Chapter Three Waterborne Transportation and the U.S. Economy

Demand for transportation-related goods and services represents about one-tenth of the U.S. economy and supports one in eight jobs. As the data in this chapter show, these goods and services...

Chapter Four Safety and Environment

Water transportation provides economic benefits, mobility, and recreational opportunities, but it also creates unintended consequences, such as fatalities, injuries and property damage due to accidents, and...

Figure 4-3Causes of Recreational Boating Accidents-1999

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Table 4-3Recreational Boating Safety, Alcohol Involvement, and Property Damage, 1995–2000

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Table 1-18 Top 25 World Ports by Cargo Vessel Type and Calls, 2000a (Capacity in thousands of deadweight tons)

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Table 5-2International Piracy by Region

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Table 1-3World Ranking of Top 15 Containership Carriers, by TEUs Operated on Known Route Deployment as of May 2001

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Figure 3-1Employment in For-Hire Transportation Industries (Monthly data, seasonally adjusted)

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NOTE: These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry divisions in metropolitan and...

Chapter Five Homeland and National Security

The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States focused attention on the security of the U.S. transportation system-including ports and waterway facilities. In fact, the United States has had a...

Table 1 Summary of U.S. Seaway System Economic Benefits, 1991 and 2000

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