Top Ten Biggest Ports in the USA 

6 months late but okay.

@@Jo9917-6 Never thought I would have to tell people to actually "like and subscribe" if they enjoyed the video. Thought they would do it naturally. Guess they don't. I don't like it when RU-vidrs tell people to do that in their videos, so I tried to not do that.

@@AJMSTUDIOSvideo I actually enjoyed your video, and I am planning on watching the us cities series! I hope you have a Merry Christmas, or whatever you celebrate. Have a good day.

@@Jo9917-6 Thank you so much. You have a nice Christmas too!

Thank you very much, sir! Much appreciated.

Thank you sir! Good to hear from ya!

Port capacity is referred to by TEU’s. NY -Nj is the largest in the country. LA-Lb is the second largest .

There was no strike in 2012. There was a lockout by the PMA. Piss poor research on your information. Need facts ? Contact the ILWU

Thanks for sharing. It's an impressive piece of commerce and infrastructure no doubt.

@@AJMSTUDIOSvideo California is the 8th largest economic power in the world.

Thank you! The Port of San Francisco is something we are going to be talking about in a future video! It is very beautiful indeed! Cheers!

Thank you for watching and the comment. :)

Wow! Thank you so much!

It is harder to find data, but for the Port of Everett, what I can gather based on 2019, the TEU for inbound and outbound combined is 15,757 TEU. That is strictly containers and not counting the unique cargo the port brings in such as Boeing airplane fuselages. PoE has seen a TEU decline in the past ten years, but it is starting to rebound with recent port projects. It is still one of the larger ports in the State of Washington after Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver WA, and Longview.

I am glad you liked the video. As said, this list only included the largest ports, and I can't just include a bunch of ports from the southeast because they are some people's favorites. ;D BUT I am thrilled you are getting those merchant marine credentials! That will be awesome for you and I hope you love your career path. You might also be excited to know I am working on more Port themed videos that won't focus just on the biggest ports. I am currently working on a "Ports of the Gulf Coast" video that will feature some of the ports you mentioned. I am also working on three other videos at the same time, so it might be awhile before it's finished. ;D But I am working on it. :) Thanks for the kind words, suggestions, and enthusiasm!! Love it!

Thank you so much! If you love logistics, you might enjoy our other seaport or airport videos as well. :D They are among my favorites to make.

It is decently sized. Thank you for the comment! Feel free to subscribe/like if you enjoy!

Sounds like a nice cluster to help local businesses when the ships come to dock. Thanks!

Thanks for the tip. :)

my ex girl friend is from "Peedro". she was a real firecracker coming from a long line of salt of the earth Croatian immigrants who worked the docks as longshoreman in Los Angeles harbor.

How are you doing Dan ?

Apart from Singapore and Rotterdam, an LA/LB merge would be smaller than what other seven? You've piqued my curiosity, MS. I'll look it up. Thanks for the thought provoking comment. Well done!

When the video is done. ;-)

Fun fact: Port of Portland (Oregon) is one of the largest grain ports in North America. It is talked about in my Flags of North American cities Episode 3 for a interesting tie in and will be discussed in more detail in a future video I got planned. :) Still, it isn't one of the top ports though, it doesn't do enough other stuff to move up on the list.

The port has a poor rail inter-structure and the highways in and out are not what they should b for the potential of that port

The Port of Houston will be talked about more in-depth in a new video I am working on. :) As well as other Texas ports.

Also at 0:24. :) Good eye!

Charleston is very beautiful and they've been expanding it's livable "downtown." It used to be a smaller area on the peninsula, but now it expands for what seems like a mile or more towards the mainland. There are tons of shops and businesses now... or at least there was before the worldwide event.

Canada is kinda boring but it provides free healthcare. I would not give that up for US citizenship.

They don't. I would be yelled at by people if I said they do. There must be some sort of cooperation as for ships moving in and out, but they are run by completely different people and have their own law enforcement, councils, goals, etc. Hopefully that helps a little. :)

And there is a reason. The United States, unlike China, has more medium and smaller seaports that also received traffic. China's structure has it set so all products go from specific mega-ports with small and medium ports not receiving much traffic. In the US seaport scene, there is much more even-ness among ports and traffic. A large portion are medium sized ports which take on imports and exports.

This video is about container ports. Not overall tonnage. I do other videos about tonnage. Check out my Seaports of the Gulf Coast Series. Probably one of my pride and joys to create.

It isn't in the top ten based on TEU's. It falls in either 11th or 12th place depending on some sources.

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@@Wallblue21 I am working on more videos that will feature more ports around the country. Miami included, as well as many others. :) Stay tuned!

He never stated any of them were top 10 in the world.

Good point, the terminology may to be dated, but people still say it including me. I think what it refers to now days is everything that is not Alaska and Hawaii. Every state is "lower" in terms of the globe to Alaska. I spent a lot of time growing up in Alaska and even to this day, people still say that terminology all the time, including young people. Interesting. :)

I'm glad you enjoyed the video! I am curious as to what you considered not factual, because it was all from the US Department of Transportation and the port's websites themselves. I would love to know what could be improved upon if you let me know. Thank you.