Table 1-11
Major Commodities Shipped on Inland Waterways, 2000a
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| Coal and coke |
55.3 |
168.6 |
327 |
| Petroleum |
35.3 |
181.5 |
194 |
| Crude |
8.2 |
38.1 |
215 |
| Products |
31.3 |
141.1 |
222 |
| Chemicals |
28 |
56.3 |
497 |
| Crude materials |
47.9 |
126.3 |
380 |
| Primary manufactured goods |
27.8 |
31.5 |
883 |
| Farm products |
83 |
82.4 |
1,007 |
| Manufactured goods |
0.9 |
11.2 |
80 |
| Other |
0.3 |
3.9 |
77 |
| Total |
278.5 |
661.7 |
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aIncludes intraport shipments.
SOURCE: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center,
Waterborne Commerce of the United States, calendar year 2000, Part 5,
Summaries (Fort Belvoir, VA: February 2001)
- Petroleum and coal accounted for 53 percent of tonnage moved on inland waterways.
- Farm products accounted for only 12 percent of tonnage, but 30 percent of
the ton-miles.
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