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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 March, 1984 ......... 302 1,706,807 3138 1,757,221 February 265 1,481,004 267 1,508,905 January ....... ... 266 1,649,590 284 1,629,488 December ... 268 1,496,477 291 1,576,199 November ............ 248 1,257,448 277 1,452,269 October _........ ... 278 1,573,534 268 1,487,369 September .......... 294 1,847,558 289 1,771,847 AUBUBE a cicceleessonssen 315 1,884,475 316 1,928,611 Bf) be a ere eee 811 1,719,502 277 1,586,284 Pune; TOSS. scccsccresse 268 1,624,929 299 1,757,814 Philadelphia (Including Chester, Wilmington and the whole Philadelphia port district) (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage March, 1934 ........ 59 162,480 48 140,311 February 42 129,940 36 109,973 January 45 139,259 47 183,427 December . 54 175,715 = 45 135,969 November ............. 47 144,111 40 119,896 October 2o..c.3506.05-0c 68 186.588 51 152,700 September ............ 65 182,418 44 126,290 August 61 181,283 61 178,894 PULY cccssces 69 208,042 53 151,781 dune L983) Al ecscs. 51 152,284 54 149,616 Boston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1934.... 71 247,077 46 162,542 JORUBTY | sscss 97 330,820 60 225,075 December ............ 84 303,806 52 236,871 November ........ Beets!) 323,540 62 230,969 October ........... a OD. 385,488 60 210,010 September .............. 110 348,981 80 279,531 August .... 129 453,348 101 329,686 July... . 124 410,500 96 379,721 June 2 Sete svs Ree es) 878,179 93 303.239 May, 1988 ssccses3, 111 295,854 83 254,667 Portland, Me. (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage March, 1984 ........ 13 33,399 13 33,399 February 11 Pat ey Us pecan ba 27,218 January 9 22,908 10 26,570 December 138 31,801 13 32,589 November .............. 15 29,335 18 35,579 October 27,953 14 82.913 September 26:2265 12 28,028 August 28;5877.5 18 32,727 PUN 6 bce Saari em, As 24,3824 9 23,063 June, 1933 24,615 12 26,271 Providence (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage March, 1984 ........ 5 17,973 2 7,422 Pebruary . isc: 7 20,959 2 6,882 SANUBEY cssicecnese 2 Tf BOWE aries taceusranseees 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 13,279 August ... 6 11,862 4 10,186 DUIS ssesscsenness F 3 6,171 2 9,465 June, 19388 sess: 6 16,192 2 4,437 Portland, Oreg. (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage March, 1934 ........ 82 121,085 50 186,817 February 25 95,774 52 198,593 January 32 116,610 50 188,401 December .. 31 119,833 51 184,646 November 29 108,890 35 130,457 October .......... 26 102.926 46 173,08C September 25 97.576 388 141.839 August ...... oD 83,506 34 129,908 DOL ccsssececccovsesvoscacs CG 99,889 29 111,559 TONES coccoseeees 20 78,651 34 120,089 May, 1988) wniccccccc 25 98,688 28 105,115 Note: At the port of Philadelphia, additional vessels in the foreign Baltimore (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage March, 1984 ........ 92 288,061 88 274,131 February 17 261,122 77 263,236 January 78 256,942 80 265,681 December .... 94 298,001 92 286,746 November 90 270,023 88 267,784 October: aie, 88 284.997 90 289,864 85 278,994 84 270.189 95 299,114 98 307,841 91 272,589 90 282,788 65 205,724 71 240,487 79 237,046 78 229,333 Norfolk and Newport News (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage March, 1984 <i..4.. 23 64,469 60 151,360 February c....0600c 16 47,708 41 102,933 PANUALY. > crises 22 68,930 41 112,922 December _ ............ 17 57,307 42 119,186 November 2 24,053 38 79,620 October nos: 8 18,8738 8& 83,525 September ............ 10 24,615 24 53,036 PNUQTUSG vavckecscacvin. 8 16,472 34 68,011 DULY 2 ines hatescssenscs LC 32,370 34 71,798 JUNey M988! eae 16 30,163 31 60,544 Jacksonville (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage March, 1984 ........ 9 16,338 9 11,1938 February 8 10,900 11 20,348 January 7 13,017 10 22,508 December 8 15,088 11 22,837 ‘November 8 13,405 8 19,108 October ........... rae br 24,365 6 8,893 September eed 11,528 qT 18,086 August us 12,477 7 18,152 SONY isitiesvess aoe 22.558 11 25,670 June, 1933 9 22,192 6 12222 Key West (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage March, 1934 ........ 24 38,052 23 37,658 PODLUATY, .sicsvsees cscs 23 86,476 24 36,523 January 25 39,966 22 38,764 December Reka 38,764 22 38,764 ‘November .........060 23 38,556 22 31,330 October: savisscssccssaccs 22 87,180 23 39,878 September ............ 22 38,648 23 38,659 August ...... epee ree i) 33,210 18 32,716 Duly? Saitesstecs te haseiasl ee 39,400 22 37,180 Fumes U988: lise. 27 40,569 27 42,160 Mobile (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage March, 1984 ........ 115 275,629 129 309,123 February 268,707 112 251,232 January 282,972 125 298,570 December 279,151 109 253,209 November .... 260,755 114 249,344 October: Gi csctdviccs ese: 247,474 124 297,486 September _............ 265,547 118 266,183 ATISUSE: “scscsesakass a 223,940 102 208,716 DUliys pec cssissapsttcente 221,610 114 236,622 June, 1988 © oo issessess 206,147 91 183,736 Seattle (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage March, 1984 ........ 52 203,796 51 205,371 PebPu arya. castonsas 54 226,118 62 251,281 PATUALY < secccsscsvasnene 52 221,000 55 230,995 December .... URS ted 3" 225,842 60 246,987 November ........0008 54 222,914 51 211,474 OCEONEr | sins ccicceckensss 58 253,865 59 254.959 September ............ 85 154,283 40 174,263 UMAR Sava acivnserncus) 40 183,028 Al 182,626 SALLY © ca cseassevtacsikeasctes 40 168,770 40 169,815 June, 1983 alec. 36 160,127 36 157,887 71 of 235,010 net tons cleared for the month of March. MARINE REVIEW—May, 1934 New Orleans (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage Mareh;*1984 cic 155 422,855 166 449,394 February 446,952 145 414,515 January 423,759 145 414,918. December .... 398,112 152 443,496. November .... 439,288 152 430,631 October Aine. ce 467,332 169 506,324 September 443,981 168 470,271 August 420,570 151 429,183 DULY Ss etireicel steps 468,111 184 493,775 PUNE ccsess 422,280 146 422,235 May, 1933 444,982 161 434,952 Charleston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage March, 1934 ........ 44 131,839 37 109,492 February 40 112,884 89 109,597 January 23 60,188 25 66,827 December 35 111,420 32 97,478 November. ...........08. 43 123,628 39 109,151 October .ciincs.. 84 97,585 33 91,526 September ......... 42 116,048 32 83,944 AUSUBE > cicccesce Pen (| 92,987 27 76,881 GUY ecdscatesiasseincc COD 102,115 29 82,742 June 1988) coisas 32 84,362 28 75,023 Galveston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances-- No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage March, 1984 ........ 29 54,379 94 264,101 February ......cccce0s. 22 41,945 17 236,784 JANUALY oe.cecceercevsee 23 43,664 86 252,595 December ..........00 19 40,552 90 279,537 November ........:..... 16 37,590 85 262,800 October. fc ie6n 21 44,388 104 304,402 September ..... rete [1] 19,602 94 277,642 19 44,012 69 205,442 22 883,718 77 213,821 27 56,231 79 227,842 27 58,632 86 261,124 Los Angeles (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances-— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage ‘December, 1983.... 169 639,444 164 629,462 November. .............. 143 539,624 162 592,724 October seca 160 623,572 152 592,212 oe 562,597 152 361,294 578,255 156 605,610 641,116 152 601,731 670,782 171 671,704 600,184 185 630,905 625,508 190 614,741 550,205 167 599,191 San Francisco (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage March, 1984 ........ 150 659,251 181 772,219 Me@brUALY — secceccscesees 141 503,105 154 659,366 SANUOAPY® oo hccieee a 163 722,800 197 764,823 December .........0068 137 616,820 172 739,604 November ....c.ccs0000 144 619,874 182 806,020 October soe 169 758,650 168 717,133 September ............ 150 654,888 141 658.887 August <iiia. ee LA 748,739 170 743,918 DIY.) visescisscsccascessrcsss OO 710,857 154 717,664 June, 1938: viiccccases 162 715,236 162 738,436 Houston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage Mareh, 1984 «1:43. 23 89,200 39 144,546 February 22 88,094 26 99.921 January 23 88,164 387 128,778 December .... 18 65,566 31 109,206 November ............. eal. 49,486 30 106,943 October. -c enscace 28 105.818 41 151.872 September ............ 20 70,827 27 89,893 AUS ust: sicsssecce te eee 91,240 81: 117,641 TralySicsecceescccsesesessude Oe 122,722 40 153,173 June; 1988) siicc.s 28 96,996 34 118,058 trade (via other American ports) were 79 of 268,603 net tons entered and 25