Freight Facts and Figures 2010

Figure 3-17. Top 25 Water Ports by Containerized Cargo: 2009

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 35 percent of all container traffic at water ports in the United States. Container trade at these two ports increased by 70 percent between 1998 and 2009, 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 2009. Note: The statistics include both government and non-government shipments by vessel into and out of U.S. foreign trade zones, the 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

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Thousands of TEUs

Ports	Rank	Export	Import
Los Angeles, CA	1	1,519	3,493
Long Beach, CA	2	1,245	2,503
New York, NY	3	1,242	2,335
Savannah, GA	4	999	908
Oakland, CA	5	753	639
Norfolk, VA	6	697	675
Houston, TX	7	773	481
Seattle, WA	8	451	618
Charleston, SC	9	456	495
Tacoma, WA	10	415	455
Miami, FL	11	338	286
Port Everglades, FL	12	316	219
Baltimore, MD	13	177	227
New Orleans, LA	14	154	74
San Juan, PR	15	65	152
Jacksonville, FL	16	119	79
Wilmington, NC	17	88	97
Philadelphia, PA	18	36	143
Wilmington, DE	19	35	129
Gulfport, MS	20	57	100
Portland, OR	21	86	69
Boston, MA	22	64	84
West Palm Beach, FL	23	97	40
Mobile, AL	24	52	35
Chester, PA	25	29	34

Key: TEUs = twenty-foot equivalent units.

Source:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, U.S. Waterborne Container Trade by U.S. Custom Ports, 1997-2009, 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 July 6, 2010.

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