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WCSC Data Flow

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Collection

Partnership with :

Carriers Customs Port & Terminal Operators Corps Operations Corps Regulatory NDC Staff

 

Input

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Contractors Corps Offices...

Waterborne Commerce and Vessel Statistics

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Rivers & Harbors Act of 1922 (amended and codified in 33 U.S.C. 555) authorizes the USACE to collect, process, distribute and archive waterborne commercial vessel trip and cargo data. new water transportation projects and activities set...

WCSC Mission

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To collect, process, distribute, and archive vessel trip and cargo data. These statistics are used to analyze the feasibility of new projects and to set priorities for new investment, and for the operation, rehabilitation and maintenance of existing projects.

Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center

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Amy Tujague, Data Liaison

Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center

Navigation and Civil Works Decision Support Center

Institute for Water Resources

23 September 2016

U.S. Army | US Army Corps of Engineers

During the Break Out Groups…

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Do you concur with the methodology used to develop the three port lists? But first a look at the Army Corps of Engineers Waterborne Commerce Statistics data used to generate the lists

Dry Bulk Ports

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Port Millions of Short Tons Port of South Louisiana, LA 151.64 New Orleans, LA 47.48 Port of Plaquemines, LA 40.31 Ports of Cincinnati-...

Ports by Tonnage

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Port Millions of Short Tons Port of South Louisiana, LA 259 Houston, TX 241 New York, NY and NJ 127 New Orleans, LA 88...

Ports by TEUs

    

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Port Millions of TEUs Los Angeles, CA 5.53 Long Beach, CA 5.3 New York, NY & NJ 4.61...

Port List Methodology

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Units of Measurement

TEUs Total Tonnage (short tons, excludes weight of containers) Dry Bulk Tons based on custom queries (short tons) Based on Vessel Type International Classification of Ships by Type (ICST...