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 95.9 % ( 14.1 million TEUs ) of the 14.7 million TEUs in total North American containerized exports in 2023 . Total export volumes at the Top 25 North American ports , which include 17 US ports , four in Canada , and four in Mexico , decreased 2.2 % year over year in 2023 . Leading the outbound North American container trade in 2023 were the ports of Houston , Savannah and Los Angeles with a combined volume of 3.9 million TEUs , up 6.2 % year over year and representing 27.6 % of overall North American exports .
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1 Houston Gulf 9.1 % 1,230,255 1,201,063 1,010,508 1,198,354 1,345,501 7.2 % 7.1 % 6.2 % 7.7 % 2 Savannah East 8.6 % 1,408,743 1,356,532 1,328,121 1,292,943 1,269,113 8.2 % 8.0 % 8.1 % 8.3 % 3 Los Angeles West 8.4 % 1,568,489 1,374,827 1,160,328 1,138,345 1,240,122 9.1 % 8.1 % 7.1 % 7.3 % 4 New York-New Jersey East 8.3 % 1,422,934 1,260,636 1,295,137 1,232,402 1,228,142 8.3 % 7.4 % 7.9 % 7.9 % 5 Virginia East 6.7 % 877,508 853,941 966,534 955,965 992,258 5.1 % 5.0 % 5.9 % 6.1 % 6 Long Beach West 6.4 % 1,259,781 1,186,342 1,069,063 1,045,714 942,717 7.3 % 7.0 % 6.5 % 6.7 % 7 Montreal 2 East 5.3 % 883,901 789,167 890,706 871,753 779,111 5.1 % 4.6 % 5.4 % 5.6 % 8 Vancouver , BC West 5.1 % 1,121,973 1,043,069 878,426 703,005 754,747 6.5 % 6.1 % 5.4 % 4.5 % 9 Charleston East 4.5 % 793,920 738,742 780,176 624,268 661,093 4.6 % 4.3 % 4.8 % 4.0 % 10 Oakland West 4.2 % 810,886 808,346 704,268 643,877 615,496 4.7 % 4.8 % 4.3 % 4.1 % 11 Manzanillo West 4.0 % 763,638 748,709 790,508 679,618 595,047 4.4 % 4.4 % 4.8 % 4.3 %
12 Northwest Seaport Alliance 1 West 3.9 % 909,121 778,106 669,511 536,070 570,703 5.3 % 4.6 % 4.1 % 3.4 %
13 Jacksonville East 3.3 % 485,908 500,164 552,325 519,839 491,061 2.8 % 2.9 % 3.4 % 3.3 % 14 Altamira Gulf 2.2 % 356,070 330,967 379,676 356,953 324,306 2.1 % 1.9 % 2.3 % 2.3 % 15 Port Everglades East 2.0 % 408,659 340,552 358,881 364,115 296,548 2.4 % 2.0 % 2.2 % 2.3 % 16 Miami East 2.0 % 341,349 284,485 337,204 311,874 288,378 2.0 % 1.7 % 2.1 % 2.0 % 17 Veracruz Gulf 1.8 % 314,305 283,392 310,817 292,987 268,792 1.8 % 1.7 % 1.9 % 1.9 % 18 Halifax 2 East 1.8 % 273,511 249,000 292,324 286,533 265,831 1.6 % 1.5 % 1.8 % 1.8 % 19 Lazaro Cardenas West 1.6 % 234,810 159,618 386,031 436,293 234,731 1.4 % 0.9 % 2.4 % 2.8 % 20 New Orleans Gulf 1.6 % 297,830 279,154 243,128 226,087 232,601 1.7 % 1.6 % 1.5 % 1.4 % 21 Baltimore East 1.4 % 220,357 208,026 230,943 210,839 208,424 1.3 % 1.2 % 1.4 % 1.3 % 22 Mobile Gulf 1.1 % 133,176 133,026 149,669 143,365 159,858 0.8 % 0.8 % 0.9 % 0.9 % 23 Prince Rupert West 0.9 % 192,070 193,642 156,137 136,533 125,254 1.1 % 1.1 % 1.0 % 0.9 % 24 Palm Beach East 0.8 % 151,655 126,821 113,827 119,628 122,480 0.9 % 0.7 % 0.7 % 0.8 % 25 Wilmington , NC East 0.7 % 115,890 105,329 127,146 113,300 107,757 0.7 % 0.6 % 0.8 % 0.7 % Total US Ports in Top 25 73.2 % 12,436,462 11,536,092 11,096,769 10,676,984 10,772,252 Total Canada Ports in Top 25 13.1 % 2,471,455 2,274,878 2,217,593 1,997,824 1,924,943 Total Mexico Ports in Top 25 9.7 % 1,668,823 1,522,686 1,867,032 1,765,851 1,422,876
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95.9 % |
16,576,740 |
15,333,657 |
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14,120,071 |
Total US Exports 76.0 % 12,823,777 12,976,840 12,033,291 11,662,668 11,188,000 Total Canada Exports 13.1 % 2,471,455 2,274,878 2,217,593 1,997,824 1,924,943 Total Mexico Exports 10.9 % 1,898,407 1,761,404 2,107,226 1,982,529 1,610,831 TOTAL NORTH AMERICAN EXPORTS 100.0 % 17,193,639 17,013,122 16,358,110 15,643,021 14,723,774
Ranking includes container ports in Canada , Mexico and the United States , 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 . © 2024 S & P Global
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