Revision 1

United States Waterborne Commerce
( Million Metric Tons*)
Trade Area Calendar Years
      Service 1981 1991 1996 1998 1999 2000 2001
Total U.S. Foreign Oceanborne** 686.3 846.0 988.1 1,088.9 1,110.6 1,123.0 1,120.5
   U.S.-Flag Tons 31.6 34.3 27.6 27.9 34.5 29.3 25.6
      Total Liner 55.3 104.3 124.7 120.4 142.7 148.7 149.4
          U.S.-Flag Tons 14.5 17.5 11.0 12.8 12.6 12.5 10.6
      Total Non-Liner 341.2 385.4 389.8 404.9 377.8 374.4 341.3
          U.S.-Flag Tons 3.4 7.9 6.4 7.1 8.7 7.1 7.3
      Total Tanker 289.8 356.3 473.6 563.6 590.1 599.9 629.7
          U.S.-Flag Tons 13.7 8.9 10.2 8.0 13.2 9.7 7.7
 
Total Trans-Great Lakes 31.6 20.3 31.7 39.0 37.6 34.8 43.9
   U.S.-Flag Tons 3.5 0.9 2.4 3.4 1.7 1.0 2.2
 
Total U.S. Foreign Waterborne 717.9 866.3 1,019.8 1,127.9 1,148.2 1,157.8 1,164.4
   U.S.-Flag Tons 35.1 35.2 30.0 31.3 36.2 30.3 27.8
 
Total U.S. Domestic Waterborne*** 956.6 978.4 998.9 992.7 963.5 966.3 945.6
   Great Lakes 104.7 93.8 104.3 110.8 103.4 103.8 90.7
   Inland Waterways 557.0 613.3 645.3 648.9 647.1 654.4 646.8
   Coastal & Non-Contiguous 294.9 271.3 249.3 233.0 213.0 208.1 208.1
 
Total U.S. Waterborne Commerce 1,674.5 1,844.7 2,018.7 2,120.6 2,111.7 2,124.1 2,110.0
   U.S.-Flag % of Waterborne Commerce 59.2 54.9 51.0 48.3 47.3 46.9 46.1
 
* Excludes Fertilizer Tonnage
** Excludes In-Transit Cargo
*** 100 Percent U.S.-Flag
 

Source: U. S. Maritime Administration, Waterborne Databank - Foreign Waterborne;

U. S. Army Corps of Engineers - Domestic Waterborne

Last Updated on 4/3/03
By Marad