b'18American Journal ofTransportation ajot.comU.S. Imports: Top Gulf Ports US Imports: Top Gulf PortsRank US PORT OF ARRIVAL Q1 2022 Q1 2021 Variation Variation %1 HOUSTON,TX 458,725 351,074 107,652 30.662 MOBILE,AL 68,391 62,014 6,377 10.283 NEW ORLEANS,LA 26,007 29,297 -3,291 -11.234 GULFPORT,MS 24,748 21,216 3,532 16.655 TAMPA,FL 23,956 18,285 5,671 31.016 FREEPORT,TX (5311) 9,836 6,826 3,010 44.107 PANAMA CITY,FL 7,813 8,442 -629 -7.458 GALVESTON,TX 5,144 4,935 209 4.249 MEMPHIS,TN 183 100 83 83.5610 PENSACOLA,FL 48 11 37 336.36ALL OTHERS 135 373 -238 -63.90Total TEUs 624,986 502,573 122,413 24.36U.S. Exports: Top Gulf PortsUS Emports: Top Gulf PortsRank US PORT OF DEPARTURE Q1 2022 Q1 2021 Variation Variation %1 HOUSTON,TX 249,644 255,633 -5,989 -2.342 NEW ORLEANS,LA 51,577 62,423 -10,845 -17.373 MOBILE,AL 34,236 36,144 -1,908 -5.28 The Port of Lake Charles takes delivery of a 154-ton-capacity Liebherr mobile harbor crane, 4 GULFPORT,MS 10,901 5,272 5,629 106.77 replacing a unit destroyed by Hurricane Laura.5 TAMPA,FL 2,989 2,804 185 6.606 FREEPORT,TX (5311) 1,873 4,566 -2,693 -58.98 (ROLLcontinued from page 17) 31,000 cubic meters of lumber from 7 PANAMA CITY,FL 1,743 1,705 38 2.23 designed to produce more than 60,000asinglevesselandalsodispatched 8 GALVESTON,TX 409 319 90 28.03 barrels a day of climate-positive fuels. itslargestsingle-commodityship-Total 353,372 368,866 -15,494 -4.20 ment of U.S. Agency for International P ort ofl AkeC hArles Development humanitarian aid cargo, U.S. Exports: Top Gulf Shipping Lines US Emports: Top Gulf Shipping Lines Perseveringthroughdestructionloadingmorethan19,000tonsof wroughtbyfourfederallydeclaredLouisiana-milled rice for delivery to Rank CARRIER Q1 2022 Q1 2021 Variation Variation % weatherdisasterstwohurricanes,the Sahel region of Africa. 1 MSC-MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY S A (MSCU) 78,678 67,149 11,529 17.17 a flood and a freezethat hit south- Cargo-handling equipmentreplac-2 CMA-CGM (CMDU) 52,430 79,584 -27,155 -34.12 west Louisiana over a 10-month spaning units destroyed in August 2020 by 3 MAERSK LINE (MAEU) 51,161 53,485 -2,324 -4.35 between August 2020 and May 2021,Hurricane Laura includes a 154-ton-4 HAPAG LLOYD A G (HLCU) 48,654 51,775 -3,121 -6.035 HAMBURG SUD (SUDU) 17,582 20,711 -3,129 -15.11 the Lake Charles Harbor & Terminalcapacity Liebherr mobile harbor crane 6 OCEAN NETWORK EXPRESS PTE LTD (ONEY) 15,988 5,964 10,024 168.07 DistrictsPortofLakeCharleshasnowinoperationattheportsBulk 7 CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING COMPANY (COSU) 15,250 14,756 494 3.35 continuedtomovecargoandserveTerminal 1 facility. Also, by the end of 8 SEABOARD MARINE LTD (SMLU) 13,944 18,202 -4,258 -23.39 localindustrieswhilebuildingback2022, the Port of Lake Charles looks 9 A P MOLLER-MAERSK A/S (SEAU) 10,343 9,891 452 4.5710 EVERGREEN LINE (EGLV) 9,494 15,402 -5,908 -38.36 its infrastructure along the Calcasieuto have installed 100,000 square feet ALL OTHERS 39,848 31,946 7,902 24.74 River Ship Channel. of covered storage by means of erec-Total 353,372 368,866 -15,494 -4.20 The Port of Lake Charles last yeartion of a pair of tension-fabric struc-setrecordsbyunloadingmorethantures at its City Docks facility.'