Table 3-3: Shipments Originating in Delaware by Mode of Transportation: 1997
Table 3-3: Shipments Originating in Delaware by Mode of Transportation: 1997
| Value | Short tons | Ton-miles | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number ($ millions) |
Percent | Number (thousands) |
Percent | Number (millions) | Percent | |
| All modes | 16,949 | 100.0 | 24,149 | 100.0 | 3,654 | 100.0 |
| Single modes | 14,599 | 86.1 | 23,872 | 98.9 | 3,476 | 95.1 |
| Truck | 12,416 | 73.3 | 15,603 | 64.6 | 2,825 | 77.3 |
| For-hire | 8,339 | 49.2 | 8,300 | 34.4 | 2,189 | 59.9 |
| Private truck | 3,783 | 22.3 | 5,482 | 22.7 | 449 | 12.3 |
| Rail | 481 | 2.8 | 1,012 | 4.2 | 645 | 17.7 |
| Water | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| Shallow draft | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z |
| Great lakes | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z |
| Deep draft | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| Air (including truck and air) | 182 | 1.1 | 2 | Z | 3 | Z |
| Pipeline | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| Multiple modes | 1,716 | 10.1 | 141 | 0.6 | 153 | 4.2 |
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 702 | 4.1 | 14 | Z | 8 | 0.2 |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | S | S | 127 | 0.5 | 145 | 4.0 |
| Truck and water | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z |
| Rail and water | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z |
| Other multiple modes | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z |
| Other and unknown modes | 634 | 3.7 | 136 | 0.6 | S | S |
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.