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Figure 3-15. Top 25 Water Ports by Weight: 2005 (Million Short Tons) (Historical)

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empty Cell Imports Exports Domestic Total
South Louisiana, LA 43.5 51.1 117.7 212.2
Houston, TX 103.2 41.9 66.6 211.7
New York, NY and NJ 76.6 11.2 64.3 152.1
Huntington, WV-KY-OH 0.0 0.0 83.9 83.9
Long Beach, CA 44.5 18.8 16.6 79.9
Beaumont, TX 55.5 4.6 18.8 78.9
Corpus Christi, TX 45.4 8.4 23.8 77.6
New Orleans, LA 21.3 11.8 32.8 65.9
Baton Rouge, LA 17.6 4.8 36.9 59.3
Texas City, TX 38.0 5.5 14.4 57.8
Mobile, AL 21.2 10.2 26.3 57.7
Los Angeles, CA 34.0 12.9 8.0 54.9
Lake Charles, LA 27.1 5.0 20.6 52.7
Tampa, FL 11.8 8.3 29.1 49.2
Plaquemines, LA 8.0 7.9 31.9 47.9
Duluth-Superior, MN-WI 0.6 14.0 30.2 44.7
Valdez, AK 0.0 0.0 44.4 44.4
Baltimore, MD 21.5 6.7 15.9 44.1
Pittsburgh, PA 0.0 0.0 43.6 43.6
Philadelphia, PA 25.9 0.3 13.1 39.4
Norfolk Harbor, VA 8.6 17.9 8.8 35.3
Freeport, TX 25.4 3.0 5.2 33.6
Paulsboro, NJ 18.1 0.2 13.7 32.1
St. Louis, MO-IL 0.0 0.0 30.3 30.3
Savannah,GA 18.2 10.1 1.8 30.1

Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2004 Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Part 5, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA: 2006), table 5-2.


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