Marine Science Affairs 



APPENDIX H 



Table H-1 — Volume of Cargo Handled in Waterborne Commerce at 

 Thirty Selected U.S. Ocean Ports, 1955 and 1965 



Port 



New York, N.Y 



New Orleans, La 



Houston, Tex 



Philadelphia, Pa 



Duluth, Minn.; Superior, Wis 



Chicago, 111 



Toledo, Ohio 



Baltimore, Md 



Norfolk, Va 



Detroit, Mich 



Baton Rouge, La 



Beaumont, Tex 



Port Arthur, Tex 



Cleveland, Ohio 



Mobile, Ala 



Los Angeles, Calif 



Corpus Christi, Tex 



Boston, Mass 



Tampa, Fla 



Indiana Harbor, Ind 



Portland, Maine 



Paulsboro, N.J 



Texas City, Tex 



Buffalo, N.Y 



Marcus Hook, Pa 



Portland, Oreg 



Richmond, Calif 



Seattle, Wash 



Lake Charles, La 



Newport News, Va 



Ranking Total Tons ' 



1 



4 



5 



3 



2 



7 



9 



6 



8 



10 



20 



12 



13 



14 



23 



18 



21 



19 



30 



15 



25 



27 



24 



11 



17 



28 



26 



29 



22 



16 



148, 849 

 47, 083 



47, 038 



48, 493 

 68, 312 

 38, 969 

 35, 725 

 45, 824 

 35, 930 

 26, 498 

 16, 490 

 22, 863 

 21,578 

 20, 427 

 15,083 

 19, 264 

 15, 574 



19, 052 

 10, 656 



20, 675 

 14,219 



13, 151 

 14,310 

 22, 962 



19, 882 

 12, 593 



14, 032 

 12,481 



15, 395 



20, 616 



Ranking Total Tons ' 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



24 



25 



26 



27 



28 



29 



30 



153 

 88 



59 



47 



46 



45, 



45, 



44. 



40 



32 



31 



31 



25 



21 



21 



21 



20. 



19 



19 



18 



18 



1 



1 



17 



17 



16 



15 



14. 



14 



14. 



,855 

 ,877 

 ,832 

 ,735 

 , 177 

 ,973 

 ,016 

 ,267 

 ,017 

 ,262 

 ,659 

 ,566 

 ,414 

 ,960 

 ,837 

 ,000 

 ,283 

 ,855 

 ,829 

 ,567 

 ,463 

 1,460 

 ;, 155 

 ,849 

 ,457 

 ,726 

 ,450 

 ,748 

 ,470 

 ,235 



> In thousands of tons of 2,000 pounds. 



Source: Waterborne Commerce of the United States, 1955, 1965, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 



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