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Table A6 - Waterborne Ton-Miles

(billions)

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  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003P
Water (NTS, improved BTS)1 834 848 857 790 815 808 765 707 673 656 646 622 612 606
Coastwise 479 502 502 448 458 440 408 350 315 293 284 275 264 279
Lakewise 61 55 56 56 58 60 58 62 62 57 58 51 54 48
Internal 292 290 298 284 298 306 297 294 295 305 303 295 293 278
Intraport 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Water (Eno)2 353 345 353 340 356 366 355 356 357 362 360 348    
Rivers/canals 292 290 298 284 298 306 297 294 295 305 303 297    
Great Lakes, domestic 61 55 56 56 58 60 58 62 62 57 58 51    

1 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States (Washington, DC: 2003), Part V, Section 1, Table 1-4, Total Waterborne Commerce.

2 Eno Transportation Foundation, Transportation in America (Washington, DC: 2002), p. 42.

Key: p = preliminary.