Editing Alabama (section)

=== Ports ===
The [[Port of Mobile]], Alabama's only saltwater port, is a large seaport on the Gulf of Mexico with inland waterway access to the [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]] by way of the [[Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway]]. The Port of Mobile was ranked 12th by tons of traffic in the United States during 2009.<ref name="tonstraffic">{{cite web |title=Table 1086. Top U.S. Ports by Tons of Traffic: 2009 |website=U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |url=https://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s1087.pdf |access-date=July 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019042444/http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s1087.pdf |archive-date=October 19, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The newly expanded [[Container port|container terminal]] at the Port of Mobile was ranked as the 25th busiest for container traffic in the nation during 2011.<ref name="containers">{{cite web |title=U.S. Waterborne Container Traffic by Port/Waterway in 2011 (Loaded and Empty TEUS) |website=U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |url=http://www.navigationdatacenter.us/wcsc/by_porttons11.html |access-date=July 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103145509/http://www.navigationdatacenter.us/wcsc/by_porttons11.html|archive-date=November 3, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The state's other ports are on rivers with access to the Gulf of Mexico.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Alabama Water ports, from north to south
! Port name
! Location
! Connected to
|-
| Port of Florence ||[[Florence, Alabama|Florence]]/[[Muscle Shoals, Alabama|Muscle Shoals]], on [[Pickwick Lake]] || [[Tennessee River]]
|-
| [[Port of Decatur]] || [[Decatur, Alabama|Decatur]], on [[Wheeler Lake]] || Tennessee River
|-
| Port of Demopolis ||[[Demopolis, Alabama|Demopolis]], on [[Tombigbee River]] || [[Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway]]
|-
| Port of Guntersville ||[[Guntersville, Alabama|Guntersville]], on [[Lake Guntersville]] || Tennessee River
|-
| Port of Birmingham || [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], on [[Black Warrior River]] || Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway
|-
| Port of Tuscaloosa || [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]], on Black Warrior River || Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway
|-
| Port of Montgomery || [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]], on [[R.E. "Bob" Woodruff Lake|Woodruff Lake]] || [[Alabama River]]
|-
| [[Port of Mobile]] || [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], on [[Mobile Bay]] || [[Gulf of Mexico]]
|}
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