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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 February, 1934 .... 265 1,481,004 267 1,508,905 PANUBLY: cocckceicscvess 266 1,649,590 284 1,629,488 December ..........050 268 1,496,477 291 1,576,199 November _..........5 248 1,257,448 277 1,452,269 October) ccc 278 1,578,584 268 1,487,369 September ........0 294 1,847,558 289 1,771,847 AUGIBE =a kiebieicsas Gras 315 1,884,475 316 1,928,611 Pf GPR ee ene ae ae 311 1,719,502 277 1,586,284 UI accesses caceaicees 268 1,624,929 299 1,757,814 May, 2988: csiiuk 273 1,709,509 274 1,640,505 Philadelphia (Including Chester, Wilmington and the whole Philadelphia port district) (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 19384.... 42 129,940 36 109,973 JANUATY©. civsecscsvveess 45 189,259 47 133,427 December .......6000+ 54 175,715 45 135,969 November ............. 47 144,111 40 119,896 October .............00 68 186,588 51 152,700 September 65 182,418 44 126,290 August: <....:.... 61 181,283 61 178,894 TUNG. sesvesssciscenesccccvess 69 208,042 53 151,781 PUNE) ese kdosavcssneasere 51 152,284 54 149.616 May, 1983............. 58 157,704 49 141,334 Boston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1984... 71 247,077 46 162,542 JANUATY .oesseosecrerees 97 330,320 60 225,075 December ........02000 84 303,806 52 236,871 November. .........0.0 90 323,540 62 230,969 MetOReL = iecccescctesnsss-s 96 335,488 60 210,010 September ............ 110 348,981 80 279,531 PRUIQUSE ces psstancceaens 129 453,348 101 329,686 B pil hepa ey per eee 124 410,500 96 379,721 PADING > ceecivgessssnonceusnc 118 378,179 93 803.229 May; 19885 che 111 295,854 838 254,667 Portland. Me. (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1984...... 11 PAs (yn lo wera ba 27,2138 TAT UWATH. 5. ssscesccoonses 9 22,908 10 25,570 December ...0.....500 13 31,801 13 32,589 November ..........00+ 15 29,385 18 85,579 October 14 27,953 ic oe tee tember 15 26,225 1 . yates 16 28,877 18 32,727 Tuadly. iss 11 24,324 9 23,063 RU URNNG 32 csc ccccraavscane svspen 11 24,615 12 26,271 May, 19388. ........00 13 19,020 138 23,395 Providence (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— ~—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1984...... 7 20,959 2 6,882 SERUALY ool ccsicceccins 2 GOA cieyeni Cceccssanrenese December 5 5,089 2 8,350 November 3 8,568 4 12,794 October ........ 4 13,606 4 9,730 September 2 4,430 5 18,279 August ........... 6 11,862 4 10,186 DUG sisbtvsctccscoheapencas 3 6,171 2 9,465 TING i csascasasescseovanes 6 16,192 2 4,437 May, 1988) i ccssecassss 3 10,490 3 3,834 Portland, Oreg. (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1934...... 25 95,774 52 198,593 FANUAPY. ceccdenssconsess 32 116,610 50 188,401 December 31 119,833 51 184,646 November 29 108,890 35 180,457 October ......... 26 102,926 46 173,08¢ September 25 97.576 38 141.839 AUPUOSE. lelccsceessssess 22 83,506 34 129,908 DOIG ciscctentesccecererees a eo 99,339 29 111,559 DUNES: Jasiscssccesecsancncons 20 78,651 34 120,089 Mayes i eassctatesscatvanes 25 98,688 28 105,115 April, 1988 ............ ald 67,220 24 97,104 Note: At the port of Philadelphia, additional vesse 283,928 net tons cleared for the month of February. Baltimore (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1984...... EA 261,122 77 263,236 SANUALY. alae wens 78 256,942 80 265,681 December .............. 94 298,001 92 286,746 November. ............. 90 270,023 88 267,784 October acess 88 284,997 90 289,864 September ............ 85 273,994 84 270,189 AUS USE iii aicctectences 95 299,114 98 807,841 SAY: | eeiissseccesasataiacte 91 272,589 90 282,788 DUNO ees 65 205,724 71 240,487 Miaiys iaesecesevntens 719 237,046 718 229,333 April; 1983) sects 68 198,940 58 178,957 Norfolk and Newport News (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1984...... 16 47,708 41 102,933 January 14 33,721 26 58,401 December . 13 37,649 33 85,986 November . 12 24,053 38 79,620 October 3608... se 8 18,878 38% 83,525 September ........0.. 10 24,615 24 58,036 AUSUSE iiccsccsicceissss 8 16,472 34 68,011 DULY 2 eater voecsunencs 16 32,370 84 71,798 PUNE! sk etessuntcey 16 30,168 31 60,544 May l988. 2. 18 33,521 32 68,941 Jacksonville (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1934...... 8 10,900 11 20,348 JANUANY. otciees 7 13,017 10 22,508 December ...........05 8 15,088 11 22,837 November ..........00 8 13,405 8 19,108 October i iviciicase alah 24,365 6 8,893 September ............ 8 11,528 q 18,086 DN nha v= « Alten eee eer neater 7 12,477 7 18,152 PUY: sce eee nuscottes 13 22,500 = 11 25,670 DUNG ssa Siccseeaceee 9 22,192 6 12,222 Mav F983 sik: 5 13,102 9 16,275 Key West (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1984....., 23 36,476 24 36,523 JANUALY 2 < einvscssave 39,966 22 38,764 December 38,764 22 38,764 November 33,556 22 31,330 MCtODON cies sisxasscetes 37,180 23 39,878 September 38,648 23 38,659 August ...... 33,210 18 32,716 DULY. sccsnsesases 39,400 22 87,180 DATO Se eiescescacdacscsres 40,569 27 42,160 May. 2988) ii... scence Al 55,097 39 59,075 Mobile (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1934...... 115 268,707 112 251,232 January 118 282,972 125 298,570 December . 123 279,151 109 253,209 November .. 114 260,755 114 249,344 October. cic 118 247,474 124 297,436 September ............. 116 265,547 118 266,183 BUS USE sci ccstetspessace 100 223,940 102 203,716 DULY: sicscssescs sdsccessecte’ LUO 221,610 114 236,622 PUNE cashes 97 206,147 91 183,736 May, 1983. ............ 95 210,748 105 231,000 Seattle (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1934...... 54 226,118 62 251,281 JENUELY. ccsassse 52 221,000 55 230,995 December .............. 54 225,842 60 246,987 November. .......:..00 54 222,914. 51 211,474 QCLODER viiessccanaanccass 58 258,865 59 254,959 September ............ 85 154,283 40 174,263 PATIOS Ts cock cesasaeannes 40 183,028 41 182,626 Sag yaw 40 168,770 40 169,815 DUNE Gis 36 160,127 36 157,887 May, 1933 37 149,245 38 164,025 Figures for New York and Seattle, used MARINE REvieEw—April, 1934 N Cw Orleans (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 19384...... 151 446,952 145 414,515 VEaRUarye waves 146 423,759 145 414,918 December ..........0005 1389 398,112 152 443,496 November ..........00 148 439,238 152 450,631 October seer 154 467,832 169 506,324 September ............ 154 443,981 168 470,271 AUBUSE 2 iis cBccaccveaccs 144 420,570 151 429,183 JULY Se aseasbamain 169 468,111 184 493,775 PUTS sesh es racaoanene 147 422,280 146 422,235 May isciiincelasatnes 150 444,982 151 434,952 April. 1988 142 409,411 154 416,833 Charleston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1984...... 40 112,884 39 109,597 JSANUALY | xcccreseecs 23 60,188 25 66,827 December .............. 35 111,420 382 97,473 November. ...........65 43 123,628 39 109,151 October .....cseeeceeeees 84 97,585 33 91,526 September ............ 42 116,048 32 83,944 BUQUSE icsiskcccceasstes 33 92,987 27 76,881 Shy. Soccsccceeiessees 35 102,115 29 82,742 PUNE eas 32 84,362 28 75,023 May, 1983° .cc.0c 21 538,125 20 49,888 Galveston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances-- No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 19384...... 22 41,945 77 236,784 SANUALY ailesevnsscsss 23 43,664 86 252,595 December .............. 19 40,552 90 279,537 November .............. 16 37,590 85 262,800 October ....ccrccccccceeee 21 44,388 104 304,402 September ............ 10 19,602 94 277,642 AUQUSE icccicceisccies 19 44,012 69 205,442 DULY: ccstictoseve eeebubsensee 22 83,718 77 213,821 Tunes ee cahcs 27 56,231 79 227,842 MY) Civics eoctcencusiete 27 58,632 86 261,124 Aprils 4933) ce: Pag 64,360 73 215,020 Los Angeles (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances-— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage December, 19338.... 169 639,444 164 629,462 November. .............. 143 539,624 162 592.724 October .......cccccceee 160 623,572 152 592,212 September 154 562,597 152 561,294 August 156 578,255 156 605,610 TUly ciscooseees wee 165 641,116 152 601,731 June a... 189 670,782 171 671,704 May iccisseveasesrctaseasie 190 600,184 185 630,905 ADEI he ieeon eee 178 625,508 190 614,741 March, 1988 ........ 152 550,205 167 599,191 San Francisco (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1984...... 141 503,105 154 659,366 January 163 722,800 197 764,823 December ..... . 137 616,820 172 739,604 November 144 619,874 182 806,020 October ou... 169 758,650 168 717,133 September ..... . 150 654,888 141 658.887 August «Gace wee 174 748,139 170 743,918 DUIS, eevecssenis aw. 156 710,857 154 717,664 JUNC cnc ceanisien 162 715,236 162 788.436 May; 1938) si. Scus 160 717,412 161 680,493 Houston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— , No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1934...... 22 88,094 26 99,931 DANUAEY:: cette: aeecsiss 23 88,164 37 128,773 December ............. 18 65,566 31 109,206 November ............+ 14 49,486 30 106,943 October: j.hacen 28 105,818 41 161,872 September .............. 20 710,827 27 89,898 AUSUBE , ccscatsccebecaccce 22 91,240 31 117,641 July: 3 33 122,722 40 153,173 JUNE visciiacs 28 96,996 34 118,058 May; :1988:5.3. 2: 82 127,718 48 164,896 ls in the foreign trade in this category were 79 of 268,593 net tons entered and 83 of in previous issues, corrected. 43