Table 2 - Top 10 U.S. Container Ports: 2000 | Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Table 2 - Top 10 U.S. Container Ports: 2000

(thousands of 20-foot equivalent units)

Port	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Los Angeles, CA	1,639	1,627	1,786	1,849	1,873	2,085	2,293	2,552	3,228
Long Beach, CA	1,356	1,543	1,939	2,137	2,357	2,673	2,852	3,048	3,203
New York, NY	1,294	1,306	1,404	1,537	1,533	1,738	1,884	2,027	2,201
Charleston, SC	564	579	655	758	801	955	1,035	1,170	1,246
Oakland, CA	746	772	879	919	803	843	902	915	989
Seattle, WA	743	781	967	993	939	953	977	962	959
Norfolk, VA	519	519	570	647	681	770	793	829	851
Houston, TX	368	392	419	489	538	609	657	714	733
Savannah, GA	387	406	418	445	456	529	558	625	720
Miami, FL	418	469	497	497	505	624	603	618	683
Total top 10 ports	8,035	8,394	9,534	10,271	10,486	11,779	12,553	13,459	14,813
Top 10 as a percentage of total	76%	69%	72%	77%	71%	76%	81%	81%	83%
Total all ports	10,583	12,238	13,173	13,328	14,794	15,556	15,556	16,564	17,938

SOURCES: Journal of Commerce, Port Import/Export Reporting Service (PIERS), various data files.