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Not sure where you’re getting your port numbers from, but you must be referring to something non-standard. Neither of those are top 10 and definitely not even r
by mdorazio 5y ago
Not sure where you’re getting your port numbers from, but you must be referring to something non-standard. Neither of those are top 10 and definitely not even remotely as important as the west coast ports or NJ. See [1].
[1] https://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/top_30_u.s._ports_big_ports_got_bigger_in_2020 https://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/top_30_u.s._ports_big_...
- selimthegrim 5y agoThese are for containers, New Orleans/BR/S LA is also big in bulk grain, oil and gas, etc, and as for breakbulk see https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-new-orleans-sees-22-bump-in-breakbulk-cargo https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-new-orleans-sees-2...
- kibwen 5y agoLooking at it again the source that I was citing is from 2004, which predates Katrina. Looks like it still hasn't bounced back in terms of tonnage passing through the port. But in terms of importance New Orleans isn't diminished; a deepwater port at the mouth of what is by far the country's most significant watershed is always going to be a strategic lynchpin. The entire midwest would be diminished without New Orleans.
- beerandt 5y agoYour source is container only. Total Tonnage US: 1 Houston, TX 284.9 2 South Louisiana, LA, Port of 238.0 3 New York, NY and NJ 136.6 4 Corpus Christi, TX 111.2 5 Beaumont, TX 101.1 6 New Orleans, LA 92. 7 Long Beach, CA 80.7 8 Baton Rouge, LA 73.4 9 Los Angeles, CA 63.0 10 Virginia, VA, Port of 61.7 11 Lake Charles, LA 58.0 13 Mobile, AL 56.9 14 Plaquemines, LA, Port of 52.8 15 Baltimore, MD 44.2 16 Savannah, GA 41.9 17 Texas City, TX 41.3 18 Huntington - Tristate 36.8 https://www.bts.gov/content/tonnage-top-50-us-water-ports-ranked-total-tons https://www.bts.gov/content/tonnage-top-50-us-water-ports-ra...