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a ee Marine Business Statistics Condensed _ Record of Traffic at Principal American Ports for Past Year New York (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net ships tonnage ships tonnage 2,724,761 522 2,641,711 2,785,703 2,789,919 2,626,814 2,754,107 2,747,134 2,596,749 2,434,601 2,542,351 2,538,201 2,656,992 2,396,654 2,323,422 2,127,771 2,261,468 DANUBLY: sreccoosneseess 486 2,417,338 2,533,711 December, 1930... . 589 2,497,454 2,454,917 Philadelphia (Including Chester, Wilmington and the whole Philadelphia port district) (Exclusive of Domestic) i —Clearances— Month September, 1931.... BGDIUATY: sccccccsccassass 439 Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage September, 1931... 66 172,313 54 155,118 PUGUSE -sicvecccccsvecctes 81 208,854 59 147,948 ALLY. viicaccscticessseccdiece 76 201,677 59 155,114 BNITIO SS cetciesssvndeatss cece 15 218,611 50 127,906 DABS Pvcsessscssssetctseecsses Oe 235,108 62 170,497 OTIS Soccecsessé Rakeoan 68 189,113 651 136,433 MARCI 25 sckccasensepascs 65 198,848 46 116,786 February crrcccccscees 69 200,212 53 163,134 PANUALY. .Aisticccdesece 70 227,146 49 158,570 December, 1930.... 80 206,778 55 144,471 Boston {Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Mont ships tonnage ships tonnage rita 1931.... 109 339,482 78 263,783 August eee 388,799 98 305,488 July ..... 362,111 94 290,733 June 847,787 97 264,467 May 811,171 91 293,146 April 292,403 89 233,756 March 279,797 66 243,377 February ....scccessoes 16 259,402 57 190,598 PANUVALY iGivseceseccces 16 245,382 49 195,091 December, 1930 .... 91 287,847 50 174,971 Portland, Me. (Exclusive of Domestic) ae rances— -—Clearances— Net No. Net Month ships: tonnage ships tonnage September, 1931.... 27 48,5384 26 52,085 August «0 29 50,249 23 39,273 July .... 24 52,979 22 52,945 June 17 28,216 17 26,397 Sn cciaavetaees ‘ 12 20,821 11 22,5738 ADEA cases caotscscancestie 11 80,000 10 25,765 WATCH =: isc csosssacccsccas 6 20,081 uf 20,122 February — cccccscrooee 18 48,722 15 45,664 PANUALY cissdessceecscce 14 40,247. 15 46,602 December, 1980... 23 55,605 23 60,126 Providence (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage September, 1931... 6 20,830 3 11,160 PI MIBG < scsscssscccachaad 10 41,671 3 12,240 7 jel |i aD PR Nr 6 25,062 a 80,748 ENG? 2c sicsscctescicass 6 21,104 3 12,211 AAS. occcsesescaies Bkesceaa CoO) 87,120 2 8,674 2 py b ea eee ae ac 8 82,848 6 25,101 PEED CH cai scacesscesenovess 5 18,288 4 17,400 Hebruary sisvecsss0s.s 9 43,707 8 30,036 DADUATY.. siccccsscssscsne 8 28,019 5 15,3385 December, 1930... 9 36,380 6 25,318 Portland, Oreg. (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— o. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage September, 1931.... 111 850,556 117 362,970 MISUSE: Scccsssesssesoséae 29 114,582 31 119,968 MINE fie cag 28 107,694 48 174,226 MDG soctascieccsiasessace 80 116,953 35 139,799 May .. 24 94,695 389 142,847 April 26 104,099 386 41,0386 5 LETT oR i ene ire Al 158,869 46 173,220 February .......ccc00 24 95,726 438 175,697 PADUATY.- iiassescccescsee 29 119,686 47 192,455 December, 1930... 27 107,300 52 197,628 Note: to other American ports after original entry and before final departure. eign trade in this category were 52 of 174,655 net tons ent The ate given in this table are for direct entrances dud cl earances. Baltimore (Exclusive of Domestic) pugion so ar —Clearances— o. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage September, 1981.... 111 850,556 117 362,970 PUSUSE cicscvieceischs 122 374,484 118 377,085 I Ags epi aa pe 2 125 393,553 120 379,526 PUTIS iliccseissiiestiaa 127 876.049 114 338,066 May spunavocsivesvevibescée GLO 353,301 118 368,874 DTI i casccens Kanieeees 131 409,907 1389 420,594 ManChe aici 123 885,514 107 836,157 Bebruary: sical 99 827,516 106 840,771 PONUATY© sinccdiestsccss 21 886,924 127 412,306 December, 1930.... 120 890,126 127 429,048 Norfolk and Newport News (Exclusive of Domestic) ee —Clearances— oO. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage September, 1981.... 24 (2,800 AT 104,255 AUBUBE: oiisisviceseesses rai 59,408 54 127,864 DG i aceeen 31 77,082 63 149,665 GUNES cigscdsesccsoaenn 39 108,710 59 167,488 MSY oirccisessnsvantyeoans : 22 63,739 49 140,856 ADE soseicesiersveccs 14 81,959 40 116,565 Mar chiiicccciciaus 19 47,982 52 137,616 February 15 43,123 46 116,116 SFaNuary 255 cess 21 57,883 61 170,594 December, 1980.... 44 92,341 63 174,384 Jacksonville (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage September, 1931.... 6 12,463 8 18,888 61,439 24 70,922 18,703 5 9,297 24,902 13 24,517 21,046 qT 11,046 81,901 5 10,614 17,299 6 7.839 February ...ccccceee Py rues f 18,934 9 20,915 JERUATY on ceaiie 14 28,243 10 15,617 December, 1930... 17 38,862 16 29,847 Key West (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage September, 1931.... 36 54,012 35 55,610 PURPUSES ssceseincee 37 56,505 37 56,505 WY asians 39 59,268 41 62,526 PUNE! sscdeecassecsistuasse 63 81,660 63 86,349 MSY. Gissccestsocasresiusas 83 91,683 80 90,758 April cacssccpacecccaseost 60 55,493 651 4,656 March’: .iGicceseucs 60 69,731 56 72,956 February .erccccccooee RAG (i) 70,169 56 69,443 JSATUATY © crocccceservase 61 82,218 57 30, 394 December, 19380.... 56 R182% -<b6 75,588 "Mobile (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— _—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage September, 19381... ie 213,204 102 226,192 August catenin: 113 217,541 97 194,678 PLUS, Sesociceiasscissanacecens 101 229,960 92 212,634 PUTTS S i sG shokaonencteece 88 197,952 93 217,151 ME ay ceca i cnapactasais 103 194,198 938 194,198 ADVI | Scsecissessoasenses 107 251,402 108 242,685 March: ihacnicasc 109 232,778 102 229,966 February § .ccsoscossesess 93 222,163 86 206,376 PANUATY. © ceisseseccztvnne 112 282,874 111 249,375 December, 1930.... 91 208,802 84 194,477 Seattle (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage September, 1981.... 52 229,687 50 217,517 August: cgi ccc 48 202,879 51 213,091 ULV tccisscesacecsesncsnaane 46 207,651 50 222,816 PUM. oe cindessitenssencrve 52 220,915 52 223,750 MAY 21: ciisccscsass ie tecasnee oe 185,946 48 - 184,118 ADU ositsiscasevccsavs D0 214,584 48 210,117 March siccscssssssancavs 47 207,105 49 212,237 cle shacsatgocvoas 48 212,187 53 238,121 DATUANG, | sccessessscaveron 54 238,037 60 266,744 Decober, 1930.... 56 240,208 61 256,724 At the port MARINE REvVIEw—November, 1931 New Orleans (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage September, 1981... 20... 1 Cosereerorereres August 484,245 172 474,230 UL Y ces cestareecacsoaene 539,810 172 509,475 DUNO. Geskesiesscccseane 561,399 190 562,090 MEY vccentsesesssasataes 532,046 192 551,459 Borile acs suauseeuecee 576,251 181 536,678 March 545,474 188 537,148 February 499,648 172 537,813 January 610,472 190 548,267 December, 602,527 197 578,723 Charleston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net. No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage September, 1931.... 16 29,428 11 19,111 ANMSUBE: Siiwneeet 9 18,293 us 6,274 DULY sas cene sacttivene 13 26,985 10 20,974 DUNE asain 10 23,571 9 21,074 May 9 16,418 T 11,884 Aprii 17 45,890 19 50,033 March 15 86,9388 12 27,110 February 14 33,8387 16 87,092 SANUATY ic scdcecses 0 47,884 21 49,516 December, 1980..., 22 62,668 238 66,852 Galveston {Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage September, 1981.... 27 638,896 99 $20,127 89 85,793 79 284,588 46 107,008 15 226,381 85 66,342 73 205,074 27 63,091 69 191,632 26 62,924 68 210,315 25 39,536 69 205,341 23 40,825 71 209,057 25 45.442 84 260,555 December, 1980... 40 97,907 91 282,726 Los Angeles (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage September, 1981... ae 580,683 196 593,882 AUSUSE A Sekatens 673,223 204 676,036 WUly cis eacsastacehan 20 622,694 176 636,440 SUMO desssccaccesscssecaces 179 659,029 149 568,208 May aicstsccitctsscscsente . 210 696,717 194 781,392 ApE ee cosines 225 644,178 209 626,590 Maret. c.ccunan 224 602,768 210 623,023 February ........ backs 181 557,981 196 561,570 DANUSLY.siadstsccessce on bYnb 673,620 1938 753,720 December, 1930.... 227 654,598 184 596,347 San Francisco (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage September: LOS 155 cesses Secucecuvancaae co euseues etecntelneaents AMUSE seecsieecisesnten 140 636,189 160 665,108 Cat bi paaret arin ma eine 173 743,588 155 679,657 June soe 159 663,047 155 634,838 May: vinciuses Secusasa . 161 658,525 163 676,789 ATT cccdsccasereccanseane 158 733,902 170 702,433 March vsscccsscsvecace wise EDO. 642,924 189 644,316 February — cecccoseeese 142 577,019 143 581,775 FATUALY=cosececcvecceess 165 685,851 172 721,042 December, 1930.... 154 646,767 174 689,358 Houston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage tember, 1931... 34 182,684 45 163,144 et Spee eG $1 127,112 44 163,103 CULL, snctacescodaencsenccsvas 85 148,988 45 178,091 FUNS atikessssessseanveae 23 115,140 38 139,102 May? csiissisues sea peneg ees ES. 101,100 39 152,690 ATI fiscsvarence SERA 82 125,007 47 177,058 March = cicsiscsssssecseve 24 106,888 82 131,470 renee possi Gene 30 180,544 88 152,847 JAUVUBLY -csccccserosesers 26 111,047 87 140,860 Dee aber. 1980.... 35 148,585 47 185,757 Additional vessels in foreign ais enter and clear from and of Philadelphia, for instance, ered and 58 of 189,569 net tons cleared for the month of September. additional vessels in the for- 65