Jacksonville's Port is 38th-busiest

Jacksonville's port is the 38th-busiest in the country, according to rankings compiled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The rankings are based on figures from 2004. The Corps' figures typically come out within a year, but the 2004 data was delayed because of Hurricane Katrina.

Jacksonville's 21.4 million tons of cargo made it the third-busiest port in Florida, behind Tampa and Port Everglades.

Other Florida ports listed included:

• Port of Tampa, No. 16, with 48.2 million tons

• Port Everglades, No. 32 with 24.8 million tons

• Port Canaveral, at No. 81 with 4.6 million tons

• Port Manatee, at No. 82 with 4.4 million tons

• Panama City, at No. 108 with 2.7 million tons

• Weedon Island, at No. 146 with 999,612 tons

The Army Corps of Engineers ranked South Louisiana, La., first with 224.1 million tons, followed by Houston (202 million tons), New York/New Jersey (152.3 million tons), Beaumont, Texas, (91.6 million tons) and Long Beach, Calif., (80 million tons).

The world ports ranking has Singapore as No. 1 with 393 million tons, followed by Shanghai with 378 million tons and Rotterdam with 352 million tons.