Freight Facts and Figures 2009

Figure 3-18. Top 25 Water Ports by Containerized Cargo: 2008

Containerized cargo has grown rapidly over the past few years and is concentrated at a few large water ports. The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach together handle about 32 percent of all container traffic at water ports in the United States. Container trade at these two ports nearly doubled between 1998 and 2008, slightly higher than the growth rate reported for container cargo overall.

Figure 3-18. U.S. map showing amounts of containerized cargo imported and exported, in thousands of Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs), for the top 25 water ports for year 2008.

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Data represented in the figure.

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Thousands of TEUs

Ports	Rank	Export	Import
Los Angeles, CA	1	1,598	4,014
Long Beach, CA	2	1,439	3,114
New York, NY	3	1,413	2,542
Savannah, GA	4	1,020	1,086
Norfolk, VA	5	778	807
Oakland, CA	6	662	726
Houston, TX	7	789	574
Charleston, SC	8	635	690
Tacoma, WA	9	472	646
Seattle, WA	10	423	656
Port Everglades, FL	11	398	283
Miami, FL	12	355	315
Baltimore, MD	13	171	259
New Orleans, LA	14	154	81
San Juan, PR	15	66	157
Philadelphia, PA	16	59	159
Portland, OR	17	99	97
Wilmington, DE	18	53	134
Gulfport, MS	19	66	107
Jacksonville, FL	20	106	53
West Palm Beach, FL	21	115	41
Wilmington, NC	22	58	89
Boston, MA	23	56	90
Chester, PA	24	52	49
Mobile, AL	25	35	38

Key: TEUs = twenty-foot equivalent units.

Source:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, U.S. Waterborne Container Trade by U.S. Custom Ports, 1997-2008, based on data provided by Port Import/Export Reporting Service, available at www.marad.dot.gov/library_landing_page/data_and_statistics/Data_and_Statistics.htm as of June 12, 2009.

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