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Top 10 ports in the US
- 2. #1: Port of Los Angeles Responsible for majority of Transpacific trade Nicknamed 'America's Port' Top port in the US since 2000 Handles approximately $1.2 billion cargo daily
- 3. #2: Port of Long Beach Sister port of Los Angeles Together with the Port of LA, handled 12.1% of North American market share in 2015 Considered as one of the major gateways for trade with Asia
- 4. #3: Port of NY & NJ Busiest and largest port on the US East Coast Access to one of the most concentrated consumer market Moved over 4.5 million TEUs in 2015
- 5. #4: Georgia Ports Includes the Port of Savannah and Port of Brunswick Port of Savannah holds North America's biggest single terminal container facility Port of Brunswick is the top US port for new auto imports
- 6. #5: Port of Seattle-Tacoma Cargo volume of both ports accounted for 5.3% of North American market in 2015 Merged in 2015 to jointly operate their cargo terminals In 2017, it recorded its strongest Q1 international container volumes since 2005
- 7. #6: Port of Virginia Handled 11.6% of East Coast's total throughput in 2016 2.5 hours from port to open sea Recently merged with Georgia Ports
- 8. #7: Port of Houston Busiest port in the US in terms of foreign tonnage Largest US port on the Gulf Coast Handled 68% of US Gulf Coast container traffic in 2016
- 9. #8: South Carolina Ports Includes seaports of Charleston and Georgetown In total, both ports handled a record high 1.996 million TEUs in 2016 Charleston Port is equipped with five public terminals
- 10. #9: Port of Oakland One of three main West Coast gateways for containerized cargoes Handles over 99% of containerized goods in North California Estimated to serve over 14.5 million consumers
- 11. #10: Port of Miami Located at the crossroads of North and South America Has the deepest shipping channel of all the southeastern ports Of the top 10 US ports, it registered the largest growth in 2015 with a 13.4% increase in TEUs
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