United States container ports

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US container port water draft depths

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Busiest container ports in the United States by TEU throughput

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East Coast seaport calls by vessel type

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Container ship routes to America from Asian Pacific

The United States has more than 20 Container ports around its coast line.

West Coast

Container port draft depths and air drafts

Port	Draft depth'	Air draft'
Port of Seattle	50	Unlimited
Port of Tacoma	>50	Unlimited
Port of Portland	40	196
Port of Oakland	50	220
Port of San Francisco	50	220
Port of Los Angeles	>52	Unlimited
Long Beach	>50	Unlimited

Gulf of Mexico

Container port draft depths and air drafts

Port	Draft depth'	Air draft'
Port of Houston	45	Unlimited
Port of New Orleans	45	170
Port of Gulfport	39	Unlimited
Port of Mobile	45	Unlimited

East Coast

Container port draft depths and air drafts

Port	Draft depth'	Air draft'
Port of Miami	50	Unlimited
Port Everglades	43	Unlimited
Port of Palm Beach	36	Unlimited
Port of Jacksonville	40	175
Port of Savannah	42	185
Port of Charleston	45	186
Port of Wilmington (North Carolina)	42	Unlimited
Norfolk International Terminals	50	Unlimited
Port of Baltimore	50	185
Port of Wilmington (Delaware)	38	174
Port of Philadelphia	40	174
Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal	50	151
Port of New York and New Jersey	50	228
Port of Boston	40	Unlimited

Dredging of east coast ports are under way because of the New Panama Canal expansion and the expectation of larger container ships.

See also

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Container ports by TEU throughput in 2010.

• List of world's busiest container ports
• Busiest ports in the United States
• Container on barge on the Mississippi and tributaries

References

• http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/Portals/70/docs/portswaterways/rpt/June_20_U.S._Port_and_Inland_Waterways_Preparing_for_Post_Panamax_Vessels.pdf