Table 3-3: Shipments Originating in Alaska by Mode of Transportation: 1997
Table 3-3: Shipments Originating in Alaska by Mode of Transportation: 1997
| Value | Short tons | Ton-miles | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number ($ millions) | Percent | Number (thousands) | Percent | Number (millions) | Percent | |
| All modes | 6,653 | 100.0 | 19,673 | 100.0 | 7,047 | 100.0 |
| Single modes | 5,617 | 84.4 | 16,068 | 81.7 | 6,556 | 93.0 |
| Truck | 3,469 | 52.1 | 9,509 | 48.3 | 414 | 5.9 |
| For-hire | 1,109 | 16.7 | 2,829 | 14.4 | 216 | 3.1 |
| Private truck | 2,339 | 35.2 | 6,677 | 33.9 | 197 | 2.8 |
| Rail | 354 | 5.3 | 2,065 | 10.5 | 880 | 12.5 |
| Water | 1,194 | 18.0 | 3,707 | 18.8 | S | S |
| Shallow draft | S | S | 137 | 0.7 | 30 | 0.4 |
| Great Lakes | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z |
| Deep draft | 1,058 | 15.9 | 3,570 | 18.1 | S | S |
| Air (including truck and air) | 450 | 6.8 | 43 | 0.2 | 34 | 0.5 |
| Pipeline | 149 | 2.2 | 745 | 3.8 | S | S |
| Multiple modes | 452 | 6.8 | 170 | 0.9 | 82 | 1.2 |
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 237 | 3.6 | 11 | Z | 9 | 0.1 |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| Truck and water | 196 | 2.9 | 63 | 0.3 | 65 | 0.9 |
| Rail and water | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z |
| Other multiple modes | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z |
| Other and unknown modes | 584 | 8.8 | 3,435 | 17.5 | 409 | 5.8 |
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: United States, Washington, DC: 1999, available at http://www.bts.gov/ntda/cfs/cfs97od.html as of Nov. 2, 2001.