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Figure 6: Waterborne Ton-Miles

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Figure 6: Waterborne Ton-Miles

(Billions)

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  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Water (NTS, Improved BTS)1 834 848 857 790 815 808 765 707 673 656 646 622
Coastwise 479 502 502 448 458 440 408 350 315 293 284 275
Lakewise 61 55 56 56 58 60 58 62 62 57 58 51
Internal 292 290 298 284 298 306 297 294 295 305 303 295
Intraport 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

Sources:

1 BTS, National Transportation Statistics, 2003, Table 1-44.

2 Eno Transportation Foundation, Transportation in America, 2002, p. 42.