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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 2025 vs. January-April 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 The Journal of Commerce Top 15 US ports by imports from Asia handled 99.1 % of the 6.4 million TEUs in US imports from Asia in the first four months of 2025, a volume increase of 11.2 % year over year and 1.8 % from January through April 2021. The top 5 US ports accounted for 76.8 %( 4.9 million TEUs) of the eastbound trans-Pacific trade through April, up from 74.9 %( 4.3 million TEUs) in the same 2024 period.

1 Los Angeles, Calif. 24.2 % 1,690,036 1,695,712 1,089,774 1,462,756 1,550,833-8.2 %-8.5 % 42.3 % 6.0 % 2 Long Beach, Calif. 23.9 % 1,439,151 1,403,679 1,036,552 1,223,285 1,532,235 6.5 % 9.2 % 47.8 % 25.3 % 3 New York and New Jersey 12.2 % 753,943 857,320 570,969 700,707 780,517 3.5 %-9.0 % 36.7 % 11.4 % 4 Savannah, Ga. 10.3 % 633,929 698,657 508,740 589,565 662,445 4.5 %-5.2 % 30.2 % 12.4 % 5 Northwest Seaport Alliance 6.2 % 461,644 448,408 288,261 339,529 396,475-14.1 %-11.6 % 37.5 % 16.8 % 6 Houston, Texas 5.8 % 224,842 337,668 305,068 354,348 373,637 66.2 % 10.7 % 22.5 % 5.4 % 7 Oakland, Calif. 3.7 % 281,119 262,871 186,916 229,170 236,807-15.8 %-9.9 % 26.7 % 3.3 % 8 Virginia 3.7 % 247,367 278,637 187,421 248,774 234,650-5.1 %-15.8 % 25.2 %-5.7 % 9 Charleston, SC 3.6 % 193,340 269,369 192,388 231,030 229,947 18.9 %-14.6 % 19.5 %-0.5 % 10 Baltimore, Md. 1.6 % 80,131 73,907 89,442 68,093 102,490 27.9 % 38.7 % 14.6 % 50.5 % 11 Mobile, Ala. 1.2 % 70,149 84,996 76,945 86,580 73,699 5.1 %-13.3 %-4.2 %-14.9 % 12 Miami, Fla. 1.0 % 63,738 59,194 53,625 60,569 62,420-2.1 % 5.4 % 16.4 % 3.1 % 13 Jacksonville, Fla. 0.7 % 55,840 36,829 36,719 40,005 43,921-21.3 % 19.3 % 19.6 % 9.8 % 14 Tampa, Fla. 0.6 % 23,124 22,798 28,752 38,651 36,518 57.9 % 60.2 % 27.0 %-5.5 % 15 Boston, Mass. 0.5 % 19,746 2,541 21,448 28,024 29,314 48.5 % 1053.7 % 36.7 % 4.6 % TOTAL US IMPORTS FROM ASIA 6,294,818 6,610,013 4,739,415 5,762,698 6,405,895 1.8 %-3.1% 35.2 % 11.2 % Source: S & P Global © 2025 S & P Global

Journal of Commerce Top 15 US Ports by Exports to Asia

Containerized US exports to Asia, in laden TEUs, January-April 2025 vs. January-April 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 The Journal of Commerce Top 15 US ports by exports to Asia handled 98.6 % of the 1.7 million TEUs in US exports to Asia in the first four months of 2025, a volume decrease of 4.6 % year over year and 14.8 % from January through April 2021. The top 5 US ports accounted for 66.3 %( 1.12 million TEUs) of the westbound trans-Pacific trade through April, up from 64 %( 1.13 million TEUs) in the same 2024 period.

1 Los Angeles, Calif. 23.3 % 394,004 351,813 300,159 378,676 393,297-0.2 % 11.8 % 31.0 % 3.9 % 2 Long Beach, Calif. 13.9 % 315,507 288,398 316,834 249,290 235,513-25.4 %-18.3 %-25.7 %-5.5 % 3 Northwest Seaport Alliance 10.2 % 214,158 159,180 156,022 176,162 172,791-19.3 % 8.6 % 10.7 %-1.9 % 4 Oakland, Calif. 9.7 % 190,842 152,450 149,454 163,631 164,450-13.8 % 7.9 % 10.0 % 0.5 % 5 Savannah, Ga. 9.1 % 212,998 163,005 169,830 166,011 153,736-27.8 %-5.7 %-9.5 %-7.4 % 6 New York and New Jersey 7.5 % 120,050 108,837 122,875 130,587 127,497 6.2 % 17.1 % 3.8 %-2.4 % 7 Houston, Texas 7.4 % 82,790 83,180 127,145 120,909 124,945 50.9 % 50.2 %-1.7 % 3.3 % 8 Virginia 7.1 % 161,388 143,756 156,154 152,688 119,715-25.8 %-16.7 %-23.3 %-21.6 % 9 Charleston, SC 4.3 % 118,210 77,971 98,608 95,764 72,817-38.4 %-6.6 %-26.2 %-24.0 % 10 Baltimore, Md. 1.5 % 28,881 19,695 30,528 23,635 24,882-13.8 % 26.3 %-18.5 % 5.3 % 11 Mobile, Ala. 1.3 % 31,901 28,834 34,178 28,181 21,498-32.6 %-25.4 %-37.1 %-23.7 % 12 New Orleans, La. 1.3 % 16,721 12,838 15,839 17,444 21,275 27.2 % 65.7 % 34.3 % 22.0 % 13 Portland, Ore. 0.8 % 11,461 13,752 13,411 13,401 13,690 19.4 %-0.5 % 2.1 % 2.2 % 14 Boston, Mass. 0.6 % 13,779 3,486 15,002 12,995 10,477-24.0 % 200.5 %-30.2 %-19.4 % 15 Wilmington, NC 0.5 % 21,279 10,129 12,098 11,067 8,291-61.0 %-18.1 %-31.5 %-25.1 % TOTAL US EXPORTS TO ASIA 1,982,839 1,654,288 1,757,508 1,770,766 1,689,094-14.8% 2.1 %-3.9%-4.6% Source: S & P Global © 2025 S & P Global

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