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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.
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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
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Port Performance Metrics:
What nationally consistent measures do you recommend for Capacity and Throughput?
September 23,2016
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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 listsGraphic Version
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-...Graphic Version
Port Millions of Short Tons Port of South Louisiana, LA 259 Houston, TX 241 New York, NY and NJ 127 New Orleans, LA 88...
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Port Millions of TEUs Los Angeles, CA 5.53 Long Beach, CA 5.3 New York, NY & NJ 4.61...
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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...Graphic Version
Port Definitions
Port level where possible Ports based on the U.S. Army Corp’s definition of a port area port limits defined by legislative enactments of state, county, or city governments Cincinnati-Northern KY,...Graphic Version
Data Source
Army Corp of Engineers’ Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center Provides consistency across all three lists Publically available Domestic tonnage based off of operator reports Foreign tonnages built...