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Top Trans-Pacific Carriers and Ports

Special Report

Journal of Commerce Top 15 US Ports by Imports from Asia

Containerized US imports from Asia , in laden TEUs , January-April 2024 vs . January-April 2020 , 2021 , 2022 and 2023

The Journal of Commerce Top 15 US ports by imports from Asia handled 98.9 % of the 5.65 million TEUs in US imports from Asia in the first four months of 2024 , a volume increase of 19.1 % year over year and 25.1 % from January through April 2020 . The top 5 US ports accounted for 75.1 % ( 4.24 million TEUs ) of the eastbound trans-Pacific trade through April , up from 74.1 % ( 3.51 million TEUs ) in the same 2023 period .

1 Los Angeles , Calif . 25.2 % 1,174,579 1,690,036 1,695,712 1,089,913 1,425,716 21.4 % -15.6 % -15.9 % 30.8 % 2 Long Beach , Calif . 21.1 % 952,969 1,439,151 1,403,679 1,036,554 1,193,774 25.3 % -17.1 % -15.0 % 15.2 % 3 New York and New Jersey 12.3 % 546,464 753,943 857,320 570,969 692,093 26.6 % -8.2 % -19.3 % 21.2 % 4 Savannah , Ga . 10.3 % 455,128 633,929 698,657 508,745 581,755 27.8 % -8.2 % -16.7 % 14.4 % 5 Houston , Texas 6.1 % 161,154 224,842 337,668 305,082 347,170 115.4 % 54.4 % 2.8 % 13.8 % 6 Northwest Seaport Alliance 5.9 % 323,138 461,644 448,408 288,262 331,670 2.6 % -28.2 % -26.0 % 15.1 % 7 Virginia 4.3 % 193,173 247,367 278,637 187,421 245,075 26.9 % -0.9 % -12.0 % 30.8 % 8 Charleston , SC 4.0 % 155,785 193,340 269,369 192,395 225,688 44.9 % 16.7 % -16.2 % 17.3 % 9 Oakland , Calif . 4.0 % 212,952 281,119 262,871 186,916 225,177 5.7 % -19.9 % -14.3 % 20.5 % 10 Mobile , Ala . 1.5 % 54,444 70,149 84,996 76,945 86,444 58.8 % 23.2 % 1.7 % 12.3 % 11 Baltimore , Md . 1.2 % 84,167 80,131 73,907 89,442 66,792 -20.6 % -16.6 % -9.6 % -25.3 % 12 Miami , Fla . 1.1 % 49,709 63,738 59,194 53,625 60,181 21.1 % -5.6 % 1.7 % 12.2 % 13 Jacksonville , Fla . 0.7 % 49,811 55,840 36,829 36,719 39,510 -20.7 % -29.2 % 7.3 % 7.6 % 14 Tampa , Fla . 0.7 % 18,392 23,124 22,798 28,752 38,667 110.2 % 67.2 % 69.6 % 34.5 % 15 Boston , Mass . 0.5 % 30,223 19,746 2,541 21,448 26,718 -11.6 % 35.3 % 951.5 % 24.6 %

Journal of Commerce Top 15 US Ports by Exports to Asia

Containerized US exports to Asia , in laden TEUs , January-April 2024 vs . January-April 2020 , 2021 , 2022 and 2023

The Journal of Commerce Top 15 US ports by exports to Asia handled 98.3 % of the 1.83 million TEUs in US exports to Asia in the first four months of 2024 , a volume increase of 3.7 % year over year but a decrease of 7.7 % from January through April 2020 . The top 5 US ports accounted for 64.5 % ( 1.2 million TEUs ) of the westbound trans-Pacific trade through April , up from 62.2 % ( 1.1 million TEUs ) in the same 2023 period .

1 Long Beach , Calif . 21.0 % 406,597 394,004 351,813 301,697 384,780 -5.4 % -2.3 % 9.4 % 27.5 % 2 Los Angeles , Calif . 15.1 % 321,933 315,507 288,398 317,900 275,952 -14.3 % -12.5 % -4.3 % -13.2 % 3 Northwest Seaport Alliance 9.8 % 227,995 214,158 159,180 158,850 180,051 -21.0 % -15.9 % 13.1 % 13.3 % 4 Oakland , Calif . 9.4 % 207,435 190,842 152,450 149,804 172,925 -16.6 % -9.4 % 13.4 % 15.4 % 5 Savannah , Ga . 9.2 % 203,819 212,998 163,005 170,822 167,928 -17.6 % -21.2 % 3.0 % -1.7 % 6 Virginia 8.4 % 132,764 161,388 143,756 157,261 153,672 15.7 % -4.8 % 6.9 % -2.3 % 7 New York and New Jersey 7.5 % 138,614 120,050 108,837 123,363 136,728 -1.4 % 13.9 % 25.6 % 10.8 % 8 Houston , Texas 6.7 % 81,667 82,790 83,180 127,145 122,663 50.2 % 48.2 % 47.5 % -3.5 % 9 Charleston , SC 5.3 % 105,150 118,210 77,971 99,052 96,439 -8.3 % -18.4 % 23.7 % -2.6 % 10 Mobile , Ala . 1.6 % 30,051 31,901 28,834 34,178 28,727 -4.4 % -10.0 % -0.4 % -16.0 % 11 Baltimore , Md . 1.3 % 30,426 28,881 19,695 30,534 24,087 -20.8 % -16.6 % 22.3 % -21.1 % 12 New Orleans , La . 1.0 % 17,506 16,721 12,838 15,839 17,566 0.3 % 5.1 % 36.8 % 10.9 % 13 Portland , Ore . 0.8 % 5,448 11,461 13,752 12,911 15,166 178.4 % 32.3 % 10.3 % 17.5 % 14 Boston , Mass . 0.7 % 12,440 13,779 3,486 15,002 13,450 8.1 % -2.4 % 285.8 % -10.3 % 15 Wilmington , NC 0.6 % 20,768 21,279 10,129 12,117 11,063 -46.7 % -48.0 % 9.2 % -8.7 %

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