Me ka helu ʻana o ka US ma mua o 26% o ka nui o ka hoʻohana ʻana o ka honua, ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha no ka ʻoihana moana he mea koʻikoʻi i kāna ʻoihana. ʻO kēlā ʻōlelo, ʻo kekahi o nā awa nui a paʻa loa i ka honua mai ko lākou mau kahakai. Inā ʻoe e noʻonoʻo ana i ka lawe ʻana mai, hoʻokuʻu aku a i ʻole ka lawe ʻana mai US, ma waho aʻe o ka pahu nānā moku rates, manaʻo wau e hana ʻoe i kahi noiʻi ma nā awa nui o US. Ma kēia ʻatikala, e nānā mākou i kahi kikoʻī hou aku i nā awa kiʻekiʻe 10 US.
1. Awa o Los Angeles
Aia ke awa o Los Angeles ma San Pedro Bay, Kaleponi, ma ke komohana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Hāʻawi ʻia i kona wahi hoʻolālā, ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha no ka hapa nui o ke kālepa trans-Pacific. ʻIke pū ʻia ʻo Port of America, uhi ʻia ʻo ia he 7,500 ʻeka a he 43 mau mile o ka wai. I kēia manawa, ʻo ia ka 19th busiest port in the world in terms of container volume. Ua manaʻo ʻia aia ma kahi o $1.2 biliona o ka ukana e hoʻouna ʻia i ke awa o Los Angeles i kēlā me kēia lā.
2. Awa o Long Beach
Aia ma ka aoao o ke awa o Los Angeles kona awa kaikuahine, ke awa o Long Beach. Me ke awa o Los Angeles, ua kuleana lākou no ka ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hapaha o ka nui o ke kālepa ipu ʻAmelika ʻAmelika. He $180 biliona ka waiwai o ke awa o Long Beach ma ka hana kalepa makahiki. He mea kaulana loa ka hoʻouna ʻana i ka pahu pahu i Long Beach a ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā ʻīpuka nui no ke kālepa ʻana me Asia.
3. Na awa o Nu Ioka a me New Jersey
Ma ka Hikina, ʻo ke awa ʻo New York a me New Jersey nā awa kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ia ke awa nui a paʻa loa ma ka Hikina o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a ʻo ke kolu o ke awa nui loa ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Hāʻawi ia i ke komo ʻana i kekahi o nā mākeke mea kūʻai nui loa ma ka honua.
4. Awa o Georgia
ʻO nā awa nui o ke awa o Georgia, ʻo ia ke awa o Savannah a me ke awa o Brunswick. ʻO ka Port of Savannah ka hale pahu pahu pahu hoʻokahi nui loa ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau a me ka nui o ka nui o nā kikowaena hoʻoili lawe mai ma USEC. Ua manaʻo ʻia ke awa ʻo Brunswick ke awa koho no nā kaʻa hou e lawe mai ana, me ka ʻoi aku o 500 mau ʻeka i hoʻolimalima ʻia a nona paha e ka ʻoihana kaʻa.
5. Awa o Seattle-Tacoma
Ua hui pū ʻia nā awa nui ʻelua o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Wakinekona i ka makahiki 2015 e hana pū i kā lākou mau pahu ukana. Hoʻohana pū ʻia nā awa o Seattle a me Tacoma e ka Northwest Seaport Alliance. ʻO nā awa ʻelua i hui pū ʻia he 5.3% o ka mākeke ʻAmelika ʻAmelika i ka makahiki 2015, e lawelawe ana ma mua o 2.1 miliona TEU. I ka piʻi ʻana o ka pahu pahu i nā awa o Seattle a me Tacoma i ʻApelila 2017, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā awa ʻelua i kā lākou kahe pahu pahu honua ikaika loa i ka hapaha mua mai 2005.