Great Lakes Port Data | 2019 Top 50 Global Freight

2019 Essential Revenue and Operating Information for the 50 Largest Global Freight Carriers

Up Front

Policy negotiations have put freight patterns in flux.
Despite trade tensions, growth has continued.
How the Netherlands is handling increased demand.

Rankings

 

Great Lakes

Port Name City Type of Freight TEUs Volume of Freight Tonnage
Ashtabula Harbor Ashtabula, Ohio dry bulk NA 4,351,591
Buffington Harbor Buffington, Ind. NA NA 1,336,851
Drummond Island Port Drummond Island, Mich. NA NA 1,116,179
Fairport Harbor Point Fairport Harbor, Ohio NA NA 1,534,039
Indiana Harbor East Chicago, Ind. dry bulk, liquid bulk, heavy lift NA 12,111,421
Port Clinton Marblehead, Ohio NA NA 2,843,745
Port Dolomite Clark Township, Mich. NA NA 3,310,819
Port Inland Gulliver, Mich. NA NA 4,222,250
Port of Alpena Alpena, Mich. NA NA 2,331,235
Port of Calcite Calcite, Mich. special project cargo NA 7,401,788
Port of Chicago Chicago dry bulk, liquid bulk NA 17,406,316
Port of Cleveland Cleveland container, dry bulk, liquid bulk, heavy lift, special project cargo NA 13,314,224
Port of Conneaut Conneaut, Ohio NA NA 3,733,621
Port of Detroit Detroit dry bulk, liquid bulk, passenger NA 13,953,184
Port of Duluth-Superior Duluth, Minn., and Superior, Wis. break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, heavy lift, passenger NA 34,783,190
Port of Escanaba Escanaba, Mich. NA NA 1,175,587
Port of Gary Gary, Ind. NA NA 8,106,529
Port of Grand Haven Grand Haven, Mich. NA NA 1,327,947
Port of Green Bay Green Bay, Wis. dry bulk, liquid bulk NA 1,828,953
Port of Hamilton Hamilton, Ontario container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, special project cargo NA 11,628,319
Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor Portage, Ind. container, dry bulk, liquid bulk, heavy lift NA 8,595,269
Port of Lorain Lorain, Ohio NA NA 863,834
Port of Marine City Marine City, Mich. NA NA NA
Port of Marquette Marquette, Mich. NA NA 885,446
Port of Milwaukee Milwaukee dry bulk NA 2,601,835
Port of Monroe Monroe, Mich. NA NA 2,038,137
Port of Montreal Montreal container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, passenger 1,537,669 38,041,530
Port of Sandusky Sandusky, Ohio NA NA 3,481,573
Port of Silver Bay Silver Bay, Minn. NA NA 6,344,889
Port of St. Clair St. Clair, Mich. NA NA 6,244,720
Port of Stoneport Stoneport, Mich. NA NA 3,785,260
Port of Toledo Toledo, Ohio NA NA 9,442,970
Port of Toronto Toronto container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, passenger NA 2,172,750
Port Saguenay Saguenay, Quebec container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, passenger NA 295,930
Presque Isle Harbor Presque Isle, Mich. NA NA 7,981,699
Two Harbors Two Harbors, Minn. dry bulk NA 16,963,429

Extras

Spending on ports projects has risen.
Companies and government agencies work to minimize effects of the E.U. departure.
Memphis International retains the top spot; Louisville honors boxing legend.
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