Water Transport Profile,,,,,,,,,,,,
FINANCIAL,1960,1970,1980,1990,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001
Operating revenues ($ millions)1,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Domestic freight, total","1,722","2,070","7,219","7,940","7,745","7,712","7,283","6,940","6,824","6,795","6,930","6,235"
Coastal waterways,747,834,"3,155","3,066","2,929","2,774","2,571","2,169","1,952","1,828","1,817","1,784"
Inland waterways,461,621,"2,395","2,956","2,868","2,964","2,861","2,899","2,904","2,811","2,960","2,894"
Great Lakes,227,239,513,615,577,585,572,615,610,549,556,486
"Locks, channels",287,376,"1,156","1,303","1,371","1,389","1,279","1,257","1,358","1,607","1,597","1,071"
International freighta,"1,765","3,187","8,279","12,181","13,405","14,997","17,281","14,091","15,679","17,699","21,740","21,397"
"Passenger, total",281,287,310,"1,391","1,564","1,716","1,843","1,974","2,029","2,088","4,663","4,187"
"Domestic passenger, intercity",14,12,27,100,121,129,140,141,146,152,156,144
International passengerb,267,275,283,"1,291","1,443","R2,026","1,703","1,833","1,883","1,936","4,507","4,043"
Revenues of U.S. commercial fishing fleet-domestic landings ($ millions)2,354,613,"2,237","3,522","3,809","3,770","3,487","3,448","3,128","3,467","3,549","3,228"
INVENTORY,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Number of domestic inland vessel operatorsc, 3",228,380,403,565,555,557,554,U,U,U,U,U
Number of employees4,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Ships, boat building, and repairing","141,200","171,800","220,500","187,700","158,200","159,600","158,800","158,300","166,600","167,400","167,900","161,100"
Water transportationd,N,"212,300","211,200","176,600","172,400","174,500","174,100","178,700","181,300","185,500","193,900","192,400"
"Number of employeese, f, total5","49,281","35,000","19,218","12,132","11,324","10,303","9,250","8,937","8,956","9,036",U,U
Passenger / combo,"8,560","2,178",618,642,642,642,321,321,321,321,U,U
Cargo,"28,668","22,257","9,878","7,019","6,056","5,400","4,964","4,831","4,924","4,757",U,U
Tankers,"12,053","10,567","8,722","4,471","4,626","4,261","3,965","3,785","3,711","3,958",U,U
Mileage of commercially navigable channels1 ,"25,000","26,000","26,000","26,000","26,000","26,000","26,000","26,000","26,000","26,000","26,000","26,000"
Number of vessels6,,,,,,,,,,,,
Total nonself-propelled,"16,777","19,377","31,662","31,017","30,723","31,360","32,811","33,011","33,509","33,387","33,152","33,042"
Dry cargo barges and scows,"14,025","15,890","27,426","27,091","26,723","27,342","28,743","29,006","29,526","29,383","29,107","28,888"
Tankers,"2,429","3,281","4,166","3,913","3,966","3,985","4,036","3,971","3,952","3,973","4,011","4,122"
Railroad car floats,323,206,70,13,34,33,32,34,31,31,34,32
Total self-propelled,"6,519","6,447","7,126","8,236","8,334","8,281","8,293","8,408","8,523","8,379","8,202","8,546"
Dry cargo / passenger,"1,796","1,761","2,036","2,678","2,785","2,804","2,782","2,905","2,938","2,910","2,780","2,697"
"Ferries, railroad car",31,17,67,135,175,172,173,183,213,229,292,579
Tankers,489,421,330,213,195,178,161,147,135,142,135,120
Towboats / tugs,"4,203","4,248","4,693","5,210","5,179","5,127","5,177","5,173","5,237","5,098","4,995","5,150"
"U.S. merchant marine ships (over 1,000 gross tons)",,,,,,,,,,,,
Total U. S. flag7,"2,926","1,579",864,636,543,509,495,477,470,463,454,443
Passenger / cargo,309,171,65,10,13,13,15,14,12,11,11,13
Freighters,"2,138","1,076",471,367,308,295,292,288,289,284,286,283
Bulk carriers,57,38,20,26,22,20,15,14,15,14,15,17
Tankers,422,294,308,233,200,181,173,161,154,154,142,130
Privately owned,"1,008",U,578,408,354,319,302,285,281,277,U,U
Government owned,"1,918",U,286,228,189,190,193,192,189,186,U,U
"Number of recreational boats (thousands)g,8","2,500","7,400","8,905","10,996","11,430","11,735","11,878","12,313","12,566","12,738","12,782","12,876"
PERFORMANCE,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Ton-miles (thousands)h, 9",,,,,,,,,,,,
"Domestic water freight, total",N,"596,195,000","921,835,800","833,543,800","814,919,200","807,727,700","764,686,500","707,409,900","672,795,300","655,861,500","645,799,300","621,686,200"
Coastwise,N,"359,784,000","631,149,200","479,133,600","457,600,700","440,345,100","408,086,100","349,843,000","314,863,900","292,730,000","283,871,600","274,558,800"
Internal,N,"155,816,000","227,343,000","292,393,300","297,762,400","306,329,100","296,790,600","294,023,000","294,896,400","304,724,100","302,558,400","294,860,900"
Lakewise,N,"79,416,000","61,747,100","60,929,900","58,263,400","59,703,800","58,335,300","62,165,900","61,654,300","57,045,200","57,879,100","50,853,500"
Intraport,N,"1,179,000","1,596,400","1,087,000","1,292,700","1,349,600","1,474,500","1,378,100","1,380,700","1,362,200","1,490,200","1,413,000"
Tons of freight hauled (thousands) 9,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Domestic, total","760,573","950,727","1,077,483","1,122,299","1,099,011","1,093,035","1,100,679","1,112,527","1,094,112","1,061,787","1,069,798","1,042,472"
Coastwise,"209,197","238,440","329,609","298,637","277,029","266,612","267,389","263,146","249,633","228,802","226,938","223,606"
Internal,"291,057","472,123","534,979","622,595","618,409","620,324","622,081","630,558","625,028","624,575","628,445","619,784"
Lakewise,"155,109","157,059","115,124","110,159","114,777","116,127","114,870","122,734","122,156","113,887","114,352","100,002"
Intraport,"104,193","81,475","94,184","86,378","82,870","83,104","89,011","89,816","90,077","88,650","94,558","93,222"
Intraterritory,"1,017","1,630","3,588","4,529","5,926","6,868","7,327","6,273","7,217","5,873","5,505","5,858"
"Exports, total","127,961","241,629","403,883","441,586","396,246","474,700","450,794","432,313","404,708","399,996","415,042","399,011"
Great Lakes ports,"23,150","35,932","45,077","32,898","27,108","32,968","31,855","33,209","36,876","40,233","40,131","40,519"
Coastal ports,"104,810","205,698","358,806","408,688","369,138","441,732","418,940","399,104","367,831","359,763","374,911","358,491"
"Imports, total","211,316","339,340","517,521","599,970","719,497","672,657","732,592","788,303","840,680","860,775","R939,749","945,075"
Great Lakes ports,"12,851","26,406","15,515","17,558","23,028","18,897","24,503","24,532","25,558","22,196","R23,917","22,021"
Coastal ports,"198,466","312,934","502,006","582,412","696,469","653,760","708,090","763,771","815,122","838,579","R915,832","923,054"
"Average haul, domestic system (miles)h, 9",,,,,,,,,,,,
Coastwise,"1,496","1,509","1,915","1,604","1,652","1,652","1,526","1,330","1,261","1,279","1,251","1,228"
Internal,282,330,405,470,482,494,477,466,472,488,481,476
Lakewise,522,506,536,553,508,514,508,507,505,501,506,509
Cargo capacity (short tons)6,,,,,,,,,,,,
Total nonself-propelled vessels,"16,355,657","24,026,024","44,875,116","48,946,785","49,708,960","51,140,530","54,086,973","54,974,961","55,999,952","56,468,065","56,493,289","57,239,090"
Dry cargo barges ,"12,147,006","17,695,275","34,486,851","38,189,490","38,643,518","39,971,443","42,748,644","43,710,093","44,718,691","45,049,209","44,814,696","45,281,492"
Tankers,"4,208,651","6,330,749","10,388,265","10,757,295","11,065,442","11,169,087","11,338,329","11,264,868","11,281,261","11,418,856","11,678,593","11,957,598"
Total self-propelled vessels,"15,905,881","19,284,050","23,906,346","R19,829,011","16,867,458","15,783,399","14,850,253","14,161,739","12,970,167","13,892,574","13,458,519","12,770,889"
Dry cargo / passenger,"12,188,956","10,815,977","8,011,587","R7,147,054","7,118,193","6,484,707","6,208,011","6,685,719","6,371,425","6,928,684","6,740,153","6,544,807"
Tankers,"3,716,925","8,468,073","15,894,753","R12,681,957","9,749,265","9,298,692","8,642,242","7,476,020","6,598,742","6,963,890","6,718,366","6,226,082"
"Fuel consumption (thousand barrels), total1","122,014","123,591","273,380","232,036","210,650","225,470","213,721","187,729","183,856","208,604","233,227",U
Diesel fuel and distillate,"18,730","19,503","35,201","52,310","48,260","47,098","51,848","50,180","50,609","49,157","53,843",U
Residual fuel oil,"94,084","89,850","213,131","148,764","141,544","153,125","138,214","114,044","110,480","133,301","152,616",U
Gasoline,"9,200","14,238","25,048","30,962","20,846","25,247","23,659","23,505","22,767","26,146","26,768",U
SAFETY,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Fatalities in waterborne transport (vessel casualties only), totali,10",N,178,206,85,77,52,55,48,67, R51,45,39
Freight ship,N,30,8,0,0,0,1,2,2,0,0,1
Tank ship,N,4,4,5,3,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,
Passenger vessel,N,1,5,3,4,4,8,1,3,14,0,3,
Tug / towboat,N,22,14,13,1,1,1,3,0,R5,0,4,
Offshore supply,N,N,N,2,1,2,2,0,6,0,2,0,
Fishing vessel,N,77,60,47,48,23,37,22,33,R23,28,9,
Recreational vessel,N,N,N,3,13,22,3,7,7,R5,10,12,
MODU j,N,N,N,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,1,
Platform,N,N,N,1,U,U,U,U,U,R0,0,0,
Freight barge,N,N,N,0,2,0,0,2,1,0,1,0,
Tank barge,N,N,N,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,
Miscellaneous,N,44,56,11,5,0,3,7,14,3,4,0,
"Injuries in waterborne transport, totali,10",N,105,180,175,180,152,229,119,130,R136,132,193,
Freight ship,N,14,8,10,6,1,7,3,3,2,4,2,
Tank ship,N,19,9,13,10,8,1,5,6,R5,3,3,
Passenger vessel,N,10,10,51,43,47,142,36,39,R71,50,109,
Tug / towboat,N,10,27,19,19,19,16,21,12,R13,10,18,
Offshore supply,N,N,N,9,2,10,7,3,5,1,5,13
Fishing vessel,N,13,28,31,55,41,36,25,35,R19,24,15
Recreational vessel,N,N,N,2,17,20,9,6,9,R11,26,15
MODU j,N,N,N,13,0,0,0,3,0,2,0,3
Platform,N,N,N,9,U,U,U,U,U,R1,1,0
Freight barge,N,N,N,3,4,0,0,5,1,R0,2,0
Tank barge,N,N,N,3,3,5,2,0,0,R2,0,2
Miscellaneous,N,N,98,12,21,1,9,12,20,9,6,5
"Fatalities in recreational boating (vessel casualties only), total 8",739,"1,418","1,360",865,748,829,709,821,815,734,701,681
Air thrust,N,N,N,N,N,4,1,6,11,2,4,2
Propeller,N,N,N,N,N,475,363,436,462,421,439,326
Inboard,N,119,100,50,36,N,N,N,N,50,48,34
Outboard,N,774,609,454,341,N,N,N,N,326,328,245
Inboard / outboard,N,28,47,53,49,N,N,N,N,35,49,32
Jet,N,N,10,25,58,68,61,83,82,75,70,45
Sail,N,44,43,20,13,4,8,15,5,7,14,19
"Manual (oars, paddle)",N,205,272,182,140,148,109,150,151,114,137,144
Other,N,29,14,5,12,8,8,10,0,N,N,N
Propulsion unknown,N,219,265,76,135,122,159,121,104,115,37,145
KEY:  N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available.,,,,,,,,,,,,
"a  The international water freight operating revenues data was revised in Transportation in America 1998 for all years except 1994 and 1996.  Therefore, the international water freight data for years 1994 and 1996 may not be comparable to other years.",,,,,,,,,,,,
b  Revenues paid by American travelers to U.S. and foreign flag carriers.,,,,,,,,,,,,
"c  Does not include vessel operators whose primary area of operation is fishing, towing, passenger transport, ferrying, or crew boat utility service.",,,,,,,,,,,,
"d  Includes commercial port, marina, and other employees; excludes employees of not-for-hire private businesses.",,,,,,,,,,,,
"e  Estimate based on established active jobs for licensed and unlicensed personnel aboard oceangoing ships of 1,000 gross-tons and over, privately owned and operated, government-owned ships under bare boat charters, ship managers and General Agency Agreement, supplemented by Military Sealift Command employment totals for ships with Civil Service crews.",,,,,,,,,,,,
"f  Data is current as of January 1 of the following year with the exception of 1999 data, which is current as of Apr. 1, 1999.  Due to a change in the source's periodicity, the data for 1999 is not comparable to the data from years prior to 1999.",,,,,,,,,,,,
"g  The U.S. Coast Guard changed its methodology for counting the number of recreational boats.  Figures cited represent number of numbered boats, not estimates as previously noted for 1960 and 1970.",,,,,,,,,,,,
"h  Does not include intraterritorial traffic (traffic between ports in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, which are considered a single unit).",,,,,,,,,,,,
"i  1992-2001 data come from the Marine Safety Management Information System.  Data for prior years may not be directly comparable.  Beginning in 2000, numbers may not add to totals because data is now recorded in a new information system known as MISLE, which does not associate every fatality and injury with a specific vessel.  ",,,,,,,,,,,,
j  Mobile Offshore Drilling Units.,,,,,,,,,,,,
SOURCES,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Unless otherwise noted, refer to chapter tables for sources.",,,,,,,,,,,,
"1  Eno Transportation Foundation Inc., Transportation in America, 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002), pp. 38, 40, 51, and 58.",,,,,,,,,,,,
"2  U.S. Department of Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Services,  Fisheries of the United States (Washington, DC: Annual issues), p. 4 and similar tables in earlier editions.",,,,,,,,,,,,
"3  U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, MAR-450, personal communication.",,,,,,,,,,,,
"4  1960-1990: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment, Hours and Earnings, United States, 1909-1994 (Washington, DC: September 1994) and 1988-1996 (Washington, DC: August 1996), SICs 373 and 44.  1994-2001: Ibid., Internet website http://www.bls.gov as of May 2003. ",,,,,,,,,,,,
"5  U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, U.S. Merchant Marine Data Sheet (Washington, DC: Annual issues).",,,,,,,,,,,,
"6  1960-1998:  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Summary of U.S. Flag Passenger & Cargo Vessels (New Orleans, LA:  Annual issues).  1999-2001:  Ibid., Waterborne Transportation Lines of the United States (New Orleans, LA: Annual issues) part 1, section 1, table 1 and 2.",,,,,,,,,,,,
"7  U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, Merchant Fleets of the World (Washington, DC: Annual issues) and unpublished revisions.",,,,,,,,,,,,
"8  U.S. Coast Guard, Boating Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues).",,,,,,,,,,,,
"9  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States (New Orleans, LA:  Annual issues), part 5, section 1, tables 2, 3, and 4.",,,,,,,,,,,,
"10 1970-1990: U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Investigations and Analysis, G-MAO-2, personal communication.  1994-2001: Ibid., Data Administration Division (G-MRI-1), personal communication, Feb. 13, 2002 and July 2, 2003. ",,,,,,,,,,,,
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