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STATISTICS

NOLA P t … B N , O yOrt rAffic y the umBers ver the eArs

Short Tons of Cargo, Port of New Orleans (2012 – 2016) 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 8,064,190 8,622,507 8,379,668 6,546,061 7,108,442

General Cargo 27,347,255 24,034,804 21,864,083 17,381,437 24,203,308

Bulk Cargo 36,496,146 33,576,064 31,050,437 24,319,705 31,754,579

TOTAL PORT 1,676 1,654 1,540 1,349 1,588

Ship Calls 1,070,695 1,023,700 1,014,325 987,860 977,703

Cruise Passengers

Source: Port of New Orleans

Tonnage of Top 10 U.S. Water Ports, Ranked by Total Tons 2014 2013 2004

Rank Total tons Rank Total tons Rank Total tons PCT change

Ports 2013-14 (Millions) (Millions) (Millions) 1 267.4 1 238.6 1 224.2 12.1%

Port of South LA 2 234.3 2 229.2 2 202.0 2.2%

Houston, TX 3 126.2 3 123.3 3 152.4 2.3%

NY and NJ 4 87.3 4 94.4 4 91.7 -7.5%

Beaumont, TX 5 85.0 5 84.5 5 79.7 0.6%

Long Beach, CA 6 84.9 7 76.2 6 78.9 11.5%

Corpus Christi 7 84.5 6 77.2 7 78.1 9.5%

New Orleans 8 69.2 8 63.9 10 57.1 8.3%

Baton Rouge 9 64.3 12 54.0 11 56.2 19.1%

Mobile, AL 10 61.0 9 57.9 14 51.4 5.3%

Los Angeles, CA

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (2014 is latest year for available data) www.maritimelogisticsprofessional.com 35

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