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Top 25 North American Ports

Special Report

Journal of Commerce Top 25 North American Container Ports by Exports

Annual containerized exports, in laden TEUs

The Journal of Commerce Top 25 North American Container Ports by Exports handled 95.6 %( nearly 14 million TEUs) of the 14.6 million TEUs in total North American containerized exports in 2025. Total export volumes at the Top 25 North American ports, which include 17 US ports, four in Canada and four in Mexico, rose 2.7 % year over year in 2025. Leading the outbound North American container trade in 2025 were the ports of Houston, Los Angeles and New York-New Jersey, with a combined volume of 4.3 million TEUs, up 6.7 % year over year and representing 29.6 % of overall North American exports.

1 Houston Gulf 11.0 % 1,010,429 1,198,306 1,342,859 1,427,152 1,605,476 6.3 % 7.8 % 9.4 % 10.0 % 2 Los Angeles West 9.5 % 1,160,328 1,141,938 1,241,060 1,384,874 1,384,338 7.3 % 7.5 % 8.7 % 9.7 % 3 New York-New Jersey East 9.1 % 1,295,029 1,232,472 1,221,869 1,239,147 1,334,176 8.1 % 8.1 % 8.6 % 8.7 % 4 Savannah East 9.0 % 1,328,117 1,292,943 1,264,404 1,253,095 1,321,095 8.3 % 8.5 % 8.9 % 8.8 % 5 Virginia East 6.6 % 966,534 955,965 987,515 974,504 960,573 6.1 % 6.2 % 6.9 % 6.8 % 6 Vancouver, BC West 5.6 % 878,426 703,005 754,747 794,724 816,316 5.5 % 4.6 % 5.3 % 5.6 % 7 Long Beach West 5.6 % 1,069,063 1,045,715 942,348 881,705 812,406 6.7 % 6.8 % 6.6 % 6.2 % 8 Montreal 2 East 5.2 % 890,706 871,753 779,111 735,376 759,241 5.6 % 5.7 % 5.5 % 5.1 % 9 Oakland West 4.7 % 704,268 643,995 615,315 645,356 693,684 4.4 % 4.2 % 4.3 % 4.5 % 10 Charleston East 4.1 % 780,176 624,268 658,776 602,526 594,408 4.9 % 4.1 % 4.6 % 4.2 % 11 Northwest Seaport Alliance 1 West 4.0 % 669,511 535,964 567,517 612,922 587,814 4.2 % 3.5 % 4.0 % 4.3 % 12 Jacksonville East 3.3 % 552,325 519,839 490,772 487,607 489,012 3.5 % 3.4 % 3.4 % 3.4 % 13 Port Everglades East 2.9 % 358,703 364,027 289,411 323,021 423,531 2.3 % 2.4 % 2.0 % 2.3 % 14 Manzanillo West 2.0 % 790,493 678,645 328,490 332,782 289,564 5.0 % 4.4 % 2.3 % 2.3 % 15 Altamira Gulf 1.9 % 379,676 356,953 292,493 285,266 282,712 2.4 % 2.3 % 2.1 % 2.0 % 16 New Orleans Gulf 1.7 % 243,128 226,087 232,601 237,536 252,856 1.5 % 1.5 % 1.6 % 1.7 % 17 Halifax 2 East 1.7 % 292,324 286,533 265,831 244,013 244,628 1.8 % 1.9 % 1.9 % 1.7 % 18 Miami East 1.5 % 337,204 311,874 288,050 248,890 226,786 2.1 % 2.0 % 2.0 % 1.7 % 19 Veracruz Gulf 1.5 % 310,817 292,987 268,792 229,422 214,371 2.0 % 1.9 % 1.9 % 1.6 % 20 Baltimore East 1.3 % 230,943 210,839 208,086 138,425 192,382 1.4 % 1.4 % 1.5 % 1.0 % 21 Prince Rupert West 1.0 % 156,137 136,533 125,254 130,910 141,939 1.0 % 0.9 % 0.9 % 0.9 % 22 Mobile Gulf 0.8 % 149,669 143,365 159,856 159,148 116,800 0.9 % 0.9 % 1.1 % 1.1 % 23 Philadelphia East 0.7 % 88,356 102,610 91,384 97,811 103,328 0.6 % 0.7 % 0.6 % 0.7 % 24 Wilmington, NC East 0.6 % 127,123 113,300 106,710 96,553 85,133 0.8 % 0.7 % 0.7 % 0.7 % 25 Lazaro Cardenas West 0.4 % 61,719 55,654 52,488 60,720 56,213 0.4 % 0.4 % 0.4 % 0.4 % Total US Ports in Top 25 76.4 % 11,070,906 10,663,507 10,708,533 10,810,272 11,183,798 Total Canada Ports in Top 25 13.4 % 2,221,792 2,112,776 1,948,748 1,901,984 1,962,124 Total Mexico Ports in Top 25 5.8 % 1,542,705 1,384,239 942,263 908,190 842,860

Total US Exports 79.7 % 11,600,487 11,201,818 11,201,410 11,307,682 11,658,450 Total Canada Exports 13.4 % 2,221,792 2,112,776 1,948,748 1,901,984 1,962,124 Total Mexico Exports 6.9 % 2,107,226 1,982,529 1,098,590 1,092,088 1,011,517 TOTAL NORTH AMERICAN EXPORTS 15,929,505 15,297,123 14,248,748 14,301,754 14,632,091

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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