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Notes:

Total, Commercial Vessels includes unclassified vessels. Ports includes coastal, Great Lakes, and inland ports, including those on the inland rivers and waterways primarily serving barges. For reporting purposes, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers tabulates traffic at the docks within the boundary of the port and uses 250,000 short tons as the reporting threshold.

Description:

This graph is from the 2024 Transportation Statistics Annual Report.

Source:

Fleet: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center, Navigation Data Center, Waterborne Transportation Lines of the United States (Annual issues), available at https://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/About/Technical Centers/WCSC-Waterborne-Commerce-Statistics-Center-2/ as of August 2024. Recreational boats: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Recreational Boating Statistics as cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, Table 1-11, available at http://www.bts.gov/ as of August 2024. Waterways Locks, Facilities, and Vessels: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Institute for Water Resources, available at https://ndclibrary.sec.usace.army.mil/searchResults series=Fact%20Cards as of August 2024. The U. S. Coastal and Inland Navigation System - 2022 Transportation Facts & Information (Annual issues), as cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, tables 1-1 and 1-11, available at http://www.bts.gov/ as of August 2024.