Table 1-56: U.S. Waterborne Freight
(Million short tons)
| 1960 | 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | (R) 2008 | (P) 2009 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL freight | 1,099.9 | 1,272.9 | 1,531.7 | 1,695.0 | 1,998.9 | 1,788.4 | 2,163.9 | 2,092.1 | 2,132.1 | 2,128.2 | 2,214.8 | 2,240.4 | 2,284.1 | 2,333.1 | 2,339.5 | 2,322.6 | 2,424.6 | 2,393.3 | 2,340.3 | 2,394.3 | 2,551.9 | 2,527.6 | 2,588.4 | 2,564.0 | 2,477.1 | 2,210.8 |
| Foreign | 339.3 | 443.7 | 581.0 | 748.7 | 921.4 | 774.3 | 1,041.6 | 1,013.6 | 1,037.5 | 1,060.0 | 1,115.7 | 1,147.4 | 1,183.4 | 1,220.6 | 1,245.4 | 1,260.8 | 1,354.8 | 1,350.8 | 1,319.3 | 1,378.1 | 1,504.9 | 1,498.7 | 1,564.9 | 1,542.5 | 1,520.8 | 1,353.7 |
| Imports | 211.3 | 269.8 | 339.3 | 476.6 | 517.5 | 412.7 | 600.0 | 555.4 | 586.7 | 648.8 | 719.5 | 672.7 | 732.6 | 788.3 | 840.7 | 860.8 | 939.7 | 951.8 | 934.9 | 1,004.8 | 1,089.1 | 1,096.9 | 1,130.9 | 1,075.7 | 998.7 | 858.9 |
| Exports | 128.0 | 173.9 | 241.6 | 272.1 | 403.9 | 361.6 | 441.6 | 458.2 | 450.8 | 411.3 | 396.2 | 474.7 | 450.8 | 432.3 | 404.7 | 400.0 | 415.0 | 399.0 | 384.3 | 373.3 | 415.8 | 401.8 | 434.0 | 466.8 | 522.1 | 494.8 |
| Domestic | 760.6 | 829.2 | 950.7 | 946.3 | 1,077.5 | 1,014.1 | 1,122.3 | 1,078.5 | 1,094.6 | 1,068.2 | 1,099.0 | 1,093.0 | 1,100.7 | 1,112.5 | 1,094.1 | 1,061.8 | 1,069.8 | 1,042.5 | 1,021.0 | 1,016.1 | 1,047.1 | 1,028.9 | 1,023.5 | 1,021.5 | 956.3 | 857.1 |
| Inland | 291.1 | 369.6 | 472.1 | 503.9 | 535.0 | 534.7 | 622.6 | 600.4 | 621.0 | 607.3 | 618.4 | 620.3 | 622.1 | 630.6 | 625.0 | 624.6 | 628.4 | 619.8 | 608.0 | 609.6 | 626.2 | 624.0 | 627.6 | 621.9 | 588.5 | 522.5 |
| Coastal | 209.2 | 201.5 | 238.4 | 231.9 | 329.6 | 309.8 | 298.6 | 294.5 | 285.1 | 271.7 | 277.0 | 266.6 | 267.4 | 263.1 | 249.6 | 228.8 | 226.9 | 223.6 | 216.4 | 223.5 | 220.6 | 213.7 | 201.8 | 205.8 | 186.3 | 167.7 |
| Great Lakes | 155.1 | 153.7 | 157.1 | 129.3 | 115.1 | 92.0 | 110.2 | 103.4 | 107.4 | 109.9 | 114.8 | 116.1 | 114.9 | 122.7 | 122.2 | 113.9 | 114.4 | 100.0 | 101.5 | 89.8 | 103.5 | 96.2 | 96.9 | 95.6 | 90.4 | 63.2 |
| Intraport | 104.2 | 102.9 | 81.5 | 78.3 | 94.2 | 74.3 | 86.4 | 75.6 | 76.8 | 74.4 | 82.9 | 83.1 | 89.0 | 89.8 | 90.1 | 88.6 | 94.6 | 93.2 | 90.0 | 86.9 | 91.3 | 90.2 | 91.4 | 93.1 | 86.9 | 99.0 |
| Intraterritory | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
KEY: P = preliminary; R = revised.
NOTES
Beginning in 1996, shipments of fish are excluded from domestic Inland and Intraport tonnage.
Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
SOURCES
1960: 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.
1965-2009: Ibid., Waterborne Commerce of the United States (New Orleans, LA: Annual Issues), tables 1-2 and 1-3, available at http://www.ndc.iwr.usace.army.mil/wcsc/wcsc.htm as of Apr. 6, 2011.