Table 3-3: Shipments Originating in Alabama by Mode of Transportation: 1997
Table 3-3: Shipments Originating in Alabama by Mode of Transportation: 1997
| Value | Short tons | Ton-miles | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number ($ millions) | Percent | Number (thousands) | Percent | Number (millions) | Percent | |
| All modes | 101,547 | 100.0 | 256,234 | 100.0 | 49,022 | 100.0 |
| Single modes | 91,104 | 89.7 | 247,897 | 96.7 | 46,940 | 95.8 |
| Truck | 80,878 | 79.6 | 203,544 | 79.4 | 28,425 | 58.0 |
| For-hire | 43,953 | 43.3 | 85,985 | 33.6 | 17,581 | 35.9 |
| Private truck | 36,564 | 36.0 | 117,127 | 45.7 | 10,619 | 21.7 |
| Rail | 7,449 | 7.3 | 34,531 | 13.5 | 16,373 | 33.4 |
| Water | 685 | 0.7 | 8,802 | 3.4 | 2,116 | 4.3 |
| Shallow draft | 685 | 0.7 | 8,802 | 3.4 | 2,116 | 4.3 |
| Great Lakes | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z |
| Deep draft | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z |
| Air (including truck and air) | 1,973 | 1.9 | 24 | Z | 21 | Z |
| Pipeline | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| Multiple modes | 6,545 | 6.4 | S | S | 603 | 1.2 |
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 6,107 | 6.0 | 215 | Z | 124 | 0.3 |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | 436 | 0.4 | S | S | 469 | 1.0 |
| Truck and water | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| Rail and water | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z |
| Other multiple modes | Z | Z | 3 | Z | 5 | Z |
| Other and unknown modes | 3,898 | 3.8 | 6,813 | 2.7 | 1,480 | 3.0 |
KEY: S = data do not meet publication standards because of high sampling variability or other reasons; Z = zero or less than 1 unit of measure.
NOTE: The Commodity Flow Survey covers business establishments in mining, manufacturing, wholesale trade, and selected retail industries. The survey also covers selected auxiliary establishments (e.g., warehouses) of in-scope multiunit and retail companies. The survey excludes establishments classified as farms, forestry, fisheries, governments, construction, transportation, foreign establishments, services, and most establishments in retail. Due to industry-wide reporting problems, shipments by oil and gas extraction establishments are also excluded.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Commodity Flow Survey: Washington, DC: 1999, available at http://www.bts.gov/ntda/cfs/cfs97od.html as of Nov. 2, 2001.