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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, 1931 .... 439 2,127,771 484 2,261,468 een etuh eset 486 2,417,338 542 2,533,711 December ... 539 2,497,454 521 2,454,917 November _......es000 485 2,194,780 470 2,144,883 October seas aascseassevs 530 2,546,629 548 2,636,414 September .............. 591 2,877,309 556 2,698,493 AVIS USE. avcccstvcsassseus 554 2,716,668 586 2,855,323 DULY, > Siscegsccisatees ois Be 578 2,717,787 616 2,815,386 JUne crccccssecscecsseveeee 585 2,722,344 559 2,596,692 May; 19805 sacs. 592 2,697,642 643 2,955,826 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, 1931 .... 69 200,212 53 163,134 JANUALY eke 70 227,146 49 158,570 December .......c.se00 80 206,778 55 144,471 November .........00 87 226,006 46 122,107 Oetober i csescissovsesties 85 231,460 53 144,530 September ............ 87 232,781 62 147,365 ANU UBE! sivas ccesssness ae)’. 244,206 55 144,201 aD USY. seco cseneoocuaentscases> 96 246,866 68 151,861 SDUTIO: cacesccovscesevessanes 92 240,323 72 169,627 May, 1980): ciuisives 105 271,618 64 148,167 Boston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1931 .... 76 259,402 57 190,598 DADUELY i, ccssesccvsses 76 245,382 49 195,091 December _ .......... 91 287,347 50 174,971 November .........s068 17 248,220 61 232,826 October: fckicices ices 96 821,092 65 208,695 PAU PUSE sileccseectctesee 115 305,649 101 299,454 DU yy ics ecitesisotecs one Loe $25,325 110 222,555 PUNE secisssressacecasoreve LOS $25,325 110 222,555 Mays LOSO tana 63 862,849 114 274,019 Portland, Me. (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1931 .... 18 48,722 15 45,664 SU UA TAGE Shes ot oe aac acai om anus setiicccee (c ocesealy v uasacesasoosnens December ............0 23 55,605 23 60,126 November _............ 21 46,182 20 40,916 October: sci eectass 17 41,667 20 45,989 September ............ 82 53,423 28 49,428 PUGUBE: siiccssoseosccass <2 06 69,765 86 72,282 MUL. ivccciscpsnazeuteoucee 42 83,987 42 84,939 DUNE | cciccrcsoscasecececces OO 70,119 34 60,536 May, 1980. cksisess 31 46,797 33 52,619 Providence (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1931... 9 43,707 8 30,036 PANUSLyY Snes 8 28,019 5 15,335 December .............. 9 86,380 6 25,318 November _ .........00 13 46,927 5 18,597 October 53.8: 10 87,269 5 22,3805 September ............ 6 28,972 3 16,265 PURUBT “cesterstarseves 7 29,532 4 16,388 DALY ci ccccalavstsoscieccsoe 10 86,403 5 19,623 PUNE® scihicsccsa 6 26,588 4 18,640 May; 19800 30.5500 28,953 6 23,794 Portland, Oreg. (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1931 .... 24 95,726 43 175,697 SADUOLY: Sisscvsccseseses 29 119,686 47 192,455 December 107,300 52 197,628 November 122,020 58 208.266 October 155,991 64 207,118 September . 122,022 . 46 182,641 PRO UBE ceiccieisatescnces 125,187 46 174,985 WTI! cconnacceaucebnsbsceene 118,919 63 193,425 PUIG: Sccsad baacescueisnense 122,569 48 175,167 May, 1930 122,714 49 179,845 Baltimore (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage “ebruary, 1931 .... 99 327,516 106 340,771 Ree aE PATA 1 386,924 127 412,306 December .......cees000 120 390,126 127 429,048 November e..scsssseee 116 384,877 117 376,725 OCTOBER: rcssseasersessees 139 452,905 127 402,155 September .........0 150 475,928 138 424,976 UGUBE © seccsersesscoeness 130 412,209 125 896,421 DULY saves 132 444,823 144 455,226 JUNE siceces 153 486,645 157 481,837 May L980" viccecscccss 152 457,169 150 463,958 Norfolk and Newport News (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1931... 15 43,123 46 116,116 January .... 21 57,883 61 170,594 December . 44 92,341 638 174,384 November .... 22 65,716 56 141,242 OCtOber ciicsiescessses 21 72,517 58 153,410 September ..........+ 21 48,971 66 168,922 AS UB b cccccertetesecses 28 66,765 50 139,710 ALN oh cccsctuesvacesdessess 27 638,721 60 144,446 SUNG eee ceccce eeenisicees 20 52,701 43 109,274 May; 1930> wsc.cccs 28 58,214 53 131,768 J acksonville (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1931... 7 18,934 9 20,915 JAGUALY cicescsccsatve 14 28,248 10 15,617 December ............+. 17 8,862 16 29,847 November w..secseeeee 14 80,105 10 138,048 October saiiccscsicoonsese 14 27,810 14 27,016 September ............. 12 26,442 13 26,356 AUPUSE = ccssscatessoceene oaece ss 29,565 12 20,856 DAILY. sobs cawevserctdenesens 6 14,312 8 20.739 PUNE “icsccsrcceceresicaccee 0 25,129 12 23,737 May521980 cc cccescccss 14 32,001 19 51,210 Key West (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1931 .... 61 70,169 56 69,443 PRTLUALY |. secchcteccosenss 61 82,218 57 30,394 IGCOMUDEL oes tas steece) coisas Rosaneaecasenenccsen. jodsues sa cusisenscneusses November 49 68,307 50 64,389 October 50 61,288 49 60,432 September 48 64,968 48 64,742 August ..... 50 61,440 60 61,666 UU == spscs caruasnestccntavoecs 56 68,968 55 69,397 TUNE: <rcescecestaceracossce- DE 69,679 66 68,658 May: 1980 ict 04 120,788 108 120,160 Mobile (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1931... 93 222,163 86 206,376 AP ELTRUNELY Y= aca eke soos wea aa uMAw ee dee: MoabaNapaaoutoss December _.........0.4 91 208,802 84 194,477 November ............. 106 241,663 99 220,755 October =..cssscscessencecs 99 187,085 92 196,893 September ............ 83 184,276 81 171,679 AUIBMIAE ievccsisces carters ~ 1 k02 190,362 96 176,488 SUEY. Sass sapacdecsensescdaces 118 211,989 95 173,549 DUNG ccccsconsesivscccetecs LEO 211,446 111 212,639 May, 1980: ssa 98 169,700 106 208,070 Seattle f (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1931 48 212,187 53 233,121 January .... 238,037 60 266,744 December . 240,203 61 256,724 November 255,728 657 245,592 October eidiccccssscesces 246,957 63 272,114 September 268.203 58 0,80 PURSE = vosscssosstavssccs 200,602 48 209,109 BUY ssaceserccaschscesgasasass 248,954 60 261,746 SEUNG oy cccescccciceasnesiens 2 AO. 215,525 63 228,554 May, L980. sicccccss 54 235,178 53 222,715 New Orleans (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1931 .... 159 499,643 172 537,813 SBDUMALY. sevcccssesyseee 207 610,472 190 548,267 December 602,527 197 578,723 November 555,053 194 541,671 October ..... 633,652 228 672,782 September Se 589,459 218 605,239 PRUSUSE siscsesnsnssep esos 600,786 241 666,625 SIULLYs Sco see cecststes cacaenas 697,526 245 653,562 DUNC ® “Giscccesecorssoccrese, 2O0 606,840 239 626,307 May, 1980 ............ 260 686,543 251 662,383 Charleston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net. No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage FiGDTUALY 2 LOST sic ceevvcc, csnsesncadtvacuaserecepennc aveurkigrasstans DEWMALY. elie sksscidinsa) sarevideecsovepsnssaad a aedasn, SowascaseaeeNenss DSCOMIDEN .. 555. ees asses cobnea ss wescagusesueneeay.detned i bceaseccbeoenens ING VOID OR ecient cle asboaeic, suseecgusicuduns oeapbnen eacaesseeenenaito (OYepr oy s{=) kere Peet RCE ae Te a a peo Waseda esetstecseneiins September 54,863 19 69,530 August ...... 84,274 13 24,742 DIY vesakesacencuss 70,5388 25 51,806 PUNE seikssisecscecoseacs 42,196 18 46,140 May, 1930 50,484 20 50,484 Galveston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1981... 238 . 40,825 71 209,057 SANUALY > sckacsscsessvsse 25 45,442 84 260,555 December’ o.cokcisccas ce deiee eneescansdlenssel eeeeaee po centnesseneses: NOV@MIDer © ccccscceises® tosses Je i Wet oe alee wapsaeicesba ates OetODeE. = cisisscasedioncss -covane Tole eyses cause sea gueant savencasnnensbees September .........00 46 117,185 119 337,091 PULUSEscccscasscvvcs sate 37 82,429 97 277,077 DULY césass Sestecedeel 40 93,999 83 249,064 JUNC] ceccccerrccececesecrce 28 60,622 63 171,223 May 3980 is. cccce 35 59,807 82 240,137 Los Angeles (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1931 .... 181 557,981 196 561,570 PANUANY cesceescsssverie 191 673,620 193 153,720 December ...........+. 227 654,598 184 596,347 November .j........00 . 219 618,855 206 616,266 October ......... decseeee 230 680,430 217 628,733 September. ..........0 255 697,262 218 616,018 AUSUBE © ciccsecises Seeaeoe 211 681,167 221 621,088 DG: oscaccsscccsccsscessatee 230 687,670 196 611,768 JUNE, 1980 ee acccsces 240 682,188 225 641,270 San Francisco (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Ne Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1981. cc... ciscss ssccsoasesscoses’ ansace sevonevessensare SATUALY. > sexs cceves sans 685,851 172 721,042 December 646,767 174 689,35 November 570,715 161 656,424 October ... 617,143 154 639,552 September 699,832 154 629,577 AVUSUSE -<ccisscestecsnss 670,748 159 653,208 DATS SS) csccescecoucesense 674,380 166 676,092 WANG. sc cuchcceckesseincoce LOM 652,411 134 560,605 May, L980... ccccecse 168 709,182 156 625,712 Houston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1931 .... 30 130,544 388 152,347 TANUBEY) cscs scckcs 26 111,047 37 140,860 December .....c..c0005 35 143,585 47 185,757 November _ ....ccsseee <- 28 105,541 560 178,538 October iasiscssescs . 84 486,215 560 182,729 September .........00 82 140,415 62 220,024 AUIS USE: eciscstsccckeosece 39 147,462 69 257,366 FULLY “seeatats sacevccavenstacs 80 1203727 242 158,570 UNG eacetcacsscccecosecee 47 190,145 465 193,620: May, 1980: «........... 41 146,840 47 172,171 Note: The figures given in this table are for direct entrances and Clearances. Additional vessels in foreign trade enter and clear from ind to other American ports after original entry and before final departure. At the port of Philadelphia, for instance, additional vessels in the for- eign trade in this category were 48 of 157,682 net tons entered and 63 of 212,278 net tons cleared for the month of February. 96 MARINE REviIEw—April, 1931