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The world’s largest transportation and logistics providers are operating in a highly volatile business environment.
Shippers await clarity on tariffs and trade policies before reconfiguring international supply chains.
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Rankings
Port Data
| Rank 2025 | Rank 2024 | Port Name | City | Type of Freight | TEUs 2024 | TEUs 2023 | % Change | Freight Tonnage (metric tons) |
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| 1 | 1 | Port of Los Angeles | Los Angeles | container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive, heavy lift, project, refrigerated | 10,297,352 | 8,629,681 | 19.3% | 216,000,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Port of Long Beach | Long Beach, Calif. | container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive, heavy lift, project, refrigerated | 9,649,724 | 8,018,668 | 20.3% | 200,298,324 |
| 3 | 3 | Port of New York and New Jersey | New York | container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive, heavy lift, project, refrigerated | 8,698,526 | 7,810,005 | 11.4% | 2,785,839 |
| 4 | 4 | Port of Savannah* | Savannah, Ga. | container, break bulk, dry bulk, automotive, heavy lift, refrigerated | 5,545,557 | 4,927,654 | 12.5% | 38,663,272 |
| 5 | 5 | Colon Container Terminal, Port of Cristobal and Manzanillo International Terminal | Colón, Panama | container, dry bulk, liquid bulk, project | 5,395,134 | 4,868,759 | 10.8% | NA |
| 6 | 6 | Port Houston | Houston | container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive, heavy lift, project | 4,139,991 | 3,824,600 | 8.2% | 48,140,864 |
| 7 | 8 | Port of Balboa and PSA Panama International Terminal | Panama Int'l Terminals, Panama | container, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive, project | 4,013,685 | 3,370,009 | 19.1% | NA |
| 8 | 7 | Port of Manzanillo | Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico | container, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive, refrigerated | 3,924,515 | 3,699,254 | 6.1% | NA |
| 9 | 9 | Port of Virginia | Norfolk, Va. | container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive | 3,523,512 | 3,287,546 | 7.2% | 66,723,438 |
| 10 | 10 | Port of Vancouver | Vancouver, British Columbia | container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive, project | 3,473,822 | 3,126,559 | 11.1% | 158,380,817 |
| 11 | 11 | Northwest Seaport Alliance | Seattle and Tacoma, Wash. | container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive, heavy lift, project | 3,340,733 | 2,974,416 | 12.3% | 25,592,258 |
| 12 | 14 | Port of Kingston | Kingston, Jamaica | container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive, heavy lift | 2,549,698 | 2,332,752 | 9.3% | NA |
| 13 | 12 | Port of Charleston | Charleston, S.C. | container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive, project, refrigerated | 2,497,143 | 2,482,080 | 0.6% | NA |
| 14 | 15 | Port of Lázaro Cárdenas | Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico | container, dry bulk, liquid bulk | 2,406,980 | 1,869,293 | 28.8% | NA |
| 15 | 13 | Port of Oakland | Oakland, Calif. | container, refrigerated | 2,262,921 | 2,065,709 | 9.5% | NA |
| 16 | 17 | Port of Caucedo† | Caucedo, Dominican Republic | container, break bulk, automotive, heavy lift, project, refrigerated | 1,700,000 | 1,488,000 | 14.2% | NA |
| 17 | 16 | Port of Montreal | Montreal | container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, refrigerated | 1,464,320 | 1,538,464 | -4.8% | 35,410,157 |
| 18 | 19 | Port of Jacksonville^ | Jacksonville, Fla. | container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive, heavy lift, project, refrigerated | 1,340,412 | 1,313,487 | 2.0% | 10,051,499 |
| 19 | 20 | Moín Container Terminal | Límon, Costa Rica | container, break bulk | 1,320,000 | 1,261,262 | 4.7% | 37,644,079 |
| 20 | 22 | Port of Veracruz | Veracruz, Mexico | container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive | 1,301,470 | 1,158,908 | 12.3% | NA |
| 21 | 24 | Port Miami^ | Miami | container, break bulk, automotive | 1,089,443 | 1,098,322 | -0.8% | 7,263,395 |
| 22 | 25 | Port Everglades^ | Broward County, Fla. | container, break bulk, dry bulk, refrigerated | 1,087,112 | 1,013,159 | 7.3% | 23,758,846 |
| 23 | - | Port of Philadelphia | Philadelphia | container, break bulk, dry bulk, refrigerated | 840,571 | 743,000 | 13.1% | NA |
| 24 | 23 | Port of Baltimore | Baltimore | container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive, refrigerated | 741,215 | 1,126,511 | -34.2% | NA |
| 25 | - | Port of Prince Rupert | Prince Rupert, British Columbia | container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, special project cargo, passenger | 739,315 | 704,248 | 5.0% | 23,136,678 |
| NOTE: Data for the Colon Container Terminal, Port of Cristobal and Manzanillo International Terminal is from the Georgia Tech Panama Logistics Innovation and Research Center. Data for the ports of Lázaro Cárdenas, Manzanillo and Veracruz is via the Coordinación General de Puertos y Marina Mercante. Data for the Port of Kingston is via MundoMaritimo. All other data is via port authorities. * Tonnage for the Port of Savannah is for fiscal year 2025, ended June 30, 2025. † Total TEUs in 2024 for the Port of Caucedo are estimated. ^ Data for the Port of Jacksonville, Port Miami and Port Everglades is for fiscal year 2024, ended Sept. 30, 2024. |
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