Table 3-3: Shipments Originating in West Virginia by Mode of Transportation: 1997
Table 3-3: Shipments Originating in West Virginia by Mode of Transportation: 1997
| Value | Short tons | Ton-miles | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number ($ millions) | Percent | Number (thousands) | Percent | Number (millions) | Percent | |
| All modes | 35,570 | 100.0 | 233,760 | 100.0 | 70,700 | 100.0 |
| Single modes | 33,395 | 93.9 | 214,624 | 91.8 | 62,940 | 89.0 |
| Truck | 26,412 | 74.3 | 59,484 | 25.4 | 6,370 | 9.0 |
| For-hire | 16,634 | 46.8 | 27,353 | 11.7 | 4,743 | 6.7 |
| Private truck | 9,748 | 27.4 | 32,078 | 13.7 | 1,622 | 2.3 |
| Rail | 5,792 | 16.3 | 129,729 | 55.5 | 48,633 | 68.8 |
| Water | 923 | 2.6 | 25,160 | 10.8 | 7,932 | 11.2 |
| Shallow draft | 923 | 2.6 | 25,160 | 10.8 | 7,932 | 11.2 |
| Great Lakes | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z |
| Deep draft | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z | Z |
| Air (including truck and air) | S | S | 3 | Z | 4 | Z |
| Pipeline | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| Multiple modes | 1,396 | 3.9 | 7,807 | 3.3 | 6,048 | 8.6 |
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 900 | 2.5 | 28 | Z | 18 | Z |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | 283 | 0.8 | 221 | Z | 590 | 0.8 |
| Truck and water | S | S | S | S | 690 | 1.0 |
| Rail and water | 125 | 0.4 | 5,013 | 2.1 | 2,963 | 4.2 |
| Other multiple modes | 26 | Z | 1,019 | 0.4 | 1,787 | 2.5 |
| Other and unknown modes | 779 | 2.2 | 11,330 | 4.8 | 1,712 | 2.4 |
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.