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U.S. Waterborne Freight (Metric)

(Million short tonnes)

Embedded Dataset Excel:

Dataset Excel:

table_01_56M_031522.xlsx (19.3 KB)

Notes:

Beginning in 1996, shipments of fish are excluded from domestic Inland and Intraport tonnage.

Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

1 tonne = 1.10231 short tons.

Source:

1960: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 2004 (New Orleans, LA), part 5, tables 1-1, 1-3, and 1-6.

1965-2015: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States (New Orleans, LA: Annual Issues), part 5, tables 1-2 and 1-3, available at http://www.navigationdatacenter.us/wcsc/wcsc.htm as of  Apr. 16, 2018.

2000-20: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce Cargo Data, available at https://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/about/technical-centers/wcsc-waterborne-commerce-statistics-center/ as of Feb. 28, 2022.

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