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Table 1-4
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| ICST codes | Vessels | Total cargo capacity(short tons) | Average cargo capacity1 (short tons) |
Average age2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-propelled3 | 2,209 | 13,973,152 | 6,326 | 22 | |
| Dry cargo | 692 | 6,191,012 | 8,947 | 23 | |
| Containership | 310 | 82 | 2,632,171 | 32,100 | 16 |
| Dry bulk carrier | 229 | 72 | 2,529,358 | 35,130 | 28 |
| General cargo | 333,334,335 | 350 | 943,899 | 2,697 | 27 |
| Specialized | 321,325,329 | 188 | 85,584 | 455 | 19 |
| Offshore support | 422 | 1,370 | 306,120 | 223 | 26 |
| Tanker | 114,120,139,199 | 147 | 7,476,020 | 50,857 | 23 |
| Non-self-propelled | 33,011 | 54,974,961 | 1,665 | 20 | |
| Dry cargo barge | 341-344,349 | 29,040 | 43,809,931 | 1,509 | 17 |
| Tank barge | 141-144,149 | 3,971 | 11,264,868 | 2,837 | 23 |
1 Average is calculated from only those vessels with known capacity and not the total number of vessels.
2 Age is based on the year the vessel was built or rebuilt. Average is calculated from only those vessels with known year built or rebuilt.
3 Does not include passenger vessels and towboats.
KEY: ICST = International Classification of Ships by Type.
NOTE: Includes vessels operating or available to operate in 1997.
Excludes, for example, fishing and excursion vessels, general ferries and dredges used in construction work.
SOURCE: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Navigation Data Center, Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center, Vessel Characteristics Database (New Orleans, LA: 1999).