Gulf Coast Port Data | 2020 Top 50 Global Freight

2020 Essential Revenue and Operating Information for the 50 Largest Global Freight Carriers

Up Front

Freight carriers across the world experienced dramatic market shifts and volume swings in 2020.
The new trade deal between U.S., Mexico and Canada provides market certainty for North American trade.
The world’s largest freight carriers have navigated unprecedented circumstances due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Rankings

 

Gulf Coast

Port Name City Type of Freight TEUs Volume of Freight Tonnage
Helena Harbor Helena, Ark. NA NA 1,118,011
Hickman Fulton County Riverport Hickman, Ky. NA NA 1,283,282
Kaskaskia Regional Port Red Bud, Ill. break bulk, dry bulk NA 5,776,030
Matagorda Harbor Matagorda, Texas NA NA 5,379,731
Owensboro Riverport Owensboro, Ky. break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk NA 2,872,596
Plaquemines Port Plaquemines Parish, La. container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk NA 56,850,137
Port Fourchon Lafourche Parish, La. liquid bulk NA 7,836,594
Port Freeport Freeport, Texas container, break bulk, automobile, heavy lift, special project cargo NA 25,446,078
Port of Beaumont Beaumont, Texas container, break bulk, dry bulk, automobile, heavy lift NA 100,244,231
Port of Brownsville Brownsville, Texas container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk NA 8,348,358
Port of Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tenn. NA NA 2,225,953
Port of Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Cincinnati NA NA 38,534,187
Port of Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk NA 93,468,323
Port of Galveston Galveston, Texas break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, passenger NA 9,111,500
Port of Greater Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, La. break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk NA 82,234,811
Port of Greenville Greenville, Miss. container, break bulk, dry bulk NA 2,944,932
Port of Gulfport Gulfport, Miss. container, break bulk, dry bulk NA 2,052,691
Port of Guntersville Guntersville, Ala. NA NA 1,918,572
Port of Houston Houston container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk NA 268,930,047
Port of Huntington Tri-State Huntington, W.Va. NA NA 34,245,342
Port of Iberia Iberia, La. container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk NA 2,172,388
Port of Indiana-Mount Vernon Mount Vernon, Ind. NA NA 10,332,103
Port of Kansas City Kansas City, Mo. break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk NA 1,374,284
Port of Lake Charles Lake Charles, La. dry bulk, heavy lift, special project cargo NA 56,908,344
Port of Lake Providence Lake Providence, La. NA NA 1,147,254
Port of Louisville Louisville, Ky. dry bulk NA 6,241,476
Port of Memphis Memphis, Tenn. break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk NA 11,055,740
Port of Mobile Mobile, Ala. container, break bulk, dry bulk, heavy lift NA 58,635,622
Port of Nashville Nashville, Tenn. NA NA 6,154,679
Port of Natchez-Adams County Natchez, Miss. dry bulk, liquid bulk, heavy lift NA 1,045,109
Port of New Madrid County New Madrid, Mo. NA NA 2,259,548
Port of New Orleans New Orleans container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, passenger NA 93,332,543
Port of Orange Orange, Texas NA N/td> 1,235,508
Port of Panama City Panama City, Fla. container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk NA 2,140,388
Port of Pascagoula Pascagoula, Miss. break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk NA 27,358,043
Port of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh NA NA 21,567,015
Port of Port Arthur Port Arthur, Texas break bulk, dry bulk, special project cargo NA 39,851,706
Port of Port Lavaca Port Lavaca, Texas NA NA 5,062,663
Port of Rosedale Rosedale, Miss. dry bulk NA 1,066,185
Port of South Louisiana LaPlace, La. break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk NA 275,512,500
Port of St. Louis St. Louis NA NA 37,426,710
Port of St. Paul St. Paul, Minn. dry bulk NA 5,813,777
Port of Terrebonne Houma, La. NA NA 2,122,316
Port of Texas City Texas City, Texas liquid bulk NA 42,682,311
Port of Vicksburg Vicksburg, Miss. break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk NA 2,962,979
Port of Victoria Victoria, Texas break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk NA 3,860,635
Southeast Missouri Port Scott City, Mo. NA NA 1,054,128
Tulsa Port of Catoosa Tulsa, Okla. break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, special project cargo NA 2,044,890

Extras

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Global Freight News

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FedEx Freight Unit Projects 10% Profit Growth After Spinoff

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Maersk Faces Arbitration Over Panama Port Takeover

A unit of Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison said that Maersk had undermined a contract over operations of ports at either end of the Panama Canal.

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Amazon Adds 3.5% Surcharge as War Drives Up Fuel Prices

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Cosco Shipping Warns of Uncertainties as Iran War Escalates

Ongoing tensions in the Middle East are amplifying volatility in global supply chains, Cosco said.

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MSC Buys Stake in South Korean Tanker Giant Sinokor

Sinokor has been snapping up very large crude carriers, giving it unprecedented control over a big share of the global fleet.

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