Leading U.S. container ports by capacity - vessel types

The ranking shows the 25 leading U.S. container ports by capacity for all vessel types (in deadweight tons) in 2009. In that year, the container port of Los Angeles was the leading port with a capacity of 285,194,000 deadweight tons for all vessel types.

Leading U.S. container ports by capacity for all vessel types (in 1,000 deadweight tons) in 2009

U.S. port/state	Capacity in 1,000 deadweight tons
Los Angeles/Long Beach, CA	285,194
Houston, TX	277,117
New York/New Jersey, NY/NJ	220,616
New Orleans, LA	210,844
San Francisco, CA	190,668
Virginia Ports, VA	134,680
Philadelphia, PA	131,734
Savannah, GA	112,557
Charleston, SC	85,748
Columbia River, OR	80,291
Baltimore, MD	57,596
Tacoma, WA	55,253
Seattle, WA	53,190
Jacksonville, FL	48,036
Mobile, AL	45,517
Freeport, TX	40,101
Port Everglades, FL	34,427
Tampa, FL	33,247
Miami, FL	30,463
Boston, MA	24,300
San Juan, PR	20,973
Honolulu, HI	20,552
Wilmington, NC	19,301
Dutch Harbor, AK	7,206
Kodiak, AK	2,024

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Release date

January 2011

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United States

Survey time period

2009

Supplementary notes

dwt = deadweight ton
Data include oceangoing vessels 10,000 deadweight tons and greater. Capacity equals dwt multiplied by calls. San Francisco includes Oakland, San Francisco, and other ports. Virginia ports include all Jampton Roads area ports (e.g., Norfolk, Newport News, Portsmouth). Los Angeles and Long Beach are counted as one port in this statistic.

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