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Top 25 North American Ports

Special Report

Journal of Commerce Top 25 North American Container Ports by Imports

Annual containerized imports, in laden TEUs

The Journal of Commerce Top 25 North American Container Ports by Imports handled 96.4 %( 33.8 million TEUs) of the 35.1 million TEUs in total North American containerized imports in 2025. Total import volumes at the Top 25 North American ports, which include 16 US ports, four in Canada and five in Mexico, rose 0.7 % year over year in 2025. Leading the inbound North American container trade in 2025 were the ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach and New York-New Jersey, with a combined volume of 14.6 million TEUs, up 1 % year over year and representing 41.6 % of total North American imports.

1 Los Angeles West 15.1 % 5,257,741 4,869,765 4,274,314 5,351,219 5,317,408 15.2 % 14.0 % 14.1 % 15.3 % 2 Long Beach West 13.5 % 4,422,776 4,163,907 3,617,490 4,647,316 4,736,242 12.8 % 12.0 % 12.0 % 13.3 % 3 New York-New Jersey East 13.0 % 4,500,555 4,732,055 3,864,120 4,469,890 4,565,849 13.0 % 13.6 % 12.8 % 12.8 % 4 Savannah East 8.0 % 2,752,678 2,839,215 2,345,753 2,739,112 2,793,269 7.9 % 8.2 % 7.8 % 7.8 % 5 Houston Gulf 5.5 % 1,623,055 1,894,746 1,746,390 1,908,751 1,934,044 4.7 % 5.4 % 5.8 % 5.5 % 6 Vancouver, BC West 5.5 % 1,909,017 1,835,407 1,601,919 1,821,755 1,914,918 5.5 % 5.3 % 5.3 % 5.2 % 7 Manzanillo West 4.8 % 1,714,553 1,632,296 1,486,642 1,690,615 1,699,057 4.9 % 4.7 % 4.9 % 4.8 % 8 Virginia East 4.2 % 1,558,874 1,610,128 1,398,886 1,562,201 1,470,732 4.5 % 4.6 % 4.6 % 4.5 % 9 Charleston East 3.6 % 1,260,620 1,349,916 1,169,905 1,254,284 1,247,198 3.6 % 3.9 % 3.9 % 3.6 % 10 Northwest Seaport Alliance 1 West 3.4 % 1,447,296 1,256,184 1,057,626 1,331,583 1,184,720 4.2 % 3.6 % 3.5 % 3.8 % 11 Oakland West 2.7 % 1,012,350 954,468 800,486 948,265 941,675 2.9 % 2.7 % 2.6 % 2.7 % 12 Montreal 2 East 2.1 % 837,457 850,969 759,353 750,466 742,867 2.4 % 2.4 % 2.5 % 2.2 % 13 Lazaro Cardenas West 2.0 % 761,093 854,762 660,314 760,195 714,852 2.2 % 2.5 % 2.2 % 2.2 % 14 Veracruz Gulf 1.6 % 566,395 562,962 513,827 606,852 567,146 1.6 % 1.6 % 1.7 % 1.7 % 15 Baltimore East 1.6 % 464,141 488,658 504,981 348,365 550,575 1.3 % 1.4 % 1.7 % 1.0 % 16 Miami East 1.5 % 561,802 542,594 513,075 518,334 532,461 1.6 % 1.6 % 1.7 % 1.5 % 17 Philadelphia East 1.5 % 417,548 444,808 410,063 481,228 527,698 1.2 % 1.3 % 1.4 % 1.4 % 18 Prince Rupert West 1.3 % 546,944 535,949 369,459 400,267 440,599 1.6 % 1.5 % 1.2 % 1.1 % 19 Port Everglades East 1.1 % 365,835 388,588 319,376 361,213 381,826 1.1 % 1.1 % 1.1 % 1.0 % 20 Altamira Gulf 1.0 % 363,812 354,475 318,521 350,372 337,355 1.0 % 1.0 % 1.1 % 1.0 % 21 Jacksonville East 0.9 % 310,344 311,088 306,383 320,823 324,583 0.9 % 0.9 % 1.0 % 0.9 % 22 Mobile Gulf 0.7 % 260,034 283,498 285,301 293,782 259,661 0.7 % 0.8 % 0.9 % 0.8 % 23 Halifax 2 East 0.7 % 302,916 315,167 280,332 265,260 257,552 0.9 % 0.9 % 0.9 % 0.8 % 24 Ensenada West 0.6 % 187,470 206,299 221,182 221,182 204,213 0.5 % 0.6 % 0.7 % 0.6 % 25 Wilmington, Del. East 0.6 % 188,023 184,612 182,780 197,138 197,082 0.5 % 0.5 % 0.6 % 0.6 % Total US Ports in Top 25 76.8 % 26,403,672 26,314,230 22,796,929 26,733,504 26,965,023 Total Mexico Ports in Top 25 10.0 % 3,593,323 3,610,794 3,200,486 3,629,216 3,522,623 Total Canada Ports in Top 25 9.6 % 3,596,334 3,537,492 3,011,063 3,237,748 3,355,936

Total US Imports 80.2 % 27,574,487 27,572,245 23,985,418 27,976,753 28,159,029 Total Mexico Imports 10.2 % 3,506,131 3,667,138 3,263,223 3,684,051 3,594,924 Total Canada Imports 9.6 % 3,596,334 3,537,492 3,011,063 3,237,748 3,355,936 TOTAL NORTH AMERICAN IMPORTS 34,676,952 34,776,875 30,259,704 34,898,552 35,109,889

Rankings include container ports in Canada, Mexico and the US, omitting ports in US territories and possessions. US TEU count includes all international containerized ocean borne cargo loading at US ports. Lakes cargo data as available. 1 Combined volumes of Seattle and Tacoma, members of The Northwest Seaport Alliance. 2 Volumes include empty containers. Sources: Mexico: Ministry of Communications and Transportation; Canada: Port authorities; US: PIERS( www. piers. com), a sister product of the Journal of Commerce within S & P Global, and port authorities © 2026 S & P Global

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