Top Five U.S. Ports by Cargo Volume

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Ports and Shipping in the United States

• Top Five U.S. Ports by Cargo Volume
• Los Angeles, CA
• Long Beach, CA
• New York, NY
• Charleston, SC
• Savannah, GA

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Source http//www.portofhouston.com/geninfo/over
view1.html
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Ports and Harbors Get Busier the volume of cargo
increases with the rise in international trade
Source www.portofhouston.com/geninfo/overview
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Source www.loe.org/archives/020503.htm
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Ports Require Large Areas of Land and Coastal
Waters
Source www.halcrow.com/ports_capab/portplan.htm
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Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course
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Port Lights at Night May Disturb Wildlife and
Nearby Residents
Source www.hants.gov.uk/coast/portsandshipping.ht
ml
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Source US Army Corps of Engineers
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Dredged area is divided into three cells. One
cell is always receiving dredged material while
the other two are drying out.
Source US Army Corps of Engineers
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Photo U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk
District HQ, USACE Office of History  Source
http//gisweb.nao.usace.army.mil/craneyee/AboutCra
neyIsland.asp
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Dredged material is 50 percent water by weight.
As the material dries, it shrinks
Photo U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk
District HQ, USACE Office of History Source 
http//gisweb.nao.usace.army.mil/craneyee/AboutCra
neyIsland.asp
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Source US Navy
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Source US Navy
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Source US Fish and Wildlife Service
ncplanning.fws.gov/.../pages/waterfowl3_JPG.htm
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Source US Navy
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Source US Department of Defense
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Source US Navy
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Photo Credit Northwest Stranding Network Source
NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected
Resources www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/health/mmume/
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Source seis.natsci.csulb.edu/bperry/scbweb/poll
ution.htm
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Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course
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Supertanker, the Amoco Cadiz, sinking off the
coast of France in 1978
Source NOAA http//response.restoration.noaa.gov/
kids/spills
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Source NOAA
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Source NOAA
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Tanker ALVENUS incident, Cameron, Louisiana, July
1984
Source NOAA
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Source NOAA
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Booms like these collect and trap oil to prevent
it from reaching the shoreline
Source NOAA www.oceanservice.noaa.gov/.../welcom
e.html
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Source NOAA http//response.restoration.noaa.gov/
kids/spills
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Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course
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Tanker ALVENUS incident, Cameron, Louisiana, July
1984. Response vessels towing a containment boom
in the area of the ALVENUS.
Source NOAA
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Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course
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Natural resource damage assessment is an
essential element in determining restoration
needs.
Source NOAA www.oceanservice.noaa.gov/.../welcom
e.html
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Source U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course
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Crystal River 1-3 Photograph by Levy County
Emergency Management Source www.industcards.com/n
uclear-us-southeast.htm
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Source US DOE http//www.ocrwm.doe.gov/ymp/about/
oceanfloor.shtml
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Source Danish Trade Council www.um.dk/.../0202/02
02/html/chapter03.htm
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Source California Energy Commission
www.energy.ca.gov/development/oceanenergy/
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Source UN Atlas of the Oceans Source
www.oceansatlas.org/cds_static/en/tidal_energ...
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Source NOAA www.magazine.noaa.gov/stories/mag57.h
tm
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Source NOAA http//www.brownfields.noaa.gov/htmls
/portfields/portfields.html
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Surrounding waterways are often impaired in
brownfield locations
Source NOAA www.magazine.noaa.gov/stories/mag57.
htm
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Source NOAA http//www.brownfields.noaa.gov/htmls
/portfields/pilot_newbed.html
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Improved Waterfront Access in Revitalized
Coastal Brownfield
Source NOAA http//www.brownfields.noaa.gov/htmls
/portfields/portfields.html
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Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course
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Dredging in New Bedford Harbor Improves
Navigation
Source NOAA http//www.brownfields.noaa.gov/htmls
/portfields/pilot_newbed.html
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Trash in Coastal Waters
Source US EPA www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/debris/
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Debris Hazardous to Marine Animals
Source US EPA www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/debris/
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Trash Under the Ocean
Source US EPA www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/debris/
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Ocean Dumping from Split Hull Barge
Source EPA www.epa.gov/.../mprsa/whatsallowed.ht
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Dumping of Sewage Sludge
Source US EPA www.epa.gov/.../regulatory/mprsa/b
efore.html
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Garbage Barge
Source US EPA www.epa.gov/.../regulatory/mprsa/be
fore.html
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Coastal Tourism Sand, Sea, and Sun
Source NOAA http//spo.nos.noaa.gov/busline/socio
eco.html
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Miami Beach, Florida
Source www.miamibeachfl.gov/
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Aerial View of Beach at Riis Park with
Parking in Background (NY)
Source Federal Transportation Administration www.
fta.dot.gov/.../NPS/Northeast/Gateway.html
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Coastal Ecotourism Biking
New Jerseys coastal region offers miles of
scenic paths and routes for cyclists.
Source NOAA
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Coastal Ecotourism Birdwatching
Bird watching generates millions of ecotourism
dollars in Cape May, NJ.
Source NOAA
www.oar.noaa.gov/.../spot_ecotourism.html
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Cruise Ship
The Environmental Protection Agency EPA is
developing standards for discharges of sewage and
graywater from large cruise ships operating in
the waters in and near Alaska.
Source EPA
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