List of ports in the United States

This is a list of ports of the United States, ranked by tonnage. See the articles on individual ports for more information, including geography, ownership, and link to official web site.

Contents

List

Cargo volume at U.S. ports, 2004, short tons.[1]
Rank
(by total trade)		 Port name Total trade Foreign imports Foreign exports Foreign total Domestic total
1 Port of South Louisiana 224,187,320 40,087,413 64,683,390 104,770,803 119,416,519
2 Port of Houston, Texas 202,047,327 97,713,314 39,823,197 137,536,511 64,510,816
3 Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal, New Jersey 152,377,503 70,748,666 11,450,888 82,199,554 70,177,949
4 Port of Beaumont, Texas 91,697,948 65,315,960 5,558,256 70,874,216 20,823,732
5 Port of Long Beach, California 80,066,130 44,619,556 17,895,852 62,515,408 17,550,722
6 Port of Corpus Christi, Texas 78,924,757 44,989,804 8,805,253 53,795,057 25,129,700
7 Port of New Orleans, Louisiana 78,085,209 24,134,664 16,288,046 40,422,710 37,662,499
8 Huntington, West Virginia 77,307,514 - - - 77,307,514
9 Port of Texas City, Texas 68,282,902 46,384,689 4,421,097 50,805,786 17,477,116
10 Port of Baton Rouge, Louisiana 57,082,823 18,156,227 3,782,762 21,938,989 35,143,834
11 Port of Mobile, Alabama 56,211,796 19,916,120 9,401,885 29,318,005 26,893,791
12 Port of Lake Charles, Louisiana 54,768,322 27,036,374 4,656,604 31,692,978 23,075,344
13 Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana 54,404,720 9,307,882 8,386,407 17,694,289 36,710,431
14 Port of Los Angeles, California 51,931,730 32,420,155 11,451,697 43,871,852 8,059,878
15 Hampton Roads, Virginia 48,446,410 9,622,311 25,051,207 34,673,518 13,772,892
16 Port of Tampa, Florida 48,289,134 9,550,970 9,053,993 18,604,963 29,684,171
17 Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore, Maryland 47,399,120 24,950,281 7,830,165 32,780,446 14,618,674
18 Valdez, Alaska 46,758,499 582 2,525 3,107 46,755,392
19 Twin Ports of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin 45,392,619 489,387 13,231,088 13,720,475 31,672,144
20 Port of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 41,034,808 - - - 41,034,808
21 Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 35,219,613 21,123,144 314,263 21,437,407 13,782,206
22 Pascagoula, Mississippi 34,099,989 19,476,237 3,933,323 23,409,560 10,690,429
23 Port of Freeport, Texas 33,908,024 25,157,179 2,980,966 28,138,145 5,769,879
24 St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois 33,386,972 - - - 33,386,972
25 Paulsboro, New Jersey 30,485,654 18,117,024 485,104 18,602,128 11,883,526
26 Port of Portland, Oregon 29,995,641 4,433,734 13,223,917 17,657,651 12,337,990
27 Port of Portland, Maine 29,709,345 27,614,946 218,940 27,833,886 1,875,459
28 Port of Savannah, Georgia 28,176,658 16,534,606 9,543,634 26,078,240 2,098,418
29 Port of Port Arthur, Texas 27,570,039 13,594,364 5,359,662 18,954,026 8,616,013
30 Port of Tacoma, Washington 26,282,033 6,224,746 12,383,155 18,607,901 7,674,132
31 Port of Boston, Massachusetts 25,796,721 16,826,384 979,480 17,805,864 7,990,857
32 Port Everglades, Florida 24,899,825 11,091,312 2,296,202 13,387,514 11,512,311
33 Port of Richmond, California 24,743,520 11,440,037 1,453,367 12,893,404 11,850,116
34 Charleston, South Carolina 24,739,212 14,643,483 6,172,873 20,816,356 3,922,856
35 Port of Chicago, Illinois 24,602,157 2,550,116 1,277,990 3,828,106 20,774,051
36 Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania 24,568,697 14,116,535 - 14,116,535 10,452,162
37 Port of Seattle, Washington 23,501,372 9,133,712 8,478,390 17,612,102 5,889,270
38 Port of Jacksonville, Florida 21,451,389 10,198,474 1,230,999 11,429,473 10,021,916
39 Port of Honolulu, Hawaii 19,085,470 5,315,638 568,511 5,884,149 13,201,321
40 Indiana Harbor, Indiana 18,228,291 818,487 71,829 890,316 17,337,975
41 Memphis, Tennessee 17,520,436 - - - 17,520,436
42 Port of Detroit 16,858,179 4,020,693 260,870 4,281,563 12,576,616
43 Anacortes, Washington 16,304,725 1,076,109 1,169,590 2,245,699 14,059,026
44 Port of Cleveland, Ohio 15,774,611 3,567,866 351,463 3,919,329 11,855,282
45 Port of Oakland, California 15,541,066 5,747,563 6,976,939 12,724,502 2,816,564
46 Port of San Juan, Puerto Rico 14,179,070 5,745,944 461,003 6,206,947 7,972,123
47 Cincinnati, Ohio 13,898,494 - - - 13,898,494
48 Two Harbors, Minnesota 13,472,759 - 108,879 108,879 13,363,880
49 Port of Port Lavaca - Point Comfort, Texas 12,523,705 7,401,194 1,506,828 8,908,022 3,615,683
50 Ashtabula, Ohio 10,938,476 450,251 4,926,664 5,376,915 5,561,561
51 New Haven Harbor, Connecticut 10,855,934 2,703,512 363,263 3,066,775 77,89,159
52 Presque Isle, Michigan 10,134,332 - 2,070,672 2,070,672 8,063,660
53 Kalama, Washington 10,116,131 435,144 8,636,541 9,071,685 1,044,446
54 Toledo, Ohio 9,861,562 4,226,229 3,171,676 7,397,905 2,463,657
55 Burns Waterway Harbor, Indiana 9,801,740 1,407,268 446,510 1,853,778 7,947,962
56 Port of Miami-Dade, Florida 9,754,577 5,200,899 3,131,001 8,331,900 1,422,677
57 Providence, Rhode Island 9,558,978 4,537,200 287,502 4,824,702 4,734,276
58 Calcite, Michigan 8,949,167 88,028 856,189 944,217 8,004,950
59 Port of Gary, Indiana 8,531,123 309,775 259,179 568,954 7,962,169
60 New Castle, Delaware 8,169,975 2,206,613 139,786 2,346,399 5,823,576
61 Port of Galveston, Texas 8,113,263 537,928 2,834,086 3,372,014 4,741,249
62 Conneaut, Ohio 8,026,733 257,611 2,952,019 3,209,630 4,817,103
63 Wilmington, North Carolina 7,888,305 3,488,260 858,973 4,347,233 3,541,072
64 Louisville, Kentucky 7,799,081 - - - 7,799,081
65 Stoneport, Michigan 7,753,812 - 76,090 76,090 7,677,722
66 Port of Albany-Rensselaer, New York 7,540,535 916,383 251,773 1,168,156 6,372,379
67 Nikishka, Alaska 7,505,227 395,837 3,033,720 3,429,557 4,075,670
68 Camden-Gloucester City, New Jersey 7,189,253 4,435,818 314,181 4,749,999 2,439,254
69 Vancouver, Washington 6,972,583 860,195 4,350,345 5,210,540 1,762,043
70 Escanaba, Michigan 6,620,080 64,612 57,871 122,483 6,497,597
71 Barbers Point, Hawaii 6,086,026 2,394,951 234,219 2,629,170 3,456,856
72 Silver Bay, Minnesota 5,950,821 - - - 5,950,821
73 Mount Vernon, Indiana 5,767,885 - - - 5,767,885
74 Bridgeport, Connecticut 5,671,230 1,698,246 - 1,698,246 3,972,984
75 Port Inland, Michigan 5,573,908 - 341,288 341,288 5,232,620
76 St. Clair, Michigan 5,280,623 33,402 - 33,402 5,247,221
77 Saint Paul, Minnesota 5,125,803 - - - 5,125,803
78 Port of Wilmington, Delaware 4,998,686 3,454,349 530,857 3,985,206 1,013,480
79 Longview, Washington 4,800,359 688,123 3,317,452 4,005,575 794,784
80 Portsmouth, New Hampshire 4,794,942 3,613,062 303,307 3,916,369 878,573
81 Port Canaveral, Florida 4,629,857 3,127,139 211,110 3,338,249 1,291,608
82 Port Manatee, Florida 4,428,490 3,200,748 600,518 3,801,266 627,224
83 Port of Brownsville, Texas 4,170,932 1,981,156 236,098 2,217,254 1,953,678
84 Port of Palm Beach, Florida 4,146,604 781,802 1,195,483 1,977,285 2,169,319
85 Marine City, Michigan 4,077,289 232,258 - 232,258 3,845,031
86 Nashville, Tennessee 3,941,279 - - - 3,941,279
87 Vicksburg, Mississippi 3,922,029 - - - 3,922,029
88 Kahului, Hawaii 3,900,523 67,036 - 67,036 3,833,487
89 Marblehead, Ohio 3,826,771 4,653 639,065 643,718 3,183,053
90 Port of Victoria, Texas 3,712,024 - - - 3,712,024
91 Kansas City, Missouri 3,663,345 - - - 3,663,345
92 Port of Ponce, Puerto Rico 3,565,300 3,214,147 319,475 3,533,622 31,678
93 Port Dolomite, Michigan 3,505,309 20,745 630,704 651,449 2,853,860
94 Morehead City, North Carolina 3,407,127 1,106,345 963,172 2,069,517 1,337,610
95 Sandusky, Ohio 3,404,447 62,977 2,067,311 2,130,288 1,274,159
96 Alpena, Michigan 3,274,896 143,650 116,886 260,536 3,014,360
97 Fall River, Massachusetts 3,161,210 2,225,579 48,099 2,273,678 887,532
98 Port of Milwaukee, Wisconsin 3,155,896 1,075,511 253,881 1,329,392 1,826,504
99 Port of San Diego, California 3,107,232 2,534,863 142,131 2,676,994 430,238
100 Port of Anchorage, Alaska 3,085,753 284,347 478,317 762,664 2,323,089
101 Greenville, Mississippi 3,045,875 - - - 3,045,875
102 Everett, Washington 3,020,768 163,349 375,002 538,351 2,482,417
103 Lorain, Ohio 3,007,249 298,383 - 298,383 2,708,866
104 Kivilina, Alaska 2,931,914 - 1,513,751 1,513,751 1,418,163
105 Penn Manor, Pennsylvania 2,853,210 2,667,052 93,722 2,760,774 92,436
106 Port of Stockton, California 2,803,015 2,225,750 485,938 2,711,688 91,327
107 Fairport Harbor, Ohio 2,771,713 136,065 373,928 509,993 2,261,720
108 Panama City, Florida 2,751,560 649,627 244,597 894,224 1,857,336
109 Chattanooga, Tennessee 2,747,792 - - - 2,747,792
110 Muskegon, Michigan 2,683,861 282,132 - 282,132 2,401,729
111 Biloxi, Mississippi 2,670,232 - - - 2,670,232
112 Port of San Francisco, California 2,654,714 1,834,855 255,444 2,090,299 564,415
113 Port Jefferson, New York 2,398,908 - - - 2,398,908
114 Gulfport, Mississippi 2,374,761 1,269,453 999,692 2,269,145 105,616
115 Green Bay, Wisconsin 2,361,481 454,516 - 454,516 1,906,965
116 Kawaihae, Hawai'i 2,277,132 - - - 2,277,132
117 Brunswick, Georgia 2,255,489 1,373,529 790,736 2,164,265 91,224
118 Tulsa, Port of Catoosa, Oklahoma 2,159,957 - - - 2,159,957
119 Port of Coos Bay, Oregon 1,987,407 326,756 1,228,664 1,555,420 431,987
120 Guntersville, Alabama 1,877,943 - - - 1,877,943
121 Hilo, Hawaii 1,850,018 73,918 4,366 78,284 1,771,734
122 Searsport, Maine 1,832,471 1,493,675 - 1,493,675 338,796
123 Nawiliwili, Hawaii 1,756,981 - - - 1,756,981
124 Grand Haven, Michigan 1,756,619 656,848 - 656,848 1,099,771
125 Drummond Island, Michigan 1,715,826 - 257,940 257,940 1,457,886
126 Olympia, Washington 1,701,388 101,975 155,445 257,420 1,443,968
127 Grays Harbor, Washington 1,639,862 227,950 701,805 929,755 710,107
128 Buffalo, New York 1,592,178 322,400 68,275 390,675 1,201,503
129 Port Angeles, Washington 1,577,053 124,389 49,325 173,714 1,403,339
130 Chester, Pennsylvania 1,567,455 884,120 352,008 1,236,128 331,327
131 Marquette, Michigan 1,537,556 179,733 - 179,733 1,357,823
132 Charlevoix, Michigan 1,462,735 183,839 138,588 322,427 1,140,308
133 Buffington, Indiana 1,449,395 24,993 - 24,993 1,424,402
134 Port of Richmond, Virginia 1,448,291 289,784 174,790 464,574 983,717
135 Helena, Arkansas 1,429,127 - - - 1,429,127
136 Port of Redwood City, California 1,422,694 999,216 379,423 1,378,639 44,055
137 Marysville, Michigan 1,361,797 586,109 5,800 591,909 769,888
138 Port of Hueneme, California 1,313,822 1,150,215 130,407 1,280,622 33,200
139 Minneapolis, Minnesota 1,311,311 - - - 1,311,311
140 Town of Hempstead, New York 1,266,423 - - - 1,266,423
141 Taconite Harbor, Minnesota 1,209,362 - - - 1,209,362
142 Erie, Pennsylvania 1,099,897 11,491 - 11,491 1,088,406
143 Stamford, Connecticut 1,021,449 - - - 1,021,449
144 Fajardo, Puerto Rico 1,014,055 36,239 829,030 865,269 148,786
145 Port of Humboldt Bay, California 1,009,725 194,225 196,975 391,200 618,525
146 Weedon Island, Florida 999,612 - - - 999,612
147 Hopewell, Virginia 986,826 4,963 353,215 358,178 628,648
148 Georgetown, South Carolina 967,625 676,502 113,232 789,734 177,891
149 Monroe, Michigan 948,293 91,475 - 91,475 856,818

Not ranked

Non-continental islands

Ports of non-continental inlands
Port
 Country,
Province
or State
 GNIS
Feature
ID #
and
Reference
Link
 Coordinates
 Elevation
 External
Link
San Juan PR
Marina Puerto Chico, Fajardo PR 1613388 20 feet (6.1 m)
Port of Ponce PR
Christiansted, St Croix, Virgin Islands Port Authority VI ) [1]
Hilo HI [2]
Kawaihae Harbor HI [3]
Kahului HI [4]
Port of Honolulu HI [5]
Kalaeloa HI [6]
Nawiliwili HI ) [7]
Middle Ground harbor, Port of Guam GU 1389888 0 feet (0 m) [8]
Agat harbor, Port of Guam GU 1934126 0 feet (0 m) [9]
Ports of Saipan-Commonwealth Ports Authority of CNMI MP [10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "U.S. Port Ranking By Cargo Volume". American Association of Port Authorities. 2004. http://www.aapa-ports.org/files/Statistics/2004%5FUS%5FPORT%5FCARGO%5FTONNAGE%5FRANKINGS.xls. Retrieved 28 Sep 2006. 
    "Port Industry Statistics". American Association of Port Authorities. http://www.aapa-ports.org/Industry/content.cfm?ItemNumber=900&navItemNumber=551. Retrieved 28 Sep 2006. 

General References