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Table 1-6
Changes in Panama Canal Traffic Along Principal Trade Routes, FY2006-20071
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(thousands)
| East Coast U.S. - Asia |
135,187 |
92,798 |
140,434 |
87,380 |
3.9% |
-5.8% |
| East Coast U.S. - W.C.
South America |
21,724 |
21,713 |
19,761 |
19,658 |
-9.0% |
-9.5% |
| Round-the-World |
163 |
136 |
141 |
85 |
-13.7% |
-37.5% |
| Europe - West Coast South
America |
23,088 |
14,196 |
24,000 |
14,437 |
4.0% |
1.7% |
| Europe
- Asia |
6,329 |
2,866 |
4,188 |
1,882 |
-33.8% |
-34.3% |
| Europe - West Coast
U.S./Canada |
10,629 |
10,767 |
11,631 |
10,700 |
9.4% |
-0.6% |
| East Coast U.S. - W.C.
Central America |
9,648 |
10,535 |
9,917 |
10,879 |
2.8% |
3.3% |
| South America Intercoastal |
7,669 |
6,517 |
10,075 |
9,356 |
31.4% |
43.6% |
| West Indies - W.C. Central
America |
8,108 |
4,134 |
11,345 |
5,445 |
39.9% |
31.7% |
| U.S. Intercoastal
(including Alaska and Hawaii) |
8,374 |
4,215 |
13,883 |
5,646 |
65.8% |
34.0% |
| East Coast U.S./Canada -
Oceania |
5,031 |
3,808 |
5,609 |
2,911 |
11.5% |
-23.6% |
| E.C. South America -
West Coast U.S./Canada |
2,773 |
3,178 |
2,205 |
2,303 |
-20.5% |
-27.5% |
| Subtotal |
238,723 |
174,862 |
253,189 |
170,682 |
6.1% |
-2.4% |
| All other routes |
58,353 |
36,743 |
58,930 |
37,546 |
1.0% |
2.2% |
| Total |
297,076 |
211,605 |
312,118 |
208,228 |
5.1% |
-1.6% |
1 Oceangoing commerical
NOTE: In thousands. This amount also includes the conversion of the number of TEU that transited the Canal.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, derived from data published by the Office of Market Research and Analysis, Panama Canal Authority, available at www.pancanal.com/eng/maritime/reports/table00.pdf as of Mar. 4, 2008.
Long ton - a measure of weight equal to 2,240 pounds or 1,016 kilograms.
Panama Canal/Universal Measurement System (PC/UMS) - the tonnage measurement system used by the Panama Canal, following the rules of the 1969 International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, when assessing tolls.
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