U.S. Waterborne Foreign Trade
Containerized Cargo
Top 30 U.S. Ports
Calendar Year 2002

(Thousand Teu's)
Rank   U.S. Ports Total Export Import
1 Los Angeles 4,060 866 3,194
2 Long Beach 3,184 717 2,467
3 New York 2,627 747 1,879
4 Charleston 1,197 521 676
5 Savannah 1,014 453 561
6 Norfolk 982 431 551
7 Oakland 979 496 482
8 Houston 851 430 420
9 Seattle 850 338 512
10 Tacoma 769 278 491
11 Miami 752 349 403
12 PT. Everglades 370 213 157
13 Baltimore 302 99 203
14 New Orleans 216 127 89
15 Portland OR 185 138 47
16 San Juan 159 42 117
17 W. Palm Beach 142 109 33
18 Wilmington DE 133 27 107
19 Gulfport 132 58 74
20 Philadelphia 115 36 78
21 Jacksonville 114 78 36
22 Boston 80 25 56
23 Wilmington NC 71 26 45
24 Chester Pa 59 24 35
25 Newport News 57 20 37
26 Freeport TX 54 25 29
27 PT Bienville 41 22 19
28 Richmond VA 36 18 17
29 Honolulu 32 16 16
30 Ponce 29 7 22
All Other 139 78 62

Top 30 % of  Total

 99.3% 98.9% 99.5%
Grand Total (77) 19,729 6,814 12,916

Source: Port Import/Export Reporting Services (PIERS)

Last Updated on 2/26/03
By Marad