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Top 20 U.S. Seaports by Freight Handled, 1998 & 1999
Ranked by Total Tons Handled (Short Tons)

1999 Rank	1998 Rank	Port Name	Total Tons Handled
1999 Rank	1998 Rank	Port Name	1999	1998
1	1	South Louisiana, LA, Port of	214,196,912	196,645,563
2	2	Houston, TX	158,715,223	169,070,334
3	3	New York, NY and NJ	133,715,223	137,543,784
4	4	New Orleans, LA	87,511,476	88,768,246
5	5	Corpus Christi, TX	77,986,587	86,179,780
6	9	Beaumont, TX	69,405,951	60,051,844
7	6	Baton Rouge, LA	63,728,759	66,835,290
8	7	Plaquemines, LA, Port of	62,461,023	65,805,601
9	10	Long Beach, CA	60,882,795	57,745,093
10	8	Valdez, AK	53,391,575	61,946,136
1999 Rank	1998 Rank	Port Name	Total Tons Handled
1999 Rank	1998 Rank	Port Name	1999	1998
11	13	Pittsburgh, PA	52,931,007	52,904,388
12	12	Tampa, FL	51,518,312	53,223,253
13	11	Lake Charles, LA	50,741,854	53,568,060
14	14	Texas City, TX	49,502,557	49,477,401
15	15	Mobile, AL	45,439,385	49,229,731
16	19	Duluth-Superior, MN/WI	42,296,553	42,442,971
17	18	Los Angeles, CA	42,267,055	44,144,241
18	16	Norfolk Harbor, VA	40,781,438	47,748,758
19	17	Philadelphia, PA	39,270,741	47,465,958
20	20	Baltimore, MD	37,287,472	40,114,301

Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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