U.S. Waterborne Foreign Trade
Containerized Cargo
Top 25 U.S. Ports by Direction
Calendar Year 2001
(Teu's & Tonnage in Thousands)
Imports				Exports
		Metric				Metric
U.S. Ports	Teus	Tons		U.S. Ports	Teu's	Tons

Los Angeles	2,614	16,221		Long Beach	819	7,709
Long Beach	2,376	14,355		Los Angeles	815	7,582
New York	1,588	12,758		New York	767	6,645
Charleston	612	4,890		Charleston	547	4,998
Seattle	500	2,993		Oakland	544	5,236
Norfolk	454	3,556		Norfolk	431	3,944
Savannah	431	2,998		Houston	402	4,126
Oakland	419	3,058		Savannah	382	3,965
Houston	381	3,656		Miami	371	2,792
Tacoma	356	2,111		Seattle	325	3,545
Miami	347	3,120		Tacoma	256	2,696
Baltimore	178	1,942		PT Everglades	246	1,829
PT Everglades	171	1,235		Portland OR	160	1,799
San Juan	108	1,006		New Orleans	131	1,525
Wilmington DE	103	965		Baltimore	96	797
New Orleans	86	891		W Palm Beach	92	730
Gulfport	74	599		Jacksonville	79	634
Philadelphia	71	913		Gulfport	59	487
Boston	51	445		Chester PA	42	339
Portland OR	47	350		Wilmington NC	30	296
Wilmington NC	37	232		Wilmington DE	25	155
Chester PA	31	316		Freeport TX	24	223
Ponce	30	332		Chester PA	23	211
W Palm Beach	27	195		Newport News	21	184
Jacksonville	25	210		Richmond VA	20	168

All Other total	153	1,379		All Other Total	143	1,234
Grand Total	11,268	80,725		Grand Total	6,848	63,848

Source: Port Import Export Reporting Service (PIERS)

Last Updated on 10/18/02
By Marad