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Maritime Trade and Transportation 2002

Maritime Trade & Transportation 2002

BTS 02-01
2002


Table of Contents File Formats
Entire Report
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Chapter One - Waterborne Trade and Transportation Services
Vessels
Figure 1-1 Average Earnings Per Day by Vessel Type
Table 1-1 Global Trade Growth v. Fleet Growth
Table 1-2 Top Five Vessel Sharing Agreements as of Feb. 1, 2001
Table 1-3 World Ranking of Top 15 Containership Carriers, by TEUs Operated on Known Route Deployment as of May 2001
Table 1-4 Top 20 Ranking of World Merchant Fleet by Country of Registry as of January 1, 2001
Table 1-5 Top 20 Ranking of World Merchant Fleet by Country of Owner as of January 1, 2001
Table 1-6 World Open Registry Trends, Oceangoing Self-Propelled Vessels of 1,000 Gross Tons and Over, 1990–2001
Table 1-7 U.S.-Flag Cargo Carrying Vessels by Area of Operation(Carrying capacity expressed in thousands of deadweight tons (dwt)) as of October 1, 2001
Table 1-8 U.S.-Flag Fleet of Passenger Vessels, Tugs/Towboats, and Other Work Boats as of January 1, 2002
Shipments and Trade
Figure 1-2 Tonnage of U.S. Waterborne Imports and Exports
Figure 1-3 Transported Tonnage on U.S. Inland Waterways: All Commodities
Table 1-9 U.S. Waterborne Foreign Trade 2000
Table 1-10 Domestic Deep-Sea Trade, Self-Propelled Vessel v. Barge by Length of Haul, 2000
Table 1-11 Major Commodities Shipped on U.S. Inland Waterways, 2000
Table 1-12 Major Commodities Shipped on the Great Lakes, 2000
Table 1-13 U.S. Domestic Tanker Trade Flow by Region, 2000
Table 1-14 U.S. Domestic Dry Vessel Trade Flow by Region, 2000
Table 1-15 U.S. Domestic Tank Barge Trade Flow by Region, 2000
Table 1-16 U.S. Domestic Dry Cargo Barge Trade Flow by Region, 2000
Table 1-17 Major Commodities Shipped via U.S. Domestic Ocean Trades, 2000
Ports
Figure 1-4 U.S. International Waterborne Container Trade in Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs)
Table 1-18 Top 25 World Ports by Cargo Vessel Type and Calls, 2000
Table 1-19 Top 25 U.S. Ports by Cargo Vessel Type and Calls, 2000
Table 1-20 Top 10 U.S. Container Ports (thousands of TEUs) and Channel Depth (in feet)
Table 1-21 Geographic Distribution of U.S. Waterway Facilities, 2000
Table 1-22 U.S. Public Port Capital Expenditures by Type of Facility, 1995–2000
Table 1-23 U.S. Port Capital Expenditures for 2001 to 2005
Table 1-24 U.S. Locks Annual Average Delay (hrs)—Top 20 Locations, 1998–1999
Table 1-25 U.S. Ferry Vessels by Service Type, 2000
Table 1-26 Top 20 Ranking of U.S. Ferry Terminals by State, 2000
Table 1-27 Fiscal Year 2000 Dredging Costs
Table 1-28 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dredging Program, Costs and Yards Moved, FY 1993–2000
Table 1-29 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dredging Program, Summary of Industry Activities, 1993–2000
Table 1-30 Number of Contracts, Cubic Yards and Dollars by Type of Material Disposal, and Fiscal Year
Chapter Two - Shipbuilding
Figure 2-1 U.S. Commercial Shipbuilding Orderbook History as of June 2001
Figure 2-2 Major U.S. Shipbuilding Facilities Constructing Oceangoing Vessels as of October 2001
Table 2-1 World Commercial Shipbuilding Orderbook, Gross Tonnage 1,000 and Above as of September 30, 2001
Table 2-2 Major U.S. Shipbuilding and Repair Facilities by Coast as of October 2001
Table 2-3 Military Ships Under Construction as of October 2001
Chapter Three - Waterborne Transportation and the U.S. Economy
Figure 3-1 Employment in For-Hire Transportation Industries
Figure 3-2 Producer Price Index: Transportation Services by Mode
Figure 3-3 Producer Price Index: Equipment by Mode
Figure 3-4 Producer Price Index: Ship and Repair Expenses
Table 3-1 Value Added by For-Hire Transportation to the U.S. Gross Domestic Product
Table 3-2 U.S. Net Stocks of Transportation Private Equipment by Type
Table 3-3 Water Transportation: U.S. Balance of Payments
Table 3-4 Employment in Water Transportation Occupations
Table 3-5 Retail Sales of Top Selling Boats
Chapter Four - Safety and Environment
Figure 4-1 Causes Ascribed to Marine Transportation Accidents, 1996–2000
Figure 4-2 Recreational Boating Fatalities (Annual data)
Figure 4-3 Causes of Recreational Boating Accidents—1999
Figure 4-4 Reported Spills of Petroleum and Petroleum Products into U.S. Waters
Figure 4-5 Detained Vessels (Monthly data)
Figure 4-6 Disposal/Use of Material Dredged by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Table 4-1 Waterborne Transport Safety Data and Property Damage Resulting from Vessel Casualties
Table 4-2 Recreational Boating Accidents, Fatalities, and Injuries, 2000
Table 4-3 Recreational Boating Safety, Alcohol Involvement, and Property Damage, 1995–1999
Table 4-4 Type of Boating Accidents, 1995–2000
Table 4-5 Personal Flotation Devices (PFDs) and Drownings in Recreational Boating Accidents, 2000
Table 4-6 Recreational Boats Owned in the United States
Table 4-7 Boating Use, Ownership, and Facilities
Table 4-8 U.S. Coast Guard Search and Rescue (SAR) Statistics, 1996–2000
Table 4-9 Reported Oil Releases into Waters in and Around the United States, 1996–2000
Table 4-10 U.S. Port State Control Report, 2000
Table 4-11 U.S. Coast Guard Examinations by Registry Flag—Top 20 Ranked by Examinations (Descending), 2001
Chapter Five - National Security
Figure 5-1 International Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships
Table 5-1 U.S. Coast Guard Migrant Interdictions at Sea, Calendar Years 1991–2001 as of December 19, 2001
Table 5-2 International Piracy by Region
Table 5-3 Maritime Security Program Participants, 2001
Table 5-4 Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement—Fiscal Year 2001 Participants
Table 5-5 National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF), 1945–2000
Table 5-6 National Defense Reserve Fleet Custody Locations as of Sept. 30, 2000
Table 5-7 U.S. Coast Guard Drug Seizures
Environmental Issues: Cruise Ships Special Section
Table 1 Summary of Cruise Ship Waste Streams
Seaway System Special Section
Table 1 Summary of U.S. Seaway System Economic Benefits 1991, 2000
Table 2 Great Lake Seaway System Transportation Cost Savings 2001
Table 3 Total Seaway Capable and Potential Fleet 2001
Table 4 St. Lawrence Seaway/Montreal-Lake Ontario Section Traffic (2001 v. 2000—metric tons in thousands)
Table 5 St. Lawrence Seaway U.S. Lock Availability