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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 Month ships tonnage ships tonnage May, 1983. .......... 265. 1,573,887 (244. 15185281 Gong | ase eps 232° 1,380,774 : 282 1,311,863 March, ........ 248 1,466,812 264 1,536,778 February wccccceseees 237 1,378,856 286 1,380,867 January 254 1,416,857 245 1,383,630 December . 244 1,307,332 253 1,887,841 November ....sssceees 227. 1,154,961 282 1,175,988 October 2. iikicc ec 253 1,379,283 244 1,828,561 September ....... see 208 1,684,448 266 1,658,521 August, 1932 ........ 287 1,754,588 270 1,636,803 Philadelphia (Including Chester, Wilmington and the whole Philadelphia port district) (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage May, (19838): 43....004 58 157,704 49 141,334 April 63 193,946 41 131,990 March 60 192,817 43 141,445 February 38 105,262 20 56,395 January 53 154,823 41 142,216 December uu... 44 141,426 37 116,120 November _ ............ 54 154,796 41 180,250 Qctober ......... atavaes 57 167,539 42 115,660 September ............ . 45 123,049 36 99,766 August, 1932 ........ 64 175,530 43 113,901 Boston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— , No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage May; 1983" Gecccciccc Ueki 295,854 83 254,667 72\) oho) Uap ra er ree tea 86 271,864 69 226,862 WMO iH aisss vesssissvasss 85 259,203 65 240,768 February 83 285,162 53 191,084 January 97 329,575 56 211.428 December 98 300,182 64 241,693 November 88 308,164 59 220,530 October= vsniasies: 99 332,754 68 249,150 September ........ aces Iai | 337,608 91 288,227 August, 1982 ........ 117 869,799 103 339,775 Portland, Me. - (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage May, 1933 13 19,020 13 23,395 ADO se tees 5 9,254 5 7,387 March iain. 9 24.186 10 23,989 Pebruary © ..:....:.05. 19 52,001 19 48,913 PANUALY ss pacscdiccoss 14 35,088 13 34.153 December ............ er 43,705 16 40,396 November Sines 7 9,785 6 10,174 October ........... bo 8 21,407 7 18,228 September ............. 9 14,698 9 16,526 August, 1982 ........ 14 25,844 14 24,208 Providence (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage May, 1933 10,490 3 3,834 ADP ee 8 30,156 2 5,650 Marche 2.35.)5: 4 17,052 PS AN an int February #4 27,520 1 4,393 January 2 7,473 1 3,171 ‘December 3 7,918 2 8,820 November 4 13,673 3 11,066 October .......... 3 13,133 3 9,683 September . 3 11,450 4 14,471 August, 1982 ........ 5 13,418 1 5,071 Portland, Oreg. (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage May, 1933 25 98,688 28 05,115 April 17 67,220 24 97,104 March 20 79,587 43 162,970 February 25 97,554 34 130,014 January 24 95,271 33 138,372 December 22 92,267 41 166,858 ‘November .............. 19 78,628 41 157,644 October .......... psa 135 98,792 45 182,167 September ..... 25 98,370 87 146,945 August i365: 22 98,256 32 127,572 July, 1932 ot. 84,961 24 99,035 Note: The figures given in this table are for direct entrances and cl earances. to other American ports after original entry and before final departure. Baltimore (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage Maye 1988 eer 79 237,046 78 229,333 ADP tiie 63 198,940 58 178,957 Marehinwinccce 72 228,806 72 223,594 February 63 195,299 75 226,672 January 77 247,903 78 252,052 December ois... 75 238,598 68 224,544 November _ ............ 80 254,047 83 262,796 Octobers ek. 98 281,907 94 281,534 September ............ 66 190,459 80 241,287 AUQUBE © ccsacccrscdccess 88 243,077 +87 245,091 July, 1982 8 as 88 255,354 86 255,209 Norfolk and Newport News (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage May 1988) sce 18 30,00 32 68,941 72446) oil unre hy ee AN a 14 39,010 36 100,485 Marnchiccccs dinca 18 56,097 42 111,038 February 16 49,213 36 82,544 January 20 58,470 33 716,493 December ............. 28 17,286 38 92,621 November _............ 20 54,678 35 79,516 October: 22608 8 15 60,775 86 89,792 September. ............ 26 74,483 53 118,437 August, 1932 ........ 25 53,025 387 86,952 J acksonville (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage May.c1938) 25 ss 5 13,102 9 16,275 ANTI so aceveanccktrens 3 8,297 8 20,260 March = 3,.4: sath 18,536 9 18,137 February 6 15,126 16 13,454 January: i .si. aes. .03 33 4,683 8 21,018 December ..........0008 10 24,067 10 24,595 November _ ............ 10 24,452 2 1,799 October » ..:...... 8 TG GlAas 8 13,659 September ff 15,879 7 12,589 August, 1932 ........ 8 14,142 9 16,647 Key West (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage May; 1938 tai Al 55,097 39 59,075 Aprils <a isaciccesess 41 5O;121.. 235 47,458 March 42 57,720 39 54,508 ~ February 37 52,615 34 49,320 JANUALY = oi itascens 38 55,322 38 54,692 December ......... eee OO 59,058 39 58,604 November OMS 64,384 37 61,961 October ......... 35 62,894 35 62,394 September 36 60,309 36 61,405 August, 1982. ........ 37 66,4382 87 66,313 Mobile (Exclusive of Domestic) ' —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage May, 21933) = ......ccsese 95 210,743 105 231,000 SADT I aces cisasasacescteess 105 . 209,469 109 235,429 Maree iccssussecs 96 234,328 91 206,064 MGDrUALY fo ohcsccscscces 184,669 83 200,850 SFANUATY Ss Ais schennteces 232,451 91 201,671 December ....... 204,295 92 209,061 November 210,195 97 234,590 October sien. 228,041 105 233,510 September .......... 89 166,896 96 193,213 August, 1932 ........ 90 196,453 88 188,375 Seattle (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage May, -1988° ....:.....0.3 37 149,245 388 164,025 PSU Hoe Secarscosatanse Al 188,899 40 180,517 Wares it iecsnssstesass AT 194,485 51 216.803 PODrUGrY ssiccscsstscaes 43 196,979 43 190,338 DARMALY csssvasascsesass 50 212,954 49 210,083 December .....cs00000. 45 202,731 47 207,521 November 43 193;5380 45 200,513 October ......... DS. 235,224 58 251,334 September ....... ceoentn ne AU. 168,740 40 175,635 August, 19382 ........ 39 183,141 36 167,807 New Orleans (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances-— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage May, 1933 150 444,982 151 434,952 April ck cases 142 409,411 154 416,833 MareHe csi 161 464,728 161 457,880 February 128 878,040 127 366,948 January 135 807,750 145 410,412 December ..........0.5 151 484,985 157 450,545 November _ ............ 146 442,427 156 457,621 October 2233 Sc, 140 403,062 150 424,621 September ............ 151 423,791 189 415,704 AUSUSE eeia dec eo 160 448,826 156 442,655 Daly M982 heen. 166 438,496 171 448,198 Charleston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage... May, OSB cekeue: 21 53,125 20 49,888 ADTile eG 19 49,280 20 52,449 Mareht .icd 35 99,612 29 83,243 Pebruary tic 24 65,228 24 65,218 VANUATY. cues 28 83.545 23 65,063 December .............. 24 58,943 24 63,086 November _............ 33 93,457 380 85,072 October: 14 33,693 12 34,625 September ............ 21 54,638 20 52,035 August, LOS2 2s ee 15 29,293 18 46,756 Galveston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— 3 No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage May? 1983 en cncca PATE 58,632 86 261,124 ADVil ~ accccucins. seen 64,360 73 215,020 March ...... 19, , 84,677 .83 289,683 February 17 29,935 69 200,485 January ° 23 43,723 719 235,748 December. ............5 24 39,491 1038 311,999 November _............ 29 64,016 102 314,452 October! einaaki 26 54,231 94 277,977 September 25 $8,083 85 236,532 AURUSU Ssicasece 29 44,389 71 202,598 July, 1932 a. 50,302 79 220,489 Los Angeles (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage May, 1933-2. 190 600,184 185 630,905 WN oh iy | beet ame en 625,508 190 614,741 Miarehe iss sacs 550,205 167 599,191 February 528,618 155 548,628 January 633,944 169 668,576 December ... 538,392 156 560,901 November 645,826 195 662,569 Octobet sie 641,131 201 657,641 September ............ 223 581,402 222 610,443 August, 19382 ........ 253 653,836 244 635,164 San Francisco (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage May, 1983 ............. 160 717,412 161 680,493 April 733,163 150 652,593 March 667,902 156 693,893 February 658,005 144 621,439 January ...... 672,230 147 657,934 December .......000008 185 608,843 170 579,362 November 672,184 152 655,379 October saiiciesecs 669,637 166 127,969 September 608,268 153 667,866 August; 1982 a. 152 640,952 162 702,483 Houston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage May, 1933 82 127,718 48 164,896 April 2s. 20 80,016 29 103,049 March .......... 16 71,995 28 101,486 February 20 71,711 28 95,755 JANUALy .\s.c220 ere 29 72,798 33 110,421 December... 18 45,319 30 95,323 November shat ee 86,895 28 106,050 October cence 21 SL.274) BT 136,509 September ............ 238 103,424 38 121,184 August, 1982 ......... 11 47,148 382 116,860 Additional vessels in foreign trade enter and clear from and At the port of Philadelphia, for instance, additional vessels in the foreign trade in this category were 81 of 268,773 net tons entered and 79 of 265,187 net tons cleared for the month of May. ° MARINE REVIEwW—July, 1933 93