Table 1-50M: U.S. Waterborne Freight
(Million short tonnes)
| 1960 | 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL freight | 997.8 | 1,154.8 | 1,389.5 | 1,537.7 | 1,813.4 | 1,622.4 | 1,963.0 | 2,092.1 | 1,934.2 | 1,930.7 | 2,009.2 | 2,032.5 | 2,072.1 | 2,116.6 | 2,122.4 | 2,107.0 | 2,199.5 | 2,393.3 | 2,123.1 | 2,172.0 | (R) 2,315.1 | 2,293.0 |
| Foreign | 307.8 | 402.5 | 527.0 | 679.2 | 835.9 | 702.5 | 944.9 | 919.5 | 941.2 | 961.7 | 1,012.2 | 1,040.9 | 1,073.6 | 1,107.3 | 1,129.8 | 1,143.8 | 1,229.0 | 1,225.4 | 1,196.8 | 1,250.2 | (R) 1,365.2 | 1,359.6 |
| Imports | 191.7 | 244.8 | 307.8 | 432.3 | 469.5 | 374.4 | 544.3 | 503.9 | 532.2 | 588.6 | 652.7 | 610.2 | 664.6 | 715.1 | 762.7 | 780.9 | 852.5 | 863.5 | 848.1 | 911.5 | (R) 988.0 | 995.1 |
| Exports | 116.1 | 157.8 | 219.2 | 246.9 | 366.4 | 328.1 | 400.6 | 415.7 | 409.0 | 373.1 | 359.4 | 430.6 | 409.0 | 392.2 | 367.1 | 362.9 | 376.5 | 362.0 | 348.6 | 338.7 | (R) 377.2 | 364.5 |
| Domestic | 690.0 | 752.2 | 862.5 | 858.5 | 977.5 | 920.0 | 1,018.1 | 978.4 | 993.0 | 969.0 | 997.0 | 991.6 | 998.5 | 1,009.3 | 992.6 | 963.2 | 970.5 | 945.7 | 926.2 | 921.8 | (R) 949.9 | 933.4 |
| Inland | 264.0 | 335.3 | 428.3 | 457.2 | 485.3 | 485.0 | 564.8 | 544.7 | 563.4 | 550.9 | 561.0 | 562.7 | 564.3 | 572.0 | 567.0 | 566.6 | 570.1 | 562.3 | 551.6 | 553.0 | (R) 568.1 | 566.1 |
| Coastal | 189.8 | 182.8 | 216.3 | 210.4 | 299.0 | 281.0 | 270.9 | 267.2 | 258.7 | 246.5 | 251.3 | 241.9 | 242.6 | 238.7 | 226.5 | 207.6 | 205.9 | 202.9 | 196.3 | 202.7 | (R) 200.1 | 193.8 |
| Great Lakes | 140.7 | 139.4 | 142.5 | 117.3 | 104.4 | 83.4 | 99.9 | 93.8 | 97.4 | 99.7 | 104.1 | 105.3 | 104.2 | 111.3 | 110.8 | 103.3 | 103.7 | 90.7 | 92.0 | 81.4 | (R) 93.9 | 87.3 |
| Intraport | 94.5 | 93.3 | 73.9 | 71.0 | 85.4 | 67.4 | 78.4 | 68.6 | 69.7 | 67.5 | 75.2 | 75.4 | 80.7 | 81.5 | 81.7 | 80.4 | 85.8 | 84.6 | 81.7 | 78.8 | (R) 82.8 | 81.8 |
| Intraterritory | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 4.4 |
KEY: R = revised.
NOTES
Beginning in 1996, shipments of fish are excluded from domestic tonnage totals.
Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
SOURCES
1960-2003: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 2004 (New Orleans, LA), part 5, tables 1-1, 1-3, and 1-6.
2004-2005: Ibid., Preliminary Waterborne Commerce Statistics for Calendar Year 2005 (New Orleans, LA), Internet site http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc as of May 7, 2007.