Table 1-15: Top 50 Water Ports by Tonnage: 2004
Table 1-15: Top 50 Water Ports by Tonnage: 2004
| Port and state | Rank | Millions of short tons | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Foreign | Domestic | ||
| Port of South Louisiana, LA | 1 | 224.2 | 104.8 | 119.4 |
| Houston, TX | 2 | 202.0 | 137.5 | 64.5 |
| New York, NY and NJ | 3 | 152.4 | 82.2 | 70.2 |
| Beaumont, TX | 4 | 91.7 | 70.9 | 20.8 |
| Long Beach, CA | 5 | 80.1 | 62.5 | 17.6 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 6 | 78.9 | 53.8 | 25.1 |
| New Orleans, LA | 7 | 78.1 | 40.4 | 37.7 |
| Huntington-Tristate, WV, OH, KY | 8 | 77.3 | 0.0 | 77.3 |
| Texas City, TX | 9 | 68.3 | 50.8 | 17.5 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 10 | 57.1 | 21.9 | 35.1 |
| Mobile, AL | 11 | 56.2 | 29.3 | 26.9 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 12 | 54.8 | 31.7 | 23.1 |
| Port of Plaquemines, LA | 13 | 54.4 | 17.7 | 36.7 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 14 | 51.9 | 43.9 | 8.1 |
| Tampa, FL | 15 | 48.3 | 18.6 | 29.7 |
| Baltimore, MD | 16 | 47.4 | 32.8 | 14.6 |
| Valdez, AK | 17 | 46.8 | < 0.1 | 46.8 |
| Duluth-Superior, MN and WI | 18 | 45.4 | 13.7 | 31.7 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 19 | 41.0 | 0.0 | 41.0 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 20 | 35.2 | 21.4 | 13.8 |
| Norfolk Harbor, VA | 21 | 34.2 | 26.2 | 8.0 |
| Pascagoula, MS | 22 | 34.1 | 23.4 | 10.7 |
| Freeport, TX | 23 | 33.9 | 28.1 | 5.8 |
| St. Louis, MO and IL | 24 | 33.4 | 0.0 | 33.4 |
| Paulsboro, NJ | 25 | 30.5 | 18.6 | 11.9 |
| Portland, OR | 26 | 30.0 | 17.7 | 12.3 |
| Portland, ME | 27 | 29.7 | 27.8 | 1.9 |
| Savannah, GA | 28 | 28.2 | 26.1 | 2.1 |
| Port Arthur, TX | 29 | 27.6 | 19.0 | 8.6 |
| Tacoma, WA | 30 | 26.3 | 18.6 | 7.7 |
| Boston, MA | 31 | 25.8 | 17.8 | 8.0 |
| Port Everglades, FL | 32 | 24.9 | 13.4 | 11.5 |
| Richmond, CA | 33 | 24.7 | 12.9 | 11.9 |
| Charleston, SC | 34 | 24.7 | 20.8 | 3.9 |
| Chicago, IL | 35 | 24.6 | 3.8 | 20.8 |
| Marcus Hook, PA | 36 | 24.6 | 14.1 | 10.5 |
| Seattle, WA | 37 | 23.5 | 17.6 | 5.9 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 38 | 21.5 | 11.4 | 10.0 |
| Honolulu, HI | 39 | 19.1 | 5.9 | 13.2 |
| Indiana Harbor, IN | 40 | 18.2 | 0.9 | 17.3 |
| Memphis, TN | 41 | 17.5 | 0.0 | 17.5 |
| Detroit, MI | 42 | 16.9 | 4.3 | 12.6 |
| Anacortes, WA | 43 | 16.3 | 2.2 | 14.1 |
| Cleveland, OH | 44 | 15.8 | 3.9 | 11.9 |
| Oakland, CA | 45 | 15.5 | 12.7 | 2.8 |
| Newport News, VA | 46 | 14.3 | 8.5 | 5.8 |
| San Juan, PR | 47 | 14.2 | 6.2 | 8.0 |
| Cincinnati, OH | 48 | 13.9 | 0.0 | 13.9 |
| Two Harbors, MN | 49 | 13.5 | 0.1 | 13.4 |
| Matagorda Ship Channel, TX | 50 | 12.5 | 8.9 | 3.6 |
| Top 50, total | 2,281.1 | 1,205.0 | 1,076.2 | |
SOURCE: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 2004, Part 5 National Summaries, Alexandria, VA: 2006, available at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/wcsc.htm as of Oct. 5, 2006.