Houston

Houston, the nation’s largest port for waterborne tonnage

Being the fourth-largest city in the United States of America and the largest city within the state of Texas, the port of Houston is a 25- mile-long complex of diversified public and private facilities located a few hours sailing time from the Gulf of Mexico. It is the busiest port in the United States in terms of foreign tonnage, second busiest in the United States in terms of overall tonnage, and the tenth busiest in the world.