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Table 5: Number of Vessels by Ownership and Operation (2015)

Dataset Table:

Vessel ownership Public vessel operation Private vessel operation Both vessel operation Unknown vessel operation Total vessel operation
Public 243 (37.3%) 40 (6.1%) 0 (0.0%) 11 (1.7%) 294 (45.1%)
Private 6 (0.9%) 305 (46.8%) 1 (0.2%) 41 (6.3%) 353 (54.1%)
Both 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 5 (0.8%) 5 (0.8%)
Unknown 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Total vessel ownership 249 (38.2%) 345 (52.9%) 1 (0.2%) 57 (8.7%) 652 (100.0%)

Source:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 2016 Na­tional Census of Ferry Operators, available at www.bts.gov as of October 2017.