Can you name the Busiest US Ports, 2006 (according to The World Almanac 2009)? by tcalleen

Rank	Port	State
1		Louisiana
2		Texas
3		New York, New Jersey
4		California
5		Texas
6		Texas
7		West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio
8		Louisiana
9		California
10		Alabama
11		Louisiana
12		Louisiana
13		Louisiana
14		Texas
15		Minnesota, Wisconsin
16		Florida
17		Maryland
18		Pennsylvania
19		New Jersey
20		Pennsylvania

Rank	Port	State
21		Mississippi
22		Alaska
23		Virginia
24		Georgia
25		Texas
26		Missouri, Illinois
27		Oregon
28		Texas
29		Washington
30		South Carolina
31		Washington
32		Illinois
33		California
34		Maine
35		Florida
36		Florida
37		Massachusetts
38		Pennsylvania
39		Tennessee
40		Michigan

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Busiest US Ports, 2006 Quiz

by tcalleen

Created Oct 6, 2009 in Geography
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	Ethiopius:	Oct 7th, 2009 at 02:25 GMT	1 point
	Oakland? Hello?

	tcalleen:	Oct 7th, 2009 at 02:53 GMT	1 point
	Oakland is not listed in my source for the information here.

	Gordo:	Oct 7th, 2009 at 04:11 GMT	1 point
	Something doesn't add up then. By tonnage, Oakland is busier than LA or LB (smaller when the two are combined, as they usually are). By containers, Oakland is number three behind LA/LB and NY. Can you link to your source?

	tcalleen:	Oct 7th, 2009 at 11:39 GMT	1 point
	My source is a book - The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2009, page 118. I'm not sure why Oakland isn't on their list - it doesn't say.

	Geo_Crazy:	Oct 22nd, 2009 at 04:49 GMT	0 points
	Extremely suprised at the answers. Perhaps ports include oil, because there are plenty of Louisiana cities on here, and Valdez. Shocked that inland cities (Pittsburgh, Duluth, St Louis, Huntington) have larger ports than major/important coastal cities (Boston, Seattle/Tacoma, Baltimore, Norfolk).

	jaho:	Oct 25th, 2009 at 00:06 GMT	1 point
	In Duluth-Superior's case, the major commodities handled would be coal, iron ore, limestone, and grain. Duluth-Superior handles not only Great Lakes ships but ocean-going ships from around the world that travel the length of the St. Lawrence Seaway system.

	scgal:	Dec 19th, 2009 at 03:23 GMT	2 points
	How is "south Louisiana" a port? All of the Louisiana answers seem to be areas rather than actual ports.

	tcalleen:	Dec 23rd, 2009 at 08:25 GMT	1 point
	Port of South Louisiana is the name of the port: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_South_Louisiana. Here is a source with actual figures: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ports_in_the_United_States.