Freight Facts and Figures 2010

Figure 3-16. Top 25 Water Ports by Tonnage: 2008

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

Millions of short tons

	Imports	Exports	Domestic	Total
South Louisiana, LA	47.3	64.2	112.6	224.0
Houston, TX	92.0	54.4	65.8	212.2
New York, NY and NJ	71.5	19.6	62.4	153.5
Long Beach, CA	45.2	22.1	12.9	80.2
Corpus Christi, TX	43.4	12.0	21.4	76.8
New Orleans, LA	19.6	16.9	36.5	73.0
Beaumont, TX	41.2	5.6	22.7	69.5
Huntington, WV-KY-OH	-	-	69.3	69.3
Mobile, AL	23.8	14.3	29.5	67.6
Plaquemines, LA	8.1	19.8	35.8	63.7
Los Angeles, CA	32.7	20.2	6.9	59.8
Lake Charles, LA	26.0	5.8	22.0	53.8
Texas City, TX	33.9	4.8	13.9	52.6
Baton Rouge, LA	10.9	5.0	35.9	51.8
Duluth Superior, MN-WI	0.5	14.5	30.3	45.3
Norfolk Harbor, VA	9.6	27.3	7.7	44.6
Baltimore, MD	16.6	14.3	12.5	43.4
Pittsburgh, PA	-	-	41.8	41.8
Tampa, FL	7.7	5.7	26.3	39.7
Paulsboro, NJ	22.3	1.6	12.5	36.4
Valdez, AK	-	-	36.0	36.0
Savannah,GA	19.6	14.0	1.8	35.4
Pascagoula, MS	19.1	5.1	9.5	33.6
Philadelphia, PA	19.7	0.7	12.0	32.3
Port Arthur, TX	14.8	6.9	10.0	31.8

Note:

Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

Source:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2008 Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Part 5, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA: 2009), table 5-2.

 

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