Freight Facts and Figures 2009
Figure 3-17. Top 25 Water Ports by Tonnage: 2007
The top 25 water ports handle about two-thirds of the weight of all foreign and domestic goods moved by water. These goods are primarily bulk commodities such as coal, crude petroleum, and grain.
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Data represented in the figure.
Table in Excel format
Million of short tons
| Imports |
Exports |
Domestic |
Total |
| South Louisiana, LA |
47.3 |
60.1 |
121.5 |
229.0 |
| Houston, TX |
94.7 |
50.7 |
70.7 |
216.1 |
| New York, NY and NJ |
75.0 |
16.5 |
65.8 |
157.2 |
| Long Beach, CA |
49.7 |
20.9 |
15.4 |
85.9 |
| Beaumont, TX |
50.5 |
6.6 |
24.3 |
81.4 |
| Corpus Christi, TX |
48.0 |
10.3 |
22.7 |
81.1 |
| Huntington, WV-KY-OH |
- |
- |
76.5 |
76.5 |
| New Orleans, LA |
21.7 |
16.1 |
38.3 |
76.0 |
| Los Angeles, CA |
40.5 |
16.9 |
8.2 |
65.5 |
| Mobile, AL |
23.0 |
11.8 |
29.7 |
64.5 |
| Lake Charles, LA |
34.5 |
5.3 |
24.5 |
64.2 |
| Plaquemines, LA |
8.5 |
15.5 |
34.8 |
58.8 |
| Texas City, TX |
35.9 |
4.6 |
16.3 |
56.8 |
| Baton Rouge, LA |
13.7 |
4.8 |
36.1 |
54.6 |
| Tampa, FL |
8.8 |
6.3 |
31.7 |
46.9 |
| Duluth Superior, MN-WI |
0.3 |
14.9 |
31.4 |
46.5 |
| Baltimore, MD |
16.0 |
10.7 |
14.5 |
41.3 |
| Norfolk Harbor, VA |
10.2 |
21.9 |
7.7 |
39.7 |
| Pittsburgh, PA |
- |
- |
38.1 |
38.1 |
| Paulsboro, NJ |
22.8 |
1.4 |
13.8 |
38.0 |
| Valdez, AK |
- |
- |
37.8 |
37.8 |
| Savannah,GA |
22.0 |
12.8 |
1.7 |
36.5 |
| Pascagoula, MS |
19.0 |
4.4 |
11.8 |
35.2 |
| Philadelphia, PA |
21.1 |
0.6 |
13.5 |
35.1 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL |
- |
- |
32.1 |
32.1 |
Notes:
1 short ton = 2,000 pounds. Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2007 Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Part 5, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA: 2007), table 5-2.
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