 46 | 12.9 | 69 | 7.0 | -23.4% | 42.5% |
| Galveston, TX | 47 | 9.8 | 54 | 9.8 | 53 | 10.3 | 0.1% | -5.3% |
| Toledo, OH | 48 | 9.7 | 50 | 11.0 | 48 | 12.3 | -11.6% | -21.5% |
| Barber's Point, Oahu, HI | 49 | 9.7 | 53 | 10.1 | 61 | 8.7 | -4.6% | 11.1% |
| Honolulu, HI | 50 | 9.2 | 43 | 14.0 | 49 | 12.3 | -34.6% | -25.3% |
| Total top 50b | NA | 2,025.6 | NA | 2,220.1 | NA | 2,030.7 | -8.8% | -0.2% |
| All ports | NA | 2,210.8 | NA | 2,477.1 | NA | 2,322.6 | -10.8% | -4.8% |
KEY: NA = not applicable.
a Tonnage totals include both domestic and foreign waterborne trade.
b Data for 2008 and 1999 are based on the top 50 water ports in 2008 and 1999, and are not a summation of the numbers in the table.
NOTE
Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
SOURCE
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Part 5, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA: Annual Issues), tables 1-1, 5-1 and 5-2, available at http://www.ndc.iwr.usace.army.mil/wcsc/wcsc.htm as of June 13, 2011.