Top 10 U.S. Water Ports: 2019

By Short Tons
Port '18-'19
Change
Houston, TX 5.9%
South Louisiana, LA -13.7%
New York, NY and NJ -2.6%
Corpus Christi, TX 18.6%
Beaumont, TX 0.6%
New Orleans, LA -1.2%
Long Beach, CA -6.8%
Baton Rouge, LA -10.7%
Los Angeles, CA -7.1%
Virginia, VA -14.0%
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By Container TEUs
Port '18-'19
Change
Los Angeles, CA -5.5%
Long Beach, CA -6.0%
New York/New Jersey -0.6%
Savannah, GA 4.0%
Houston, TX 8.7%
Port of Virginia, VA 0.2%
Oakland, CA 5.5%
Charleston, SC 2.8%
Tacoma, WA 3.3%
Seattle, WA 0.7%
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Notes:

Includes domestic and foreign waterborne trade. Excludes foreign empty TEUs.

TEU = twenty-foot equivalent unit.

Sources:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center, personal communication.

Last Updated: November 2020