Tonnage

The top 25 tonnage ports handled a total of 1.86 billion short tons of cargo in 2022—up from 1.8 billion short tons of cargo in 2021 but 0.02 billion tons shy of the 1.88 billion in 2018.  The top 9 ports to make the list from 2021 to 2022 remained the same.  The port that increased the most number of spots from 2021 to 2022 was Texas City, from 23 in 2021 to 17 in 2022 (from 27.95 million short tons in 2021 to 32.86 million short tons in 2022).  The port that dropped the most number of spots from 2021 to 2022 was Northern Indiana District, from 20 in 2021 to 25 in 2022 (from 30.26 million short tons in 2021 to 25.45 million short tons in 2022).  Overall, the port with the greatest increase in tonnage, not considering rank, was the Houston Port Authority with 266.52 million short tons in 2021 and 293.83 million short tons in 2022.

Regarding the regional spread of the port locations, 13 of the top 25 are on the Gulf Coast, 7 are on the Atlantic Coast, 2 are on the West Coast, 2 are on the Great Lakes, and 1 is on the Inland Waterways.

Imports comprised 39% of total tonnage, exports comprised 27%, and domestic comprised 34%.[1]