Table 1-15: Top 50 Water Ports by Tonnage: 2008 and 2009
| Port | 2008 | 2009 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Millions of short tons | Rank | Millions of short tons | |||||
| Total | Foreign | Domestic | Total | Foreign | Domestic | |||
| Port of South Louisiana, LA | 1 | 224.0 | 111.4 | 112.6 | 1 | 212.6 | 103.1 | 109.5 |
| Houston, TX | 2 | 212.2 | 146.4 | 65.8 | 2 | 211.3 | 148.0 | 63.4 |
| New York/New Jersey, NY and NJ | 3 | 153.5 | 91.1 | 62.4 | 3 | 144.7 | 83.5 | 61.2 |
| Long Beach, CA | 4 | 80.2 | 67.3 | 12.9 | 4 | 72.5 | 58.6 | 13.9 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 5 | 76.8 | 55.4 | 21.4 | 5 | 68.2 | 50.8 | 17.4 |
| New Orleans, LA | 6 | 73.0 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 6 | 68.1 | 31.1 | 37.1 |
| Beaumont, TX | 7 | 69.5 | 46.8 | 22.7 | 7 | 67.7 | 43.3 | 24.4 |
| Huntington-Tristate, WV, OH, KY | 8 | 69.3 | 0.0 | 69.3 | 8 | 59.2 | 0.0 | 59.2 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 11 | 59.8 | 52.9 | 6.9 | 9 | 58.4 | 51.4 | 7.0 |
| Texas City, TX | 13 | 52.6 | 38.7 | 13.9 | 10 | 52.6 | 36.5 | 16.2 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 12 | 53.8 | 31.8 | 22.0 | 11 | 52.3 | 32.6 | 19.6 |
| Mobile, AL | 9 | 67.6 | 38.1 | 29.5 | 12 | 52.2 | 27.8 | 24.4 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 14 | 51.8 | 15.9 | 35.9 | 13 | 51.9 | 17.8 | 34.1 |
| Port of Plaquemines, LA | 10 | 63.7 | 27.9 | 35.8 | 14 | 50.9 | 16.2 | 34.7 |
| Norfolk Harbor, VA | 16 | 44.6 | 36.9 | 7.7 | 15 | 40.3 | 33.7 | 6.6 |
| Pascagoula, MS | 23 | 33.6 | 24.1 | 9.5 | 16 | 36.6 | 28.2 | 8.4 |
| Tampa, FL | 19 | 39.7 | 13.4 | 26.3 | 17 | 34.9 | 12.1 | 22.8 |
| Valdez, AK | 21 | 36.0 | 0.0 | 36.0 | 18 | 34.5 | 0.0 | 34.5 |
| Port Arthur, TX | 25 | 31.8 | 21.7 | 10.0 | 19 | 33.8 | 24.4 | 9.4 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 18 | 41.8 | 0.0 | 41.8 | 20 | 32.9 | 0.0 | 32.9 |
| Savannah, GA | 22 | 35.4 | 33.6 | 1.8 | 21 | 32.3 | 30.4 | 2.0 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 24 | 32.3 | 20.3 | 12.0 | 22 | 31.8 | 20.3 | 11.4 |
| St. Louis, MO and IL | 27 | 29.5 | 0.0 | 29.5 | 23 | 31.3 | 0.0 | 31.3 |
| Paulsboro, NJ | 20 | 36.4 | 23.9 | 12.5 | 24 | 30.3 | 18.9 | 11.4 |
| Duluth-Superior, MN and WI | 15 | 45.3 | 15.0 | 30.3 | 25 | 30.2 | 7.8 | 22.5 |
| Baltimore, MD | 17 | 43.4 | 31.0 | 12.5 | 26 | 30.1 | 20.3 | 9.9 |
| Freeport, TX | 26 | 29.8 | 25.7 | 4.1 | 27 | 27.4 | 23.3 | 4.0 |
| Richmond, CA | 30 | 26.4 | 15.9 | 10.4 | 28 | 25.4 | 14.4 | 11.0 |
| Seattle, WA | 31 | 26.2 | 20.2 | 5.9 | 29 | 24.6 | 19.4 | 5.2 |
| Marcus Hook, PA | 32 | 24.7 | 14.3 | 10.4 | 30 | 24.6 | 16.4 | 8.1 |
| Portland, OR | 29 | 26.7 | 17.9 | 8.7 | 31 | 23.3 | 14.4 | 8.9 |
| Tacoma, WA | 28 | 27.2 | 20.3 | 6.9 | 32 | 23.2 | 17.6 | 5.6 |
| Portland, ME | 35 | 22.1 | 20.8 | 1.3 | 33 | 21.0 | 19.5 | 1.5 |
| Boston, MA | 38 | 21.0 | 13.2 | 7.9 | 34 | 20.5 | 13.5 | 7.0 |
| Port Everglades, FL | 36 | 21.7 | 11.8 | 9.8 | 35 | 20.1 | 9.6 | 10.5 |
| Chicago, IL | 33 | 22.7 | 3.6 | 19.1 | 36 | 19.2 | 3.5 | 15.7 |
| Newport News, VA | 34 | 22.6 | 18.6 | 4.0 | 37 | 18.0 | 13.9 | 4.1 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 37 | 21.0 | 13.7 | 7.4 | 38 | 17.7 | 10.6 | 7.0 |
| Oakland, CA | 40 | 17.8 | 15.1 | 2.7 | 39 | 17.4 | 15.0 | 2.4 |
| Charleston, SC | 39 | 20.9 | 18.3 | 2.6 | 40 | 15.8 | 13.5 | 2.4 |
| Memphis, TN | 41 | 16.4 | 0.0 | 16.4 | 41 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 14.0 |
| Cincinnati, OH | 44 | 13.4 | 0.0 | 13.4 | 42 | 11.8 | 0.0 | 11.8 |
| San Juan, PR | 49 | 11.0 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 43 | 11.3 | 5.0 | 6.3 |
| Anacortes, WA | 48 | 11.5 | 3.0 | 8.5 | 44 | 10.4 | 2.2 | 8.2 |
| New Haven, CT | 55 | 9.7 | 2.9 | 6.7 | 45 | 10.1 | 3.2 | 6.9 |
| Kalama, WA | 46 | 12.9 | 12.5 | 0.5 | 46 | 9.9 | 9.3 | 0.6 |
| Galveston, TX | 54 | 9.8 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 47 | 9.8 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
| Toledo, OH | 50 | 11.0 | 7.0 | 3.9 | 48 | 9.7 | 5.8 | 3.8 |
| Barbers Point, Oahu, HI | 53 | 10.1 | 8.4 | 1.7 | 49 | 9.7 | 8.4 | 1.3 |
| Honolulu, HI | 43 | 14.0 | 1.1 | 12.9 | 50 | 9.2 | 0.8 | 8.4 |
| United States, total water ports | 2,477.1 | 1,520.8 | 956.3 | 2,210.8 | 1,353.7 | 857.1 | ||
NOTE: Top 50 water ports are not additive due to shared tonnage between ports.
SOURCE: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Years 2008 and 2009 Part 5 National Summaries (Alexandria, VA: Annual issues), tables 1.1 and 5.2, available at http://www.ndc.iwr.usace.army.mil//wcsc/wcsc.htm as of Jun. 13, 2011.