Vooruitgang op het gebied van operationele technologie en robotica worden belangrijke onderscheidende factoren voor de toonaangevende havens van de Verenigde Staten. Ontdek de top 30 grootste havens die gaan inzetten op digitalisering!
De naam Smart Ports klinkt innovatiever dan de werkelijkheid doet vermoeden, maar de 30 grootste havens van de Verenigde Staten gaan inzetten op digitalisering door meer samen te werken en ideeën uit te wisselen.
Waar de nieuwste terminals in Rotterdam reeds gebruikmaken van volautomatische systemen voor het lossen en laden van containers op zeeschepen, gebruiken de Amerikaanse havens nog veel verouderde systemen. Dit is onder andere de oorzaak van congestie, omdat transporteurs vaak niet tijdig weten wanneer containers beschikbaar zijn.
De haventerminals willen de hogere automatiseringsniveaus dan ook gebruiken om de productiviteit en efficiëntie van hun terminals te verbeteren. In 2017 sloegen de 30 grootste havens van de VS gezamenlijk ruim 26,8 miljoen TEU’s over. Onderstaand een ranking van de havens:
Top 30 U.S. Ports | |||||||||
Import TEUs | 2017 | 2016 | |||||||
Rank | Port | TEUs | % of Total | % of Change | 5 year CAGR | TEUs | % Total | % Change | Rank |
1 | Los Angeles | 4,782,737 | 17.8% | 2.6% | 1.4% | 4,663,515 | 18.3% | 6.5% | 1 |
2 | Long Beach | 4,088,296 | 15.2% | 8.4% | 3.7% | 3,770,968 | 14.8% | -2.5% | 2 |
3 | New York/New Jersey | 3,718,607 | 13.9% | 3.5% | 4.7% | 3,591,532 | 14.1% | 2.9% | 3 |
4 | Savannah | 2,006,610 | 7.5% | 10.2% | 8.1% | 1,820,283 | 7.1% | 6.5% | 5 |
5 | Houston | 1,709,831 | 6.4% | 11.7% | 5.9% | 1,530,634 | 6.0% | 3.8% | 6 |
6 | Tacoma | 1,345,389 | 5.0% | -26.6% | 3.4% | 1,834,113 | 7.2% | 7.8% | 4 |
7 | Norfolk | 1,293,212 | 4.8% | 10.8% | 6.8% | 1,167,433 | 4.6% | 9.2% | 7 |
8 | Seattle | 1,229,870 | 4.6% | 30.6% | -7.1% | 941,973 | 3.7% | -20.4% | 10 |
9 | Charleston | 1,179,170 | 4.4% | 10.7% | 6.5% | 1,065,188 | 4.2% | 0.6% | 8 |
10 | Oakland | 978,597 | 3.6% | 1.9% | -0.1% | 960,366 | 3.8% | 5.8% | 9 |
11 | Port Everglades | 714,199 | 2.7% | 1.3% | 5.2% | 705,085 | 2.8% | 5.8% | 11 |
12 | Miami | 621,481 | 2.3% | 7.2% | 1.7% | 579,639 | 2.3% | 1.5% | 12 |
13 | Baltimore | 470,479 | 1.8% | 9.4% | 5.0% | 429,885 | 1.7% | 9.2% | 13 |
14 | Philadelphia | 469,109 | 1.7% | 44.4% | 21.8% | 324,930 | 1.3% | 24.1% | 14 |
15 | New Orleans | 294,704 | 1.1% | -1.0% | 4.7% | 297,627 | 1.2% | -10.2% | 15 |
16 | Jacksonville | 276,319 | 1.0% | 14.9% | 7.1% | 240,506 | 0.9% | 7.9% | 16 |
17 | Wilmington, DE | 190,508 | 0.7% | -0.3% | 3.8% | 191,009 | 0.7% | 6.0% | 17 |
18 | Mobile | 157,497 | 0.6% | 10.1% | 4.1% | 143,077 | 0.6% | 16.3% | 19 |
19 | West Palm Beach | 147,652 | 0.6% | 4.9% | 3.8% | 140,729 | 0.6% | -0.9% | 20 |
20 | Boston | 147,441 | 0.5% | -11.1% | 8.4% | 165,894 | 0.7% | -9.9% | 18 |
21 | Gulfport | 107,660 | 0.4% | 26.9% | 0.3% | 84,834 | 0.3% | 18.5% | 22 |
22 | Chester | 101,288 | 0.4% | 26.0% | 12.8% | 80,391 | 0.3% | 21.4% | 23 |
23 | Wilmington, NC | 92,409 | 0.3% | -17.7% | -4.7% | 112,308 | 0.4% | -12.9% | 21 |
24 | Hueneme | 68,810 | 0.3% | 28.6% | 6.9% | 53,492 | 0.2% | 6.3% | 25 |
25 | San Diego | 63,094 | 0.2% | -10.8% | 4.8% | 70,738 | 0.3% | 22.5% | 24 |
26 | Freeport | 48,500 | 0.2% | 4.7% | 5.6% | 46,338 | 0.2% | -3.8% | 26 |
27 | Tampa | 37,686 | 0.1% | 20.8% | 12.5% | 31,206 | 0.1% | 2.8% | 28 |
28 | Everett, WA | 34,607 | 0.1% | 4.7% | 2.6% | 33,058 | 0.1% | -17.7% | 27 |
29 | Port Canaveral | 32,631 | 0.1% | 50.6% | 177.3% | 21,670 | 0.1% | 29 | |
30 | Anchorage | 30,474 | 0.1% | 88.4% | 28.4% | 16,173 | 0.1% | -23.7% | 30 |
National | 26,839,589 | 100.0% | 5.2% | 3.3% | 25,509,131 | 100.0% | 2.6% |
Bron: Panjiva