Top Ten Biggest Ports in the USA

Hop aboard as we check out the biggest ports in the United States. After this voyage you will certainly have your sea legs.
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0:00 Boarding Pass & Embark
0:39 Number 10
2:29 Number 9
4:15 Number 8
6:22 Number 7
8:21 Number 6
11:00 Number 5
12:33 Number 4
14:01 Number 3
16:10 Number 2
18:53 Number 1
19:10 Number 1 Again?
22:02 Disembark

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6 months late but okay.

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@@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.

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

[@wazzuwallaboy9408]

I especially like the little history of each port. Love the humor too. Great job!!

[@5starflooring334]

Great Job, but I wanted to here more about the Port of Keokuk !

[@madhusudhan4001]

if you guys love ports -- visit san Francisco it has 45 piers which are part of old port that is converted into tech companies and hotels, its a sight to enjoy how a port transformed into city.

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

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!

[@bconni2]

just to put it in perspective, the two adjacent ports of Long Beach & Los Angeles bring in 1/3 of all imported goods into the United States.

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

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

[@grooviefan]

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

[@barryjohnson1981]

As to alternative ways at looking at port size - the Port of South Louisiana ranks #1 in U.S. for most tons of cargo transported through its public/private docks; imports/exports nearly 300 million tons annually

[@grooviefan]

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

[@grooviefan]

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

[@charlesburrowes7562]

That was awesome very informative and well presented.

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

Thank you very much, sir! Much appreciated.

[@wazzuwallaboy9408]

This is such a great video. Nicely Done....!!!!!

[@Sleepylock105]

Very good job! A couple of our boats from work dock at these ports so it’s potential that I may visit these in the future

[@anubiset20]

Good job Mr. AJM! Enjoyed the history as well.

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

Thank you sir! Good to hear from ya!

[@Tuglife912]

I would have added our Florida ports to the list! The Port of Jacksonville, Port Miami, Port Everglades ( Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood ), Port of Palm Beach, and Port Tampa, Florida would all be good to add to the list. Also in North Carolina the Port of Wilmington. As soon as I finish getting my Merchant Mariner Credentials I'll be working on Tugboats dealing with all of these Monster ships! Moran Towing is where I plan on working but McAllister Towing and Crescent Towing are good companies too! I plan on working out of Jacksonville, Florida but I also have Savannah, Georgia on my list because it's super busy! Awesome video! One of my favorites! Great history too, as well as maps and graphics! Very professional! 🇺🇸⚓️🌊⛴

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

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!

[@lorraineshea]

Just to clarify: In 2012 ILWU DID NOT go on strike. We were locked out by the employer and protested to PMA to order proper manning. The last strike by ILWU was 1971 and it was not over wages. Please do not report misinformation regarding the 2012 lockout.

[@bonnielee2189]

👍very helpful ,thanks for sharing....

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

Thank you for watching and the comment. :)

[@stooges2967]

Savannah is the second largest port in size!!!!Such a big port

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

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

[@homomythologicus1004]

Very nice video.

[@masoodalikhan9419]

This is an awesome video

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Wow! Thank you so much!

[@zigman3105]

Fascinating

[@jackanddebmcpherson8329]

Just curious. Where does our Port of Everett fall when using the same unit of measure? I understand that they specialize in odd size and shaped cargo. Loved it.

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

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.

[@elirothblatt5602]

Awesome video for logistics nerds like me. Thanks!

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

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.

[@Riaz977]

Top ten seaport in USA is good content I enjoy it to watch best top seaport in USA

[@lemapp]

Norfolk, VA has a cruise ship terminal. Unlike must cruise ship terminals, Norfolk’s is in the middle of downtown, next to a maritime museum and a moth balled warship/ floating museum. Makes it convenient to local art districts and shopping areas. Smart travelers include stays at Virginia Beach or Williamsburg as part of their travels.

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

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

[@jonsneddon1254]

Great job! Do I see your dad on one of port pictures? Ha ha.

[@madhusudhan4001]

go Port of Keokuk... you rock YOLO

[@danjberg]

Here in the Los Angeles area it’s pronounced San Peeedro - lol

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

Thanks for the tip. :)

[@bconni2]

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.

[@JenniferSmith-ho3im]

How are you doing Dan ?

[@MS-37]

If the port of LB and LA were to unite they’d be the ninth or so busiest port in the world.

[@jacklambert2607]

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!

[@dhruvjoshi3865]

Surprised Portland isnt on the list considering the name PORTland

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

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.

[@grooviefan]

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

[@jackmcpherson8676]

Well done, when does the narrator take a breath.

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

When the video is done. ;-)

[@3komma141592653]

Norfooock

[@how2137]

Hello everyone from the KZbin algorithm.

[@bridgediscovery1011]

0:19 port of Panama city Florida

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Also at 0:24. :) Good eye!

[@rickyeyoung6460]

My favorite port in the USA is port Houston

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

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.

[@pennsylvanianrrfoamer]

Charleston, SC is one of the most beautiful cities in the United States today. I wouldn't mind moving there if I ever get US citizenship status. I live in Canada and it's pretty boring. The United States seems to have it all, despite bad healthcare and politics.

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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.

[@mingzhong5481]

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

[@mingzhong5481]

Fun fact: Port of Los Angeles will not make the list of top ten ports in China by TEUs.

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

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.

[@ImTheDudeMan471]

Even though LA and LB are under different agencies, they abut each other. Can you really say they dont function as 1?

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

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. :)

[@truthfacts5438]

You can't use TEU's to rank the largest ports, you have to use total gross tonnage, because majority of ports do not profit from TEU's but other gross tonnage of raw materials like oil, gas, coal, and wheat. If you were to utilize gross tonnage, this list would look a lot different with Port of Houston, port of South Louisiana, and port of Corpus Christi being 1,2 and 3 with the latter over a 100 million gross tons ahead of the next guy. So yes, ranking ports by TEU's is very misleading...

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

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.

[@Wallblue21]

Miami?

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

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

[@Wallblue21]

AJMSTUDIOS oh

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

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

[@budreesaraswatee4246]

LIVE USA

[@williamkmathison3739]

Thanks for the history! Jay Inslee stopped Vancouver Energy from developing at the Port of Vancouver! He knows how to close down free enterprise then raise their taxes while they try to reopen. We need a new governor!

[@davefranciscasinillo8948]

Not one US biggest port belong to the top ten biggest port in the world as of 2020.

[@grooviefan]

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

[@protorhinocerator142]

5:55 "As well 70% of all water-borne commerce moving through the Lower 48 to Alaska comes through through the port of Tacoma." So by "Lower 48" you mean every state except for Alaska and Maine? Since those are the two northernmost states. The term "Lower 48" was relevant for a brief time back in 1959 when Alaska was a state but Hawaii was not yet a state. Since then it is a useless saying that people still repeat to this day. For my entire lifetime, it has been a factually incorrect term. Unless you actually mean all states except Alaska and Maine. You'd be the first.

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

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. :)

[@michaelterrell8633]

Great job entertaining but not totally factual. Lots of exaggeration and BS. Try sticking to facts.

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

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.

[@Cowhitt]

Port Keokuk "small but Mighty" 🫡😎