TABLE 3-3-4 - Top 10 U.S. Maritime Container Ports: 2001-2007
TABLE 3-3-4 - Top 10 U.S. Maritime Container Ports: 2001-2007
Thousands of TEU
| Port | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | Percent change, 2001-2007 | Average annual growth rate, 2001-2007 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles/Long Beach, CA | 6,624 | 7,243 | 7,755 | 8,639 | 9,327 | 10,460 | 10,662 | 61.0 | 8.3 |
| New York, NY | 2,355 | 2,627 | 2,803 | 3,163 | 3,417 | 3,651 | 3,893 | 65.3 | 8.7 |
| Seattle/Tacoma, WA | 1,436 | 1,619 | 1,746 | 1,990 | 2,502 | 2,306 | 2,409 | 67.8 | 9.0 |
| Savannah, GA | 813 | 1,014 | 1,124 | 1,290 | 1,491 | 1,588 | 2,017 | 148.1 | 16.4 |
| Norfolk, VA | 885 | 982 | 1,093 | 1,206 | 1,325 | 1,414 | 1,568 | 77.1 | 10.0 |
| Oakland, CA | 963 | 979 | 1,064 | 1,197 | 1,378 | 1,398 | 1,423 | 47.7 | 6.7 |
| Charleston, SC | 1,159 | 1,197 | 1,250 | 1,421 | 1,522 | 1,507 | 1,401 | 20.9 | 3.2 |
| Houston, TX | 783 | 851 | 933 | 1,098 | 1,250 | 1,276 | 1,394 | 77.9 | 10.1 |
| Port Everglades, FL | 417 | 370 | 423 | 500 | 587 | 635 | 686 | 64.6 | 8.7 |
| Miami, FL | 717 | 752 | 764 | 795 | 778 | 746 | 673 | -6.2 | -1.1 |
| Total top 10 ports | 16,153 | 17,634 | 18,955 | 21,299 | 23,577 | 24,982 | 26,126 | 61.7 | 8.3 |
| Total all ports1 | 18,117 | 19,729 | 21,289 | 23,851 | 26,092 | 27,631 | 29,020 | 60.2 | 8.2 |
| Top 10, percent of total | 89.2 | 89.4 | 89.0 | 89.3 | 90.4 | 90.4 | 90.0 |
1 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.
NOTES: TEU = Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit. One twenty-foot container equals one TEU while one forty-foot container equals two TEU. The data in this table include only loaded containers in U.S. international maritime activity. It includes U.S. imports, exports, and transshipments. Therefore, the trade levels will be greater than those reported from U.S. international trade statistics, which excludes transshipments. The statistics exclude postal and military shipments.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, U.S. Waterborne Foreign Container Trade by U.S. Custom Ports (Washington, DC: annual releases), available at http://www.marad.dot.gov/marad_statistics/ as of July 2008.