The U.S. Waterway System TRANSPORTATION FACTS & INFORMATION Navigation and Civil Works Decision Support Center U.S. Army Corps of Engineers November 2013
U.S. Waterborne Traffic by Major Commodities in 2012 (Millions of Short Tons 1 and Change from 2011) Domestic Coastwise Lakewise Internal Total Commodities 2 Tons % Tons % Tons % Tons % Total 3 152.2-5.5 84.4-4.2 565.0 1.9 884.9-0.5 Coal 4.5-37.9 16.5-12.4 163.6-3.7 193.8-6.4 Coal Coke ** 0.0 ** -49.0 5.4 10.1 6.1-2.4 Crude Petroleum 34.7 12.2 ** 0.0 39.1 47.3 78.8 32.5 Petroleum Products 75.4-9.7 1.9 37.9 111.1-1.5 232.4-4.9 Chemical and Related Prod. 11.0-7.6 ** -19.8 50.8-0.5 72.8-0.8 Forest Prod., Wood & Chips 0.8-22.4 ** 137.7 4.2 6.9 5.4 2.1 Pulp and Waste Paper ** ** ** 0.0 ** -40.1 ** -33.7 Sand, Gravel and Stone 3.4-37.6 19.8-5.0 58.8 1.5 89.0-2.3 Iron Ore and Scrap 0.3 5.3 41.2-1.4 9.2 7.6 54.3-1.1 Non-Ferrous Ores & Scrap 0.4-14.4 ** 0.0 5.5-1.1 6.0-2.1 Sulphur, Clay and Salt ** -79.5 0.8-38.3 5.6-27.5 6.4-30.3 Primary Manuf. Goods 2.0-1.8 3.3 12.5 26.2 13.3 32.4 12.6 Food and Farm Products 4.3-7.2 0.3 13.9 74.0 2.3 79.1 1.9 All Manuf. Equipment 15.1 14.8 ** -8.6 6.5 6.0 22.3 10.4 Waste and Scrap, NEC ** -18.9 ** 0.0 1.0 9.5 1.3-14.5 Foreign Grand Inbound Outbound Total Total Commodities 2 Tons % Tons % Tons % Tons % Total 3 804.5-7.4 617.4 1.1 1,421.9-3.9 2,306.8-2.6 Coal 8.3-30.4 119.3 21.8 127.5 16.2 321.3 1.4 Coal Coke 1.0-36.0 0.5-54.7 1.4-43.8 7.6-14.3 Crude Petroleum 361.4-12.4 ** -73.8 361.5-12.5 440.3-6.8 Petroleum Products 120.2-13.6 150.5 1.8 270.8-5.7 503.1-5.3 Chemical and Related Prod. 48.8 1.2 63.2-2.3 112.0-0.8 184.9-0.8 Forest Prod., Wood & Chips 4.7 5.0 15.3 0.4 19.9 1.4 25.3 1.6 Pulp and Waste Paper 2.0-2.2 22.5 9.8 24.5 8.7 24.6 8.5 Sand, Gravel and Stone 27.7-1.5 3.3-2.4 31.0-1.6 120.1-2.1 Iron Ore and Scrap 8.6 4.0 26.6-16.4 35.2-12.2 89.4-5.8 Non-Ferrous Ores & Scrap 18.0 8.4 4.0-3.9 22.0 5.9 28.0 4.1 Sulphur, Clay and Salt 12.0-25.3 5.0 15.3 17.1-16.7 23.5-20.9 Primary Manuf. Goods 67.6 12.9 22.1-2.1 89.6 8.8 122.0 9.8 Food and Farm Products 41.0 4.0 155.2-6.4 196.3-4.4 275.4-2.7 All Manuf. Equipment 72.2 3.6 24.5-3.4 96.7 1.7 118.9 3.2 Waste and Scrap, NEC ** 0.0 ** 0.0 ** 0.0 1.3-14.5 1. ** denotes tonnage less than 50,000 tons or extreme percent change. 2. Commodity abbreviations: Prod. (Products); Sand, Gravel and Stone also includes Soil and Rock; Manuf. (Manufactured); and NEC (Not Elsewhere Classified). 3. Column totals are greater than row sums because of excluded commodity groups. Row totals are greater than column sums because intraport and intra-territory are not included. 2
Geographic Distribution of U.S. Waterborne Activities in 2012 Coastal 1 Great Lakes Inland 2 Total 3 Number of Ports Handling Over 250,000 Short Tons 110 43 27 180 Domestic Traffic Short Tons (millions) 152.2 84.4 565.0 884.9 Ton-miles (billions) 157.1 48.0 268.4 474.8 Average Haul (miles) 1,032.4 568.3 475.1 536.5 Foreign Traffic 4 Short Tons (millions) 1,387.8 34.1 N/A 1,421.9 Ton-miles (billions) 79.6 22.6 N/A 102.2 Average Haul (miles) 57.4 663.0 N/A 71.9 1. All deep draft (over 12 feet) except Great Lakes and the Columbia River. 2. N/A denotes tonnage not applicable. 3. Domestic Total includes local traffic of 81.0 million short tons, 1.3 billion ton-miles, 15.7 miles average haul and intra-territory traffic of 2.3 million short tons. Ton-miles are not compiled for intra-territory traffic. Total may not equal column sum due to rounding. 4. Ton-miles and Average Haul for Coastal ports are based on the distance transported on U.S. waterways from entrance channels to ports and waterways; and for Great Lakes ports are based on the distance transported on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River to the International Boundary at St. Regis, Quebec, Canada. Corps Dredging Facts Corps and contractor owned dredges removed 237.9 million cubic yards (mcy) of material from Corps constructed and maintained channels in Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 (1 October to 30 September) at a cost of $1,220.1 million. This was a 4.3% increase in cubic yards and 7.6 % decrease in cost when compared to FY 2011 values. In FY 2012, maintenance dredging accounted for 84.0% of the quantity dredged, an additional 6.6% of the total yardage was attributed to PL 109-062 HSW (Hurricane Supplemental Work) dredging. New construction (channel deepening) 9.2% and 0.3% accounted for PL 111-5 ARRA MAINTENANCE DREDGING. The average cost/cy for maintenance work dredging decreased 15.6% to $3.99, the average cost/cy for new work dredging decreased 5.5% to $16.60 when compared to 2011 values. Private dredging contractors removed 79.7% (189.2mcy) of the material dredged and contract dredging activities accounted for 87.5% ($1,067.7 million) of the total FY 2012 Corps dredging expenditures. In FY 2012, 70 private dredging companies submitted a total of 360 bids for 138 contracts. Awards were made to 48 different companies, 20 large and 28 small and emerging businesses. Large and small companies received 91 (65.9%) and 47 (34.0%) of the contracts respectively. The Cutterhead pipeline dredge was the most widely used dredge in FY 2012 receiving 59.4% of the contracts, removing 52.4% of the contracted quantity and earning 56.9% of the contract dollars. Hopper dredges removed 37.2% of the quantity and earned 23.6% of the contract dollars. Mechanical dredges removed 10.2% of the quantity, earning 19.3% of the contract dollars. The remaining dredging was performed by a combination of more than one type of dredge. The District that awarded the most contract dollars in FY2012 was New Orleans with $216.4 million. New Orleans District also had contracts dredging the most cubic yards (69.9 mcy). Visit the NDC website http://www.navigationdatacenter.us/dredge/dredge.htm for additional 3
Geographic Distribution of U.S. Waterway Facilities Region Cargo-Handling Docks 1 Locks 2 Foreign 3 Foreign & Domestic Only Domestic Only Total Sites Chambers Atlantic 4 34 566 1,190 1,790 13 13 Gulf 19 572 1,554 2,145 44 44 Inland 5 0 0 1,930 1,930 122 158 Great Lakes 3 248 402 653 4 6 Pacific 20 598 1,078 1,696 10 18 Total 76 1,984 6,154 8,214 193 239 1. Based on new database covering expanded geographic area beginning in 2009. 2. Locks that are active Corps-operated locks, including 5 control structures. 3. U.S. docks that load or unload vessels operating in foreign trade. 4. Includes Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. 5. Mississippi, Ohio, Upper Atchafalaya, Ouachita, Illinois, Black Warrior, Tombigbee, Alabama-Coosa River Basins. Lock Facts The Corps owns and operates 239 lock chambers at 193 sites. Of the 193 lock sites, 39 have multichambered locks. Thirty-four have two chambers, four have three chambers and one has five. There are 143 lock chambers in operation that are over 50 years old with the average age of all locks being 60 years. Many of the lock sites serving navigation include multi-purpose dams. For example, 46 lockassociated dams currently produce hydropower. The combined lift of all Corps locks is 6,791 feet with the John Day Lock on the Columbia River, OR with the highest lift at 113 feet. In Fiscal Year (FY) 13, the most cargo moved was through the Ohio River Lock #52 with 81 million tons. In Calendar Year 2012 the locks were available for navigation and recreation over 1,940,432 hours with only 158,945 hours of downtime, an availability rate of 92.4%. Unscheduled downtimes were less that 2.0% of the total available lock hours. Waterborne Commerce Facts The top five U.S. ports ranked by dollar value of foreign traffic for (CY) 2012 were: Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY and NJ; Houston, TX; Long Beach, CA; and Savannah, GA. In 2012, 13.7% of all U.S. waterborne commerce by weight was containerized (2.4% of domestic and 20.8% of foreign). The U.S. port exporting the largest volume of coal in 2012 was the Consolidated Port of Hampton Roads with 48.4 million short tons, up19.8% from 2011. The St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation reported 31.4 million metric tons (34.6 million short tons) moving on the Montreal-Lake Ontario section of the St. Lawrence Seaway for calendar year 2012, a 9.3% increase from 2011. The Port of South Louisiana was up 2.3% in 2012, registering the leading total among U.S. ports with 252.1 million tons. Tonnage on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) was 113.8 million tons in 2012, up from 112.6 million tons last year. Visit the WCSC website at http://www.navigationdatacenter.us/wcsc/wcsc.htm for more Waterborne Commerce Statistics. 4
Leading U.S. Ports in 2012 (Millions of Short Tons and Percent Change 1 from 2011) Domestic Foreign Total 2 Rank Type 3 Port Tons % Tons % Tons % 1 C South Louisiana, LA, Port of 132.7 5.6 119.3-1.2 252.1 2.3 2 C Houston, TX 75.7 7.1 162.4-2.8 238.2 0.2 3 C New York, NY and NJ 45.1-9.6 87.0-2.8 132.0-5.2 4 C New Orleans, LA 42.9 10.1 36.5-4.6 79.3 2.8 5 C Beaumont, TX 28.8 11.6 49.7 3.9 78.5 6.6 6 C Long Beach, CA 11.6-12.4 65.8-1.9 77.4-3.6 7 C Corpus Christi, TX 23.3 32.4 45.7-13.7 69.0-2.2 8 C Los Angeles, CA 7.0 1.0 54.9-5.6 61.8-4.9 9 C Baton Rouge, LA 36.7 2.4 23.3 5.8 60.0 3.7 10 C Plaquemines, LA, Port of 33.6-0.7 24.6 21.9 58.3 7.7 11 C Texas City, TX 20.8 10.0 36.0-7.5 56.7-1.8 12 C Mobile, AL 25.1-3.2 29.8 0.6 54.9-1.2 13 C Lake Charles, LA 23.1 8.3 31.3-5.0 54.4 0.2 14 I Huntington - Tristate 52.9-9.6 0.0 0.0 52.9-9.6 15 C Norfolk Harbor, VA 5.8-11.1 40.5-1.0 46.2-2.4 16 C Baltimore, MD 5.3-34.8 36.8 0.2 42.1-6.2 17 I Pittsburgh, PA 35.2 3.9 0.0 0.0 35.2 3.9 18 I St. Louis, MO and IL 35.0-4.1 0.0 0.0 35.0-4.1 19 L Duluth-Superior, MN and WI 26.9-3.9 7.8 9.6 34.7-1.2 20 C Savannah, GA 2.2-6.1 31.9-3.6 34.1-3.7 21 C Pascagoula, MS 9.0 1.7 24.8-11.5 33.8-8.3 22 C Tampa, FL 21.6 3.0 10.1-3.7 31.7 0.8 23 C Port Arthur, TX 10.7 5.3 19.9-1.0 30.6 1.1 24 C Newport News, VA 1.3-63.2 29.2 34.3 30.5 21.1 25 C Philadelphia, PA 12.0 9.0 16.5-15.7 28.5-6.8 26 C Valdez, AK 27.9-6.5 0.0 ** 27.9-6.5 27 C Portland, OR 8.3 3.7 17.2-1.3 25.5 0.3 28 C Tacoma, WA 5.9-2.4 19.0 5.0 24.9 3.2 29 C Seattle, WA 5.3 9.2 18.4-15.2 23.7-10.8 30 C Richmond, CA 9.9-5.5 12.7-8.2 22.6-7.0 31 C Freeport, TX 5.6 18.5 16.5-11.3 22.1-5.3 32 C Port Everglades, FL 10.0-5.1 11.1 6.6 21.1 0.7 33 C Charleston, SC 2.1-14.6 17.0 10.0 19.1 6.6 34 C Oakland, CA 2.3-12.2 16.4 3.5 18.7 1.3 35 C Paulsboro, NJ 5.8 2.1 11.5-2.8 17.4-1.2 36 L Chicago, IL 15.6-7.1 1.5-58.5 17.1-16.0 37 C Boston, MA 4.7-21.8 11.6-6.3 16.3-11.4 38 L Two Harbors, MN 15.4-0.3 0.8 371.4 16.2 3.7 39 C Jacksonville, FL 6.2-8.9 9.2-8.0 15.4-8.4 40 C Honolulu, HI 13.4 15.3 1.0-10.4 14.3 13.1 41 I Memphis, TN 13.6 7.6 0.0 0.0 13.6 7.6 42 L Indiana Harbor, IN 12.9 9.3 0.3-21.2 13.2 8.4 43 L Detroit, MI 10.3-6.0 2.6-5.3 12.9-5.9 44 C Portland, ME 1.0-29.1 11.8 0.5 12.8-2.7 45 C Longview, WA 1.7 59.0 10.5 80.8 12.2 77.4 46 C Anacortes, WA 7.8 8.2 3.9-17.2 11.7-1.9 47 C Galveston, TX 6.9 5.8 4.8-34.4 11.6-15.5 48 C Matagorda Port Lv Pt Com, TX 3.4 54.7 8.2 14.6 11.6 24.2 49 C Kalama, WA 1.1 34.5 10.5-8.6 11.5-5.8 50 L Cleveland, OH 9.9-2.6 1.4 0.0 11.3-2.2 5 Continued on the next panel
Leading U.S. Ports in 2012 continued (Millions of Short Tons and Percent Change 1 from 2011) Domestic Foreign Total 2 Rank Type 3 Port Tons % Tons % Tons % 51 I Cincinnati, OH 11.1-5.2 0.0 0.0 11.1-5.2 52 C San Juan, PR 4.3-27.8 6.8 34.6 11.1 0.7 53 C New Castle, DE 5.8 79.4 4.3 134.0 10.1 99.3 54 C Barbers Point, Oahu, HI 2.1 18.7 7.9-1.1 10.0 2.5 55 L Toledo, OH 4.5-21.0 5.2-5.5 9.6-13.4 56 L Gary, IN 8.8-3.7 0.0-93.0 8.9-8.7 57 L Burns Waterway Harbor, IN 7.5-1.4 0.9 29.9 8.4 1.2 58 C New Haven, CT 5.4-14.6 2.4-6.2 7.8-12.2 59 L Presque Isle, MI 6.2-14.5 1.6-53.8 7.7-27.0 60 C Albany, NY 6.7 39.6 0.8-12.0 7.5 31.2 61 C Providence, RI 3.1-2.5 4.0-9.8 7.0-6.7 62 C Miami, FL 0.1-23.6 6.9-2.0 7.0-2.6 63 L St. Clair, MI 6.8-10.0 0.0 0.0 6.8-10.0 64 C Wilmington, NC 1.1-36.3 5.6 7.6 6.7-3.6 65 L Stoneport, MI 5.4 1.3 1.0 156.7 6.3 11.5 66 C Camden-Gloucester, NJ 2.7 10.6 3.5-7.6 6.2-0.4 67 I Louisville, KY 6.1 11.5 0.0 0.0 6.1 11.5 68 C Vancouver, WA 1.0-39.9 4.8-22.9 5.8-26.6 69 C Brownsville, TX 2.6 3.4 3.0-11.4 5.6-5.2 70 L Silver Bay, MN 5.4-7.0 0.1 0.0 5.5-6.0 71 I Mount Vernon, IN 5.2-12.8 0.0 0.0 5.2-12.8 72 C Wilmington, DE 1.3 0.5 3.9-11.9 5.1-9.2 73 I St. Paul, MN 5.0 9.5 0.0 0.0 5.0 9.5 74 L Calcite, MI 4.2-13.3 0.5-31.5 4.7-15.6 75 C Kahului, Maui, HI 4.7 34.6 0.0-3.8 4.7 34.4 76 L Port Inland, MI 4.5-5.1 0.2 19.0 4.7-4.3 77 L Ashtabula, OH 2.5-31.6 2.0 97.3 4.5-3.7 78 C Victoria, TX 4.5 28.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 28.0 79 C Marcus Hook, PA 2.7-65.2 1.6-85.7 4.3-77.3 80 L Conneaut, OH 3.9-6.5 0.1-79.5 4.0-14.5 81 C Nikishka, AK 3.0-21.0 0.9 22.6 3.9-14.0 82 C Stockton, CA 0.2 12.4 3.3-1.3 3.5-0.7 83 C Port Manatee, FL 0.1-52.5 3.3-5.9 3.4-8.8 84 L Escanaba, MI 3.3-21.9 0.0-100.0 3.3-22.1 85 L Port Dolomite, MI 2.8 12.4 0.5 2.7 3.3 10.8 86 C Morehead City, NC 1.4-14.7 1.9-4.4 3.2-9.0 87 C Port Canaveral, FL 0.7-3.2 2.4-10.1 3.2-8.6 88 I Greenville, MS 3.1 21.4 0.0 0.0 3.1 21.4 89 C Penn Manor, PA 0.1 81.7 2.9 55.2 3.0 56.1 90 L Sandusky, OH 0.7-17.3 2.3 46.1 3.0 24.5 91 C Anchorage, AK 2.3 2.2 0.5 1.8 2.8 2.1 92 C Kivilina, AK 1.3-3.7 1.5 8.3 2.8 2.3 93 C Brunswick, GA 0.1 205.6 2.7 32.3 2.8 34.0 94 I Tulsa, Port of Catoosa, OK 2.7 30.4 0.0 0.0 2.7 30.4 95 I Vicksburg, MS 2.6-0.8 0.0 0.0 2.6-0.8 96 I Chattanooga, TN 2.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 2.6 0.4 97 L Alpena, MI 2.1 7.4 0.5 20.6 2.6 9.6 98 C Terrebonne, LA, Port of 2.5-12.9 0.0-53.6 2.5-12.9 99 C Portsmouth, NH 0.5 53.1 1.9-29.5 2.4-20.6 100 L Marblehead, OH 2.4-8.7 0.0-94.9 2.4-18.6 1. **Denotes extreme percent change. 2. Total may not equal column sum due to rounding. 3. Type code depicts the location of the port as Coastal (C), Great Lakes (L), or Inland (I). 6
Domestic Traffic for Selected U.S. Inland Waterways in 2012 (Millions of Short Tons, Billions of Ton-miles 1 and Change from 2011) Trip 2 Length Tons Ton-miles Ton-miles Waterway (miles) 2012 % 2012 % 2012 % Atlantic Coast Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, VA-FL 793 2.7-6.5 0.2-6.1 0.3 4.9 Intracoastal Wtwy, Jacksonville to Miami, FL 349 0.0-89.0 ** -72.7 ** 100.0 Gulf Coast Bayou Teche, LA 107 0.5-35.3 ** -37.3 0.1-32.9 Black Warrior and Tombigbee rivers, AL 449 20.7 9.2 3.7 2.9 7.4 13.4 Chocolate Bayou, TX 13 1.2 1.0 ** 1.0 0.4-14.0 Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, TX-FL 1,109 113.8 1.1 19.3 3.3 50.8-5.2 GIWW: Morgan City-Port Allen, LA 64 18.8 10.9 1.1 11.0 15.7 2.5 Petit Anse, Tigre, Carlin bayous, LA 16 1.6-42.6 ** -45.3 2.1-43.5 Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, AL and MS 234 7.1 20.4 1.2 22.4 4.2 14.3 Mississippi River System Allegheny River, PA 72 1.7-5.1 ** 0.8 0.5 11.5 Atchafalaya River, LA 121 5.6-12.7 0.5-18.8 3.4-28.5 Big Sandy River, KY and WV 27 9.4-23.6 ** -25.2 7.1-24.4 Cumberland River, KY and TN 381 19.9-3.7 2.1-2.3 8.4-7.6 Green and Barren rivers, KY 109 11.4-2.6 0.7 3.1 4.4-6.4 Illinois Waterway, IL 357 33.4-8.2 6.6 0.6 32.5-3.9 J. Bennett Johnston Waterway, LA 218 6.3-22.5 0.4-21.9 4.6-27.9 Kanawha River, WV 91 17.7-11.8 1.1-14.7 11.4-0.7 McClellan-Kerr Arkansas R. Nav. Sys., AR/OK 462 11.4 7.0 3.0 9.5 7.8 10.7 Mississippi River Mpls, MN to Mouth of Passes 1,814 304.8 2.4 165.9 0.5 217.3-0.5 Minneapolis, MN to Mouth of Missouri R. 663 61.7 0.8 10.6-0.2 68.4-0.8 Mouth of Missouri R. to Mouth of Ohio R. 195 104.6-1.9 17.2-1.1 106.1-1.6 Mouth of Ohio River to Baton Rouge, LA 720 186.3 1.5 114.5 0.1 192.1-1.0 Baton Rouge to New Orleans, LA 3 130 228.2 4.8 18.3 3.5 181.9-0.3 New Orleans, LA to Mouth of Passes 3 106 121.8 3.7 5.2 4.4 71.5 2.8 Missouri R. (MO, KS, NE and IA) to Sioux City, IA 732 3.9 2.0 ** -9.0 0.2 1.3 Monongahela River, PA and WV 129 20.4 0.9 0.9 13.5 6.1-3.1 Ohio River, PA, WV, OH, KY, IN, and IL 981 216.5 0.7 54.4-3.7 116.7-3.1 Ouachita and Black Rivers, AR and LA 332 0.9 0.5 0.1-10.3 0.4-7.2 Tennessee River, TN, KY, MS and AL 652 36.3-1.2 4.5-4.1 20.0-2.6 Pacific Coast Columbia River System, OR, WA, and ID 3 596 14.0 3.0 2.4 11.2 2.1 12.2 Columbia R. and Willamette R. below Vancouver, WA and Portland, OR 3 113 13.5 2.9 0.5 8.7 2.1 12.1 Vancouver, WA to The Dalles, OR 85 9.3 6.7 0.7 9.3 2.1 12.6 The Dalles Dam to McNary Lock and Dam 100 8.0 11.5 0.7 10.9 2.0 14.3 Above McNary L & D to Kennewick, WA 39 5.8 10.3 0.2 11.4 1.7 14.2 Snake River (WA and ID) to Lewiston, ID 141 3.3 19.7 0.3 21.1 1.1 22.0 Willamette River above Portland, OR 118 1.0-3.2 ** ** ** 4.8 1. ** denotes ton-miles of less than 50 million. 2. Internal and intraport tons times total distance from origin to destination. 3. Includes coastwise entrance channel miles for tons and ton-miles but not for trip ton-miles. 7
U.S. Waterborne Traffic by State in 2012 1 (Millions of Short Tons and Change from 2011) Domestic Foreign Total 2 Rank State Tons % Tons % Tons % 1 Louisiana 275.3 4.0 235.5-0.3 510.8 2.0 2 Texas 139.5 10.4 346.4-4.9 485.9-0.9 3 California 34.5-1.9 186.4-1.4 220.8-1.5 4 New Jersey 53.6-7.1 99.1-2.0 152.7-3.9 5 Washington 39.6 1.3 76.0-0.9 115.6-0.2 6 Illinois 104.9-1.1 1.5-58.5 106.4-3.0 7 Kentucky 94.7 1.4 0.0 0.0 94.7 1.4 8 Florida 45.0-9.2 46.5-1.6 91.5-5.4 9 Ohio 79.1-6.4 11.4 4.3 90.6-5.2 10 Virginia 9.5-25.4 70.3 11.3 79.8 5.1 11 Pennsylvania 48.2-1.2 22.3-33.6 70.4-14.4 12 Alabama 39.7-3.2 29.8 0.6 69.5-1.6 13 Indiana 66.8 1.7 1.6-20.8 68.3 1.1 14 West Virginia 65.0-6.1 0.0 0.0 65.0-6.1 15 Michigan 48.7-5.8 8.9-14.2 57.5-7.2 16 Mississippi 22.0 6.5 26.6-11.7 48.6-4.3 17 Maryland 8.4-28.6 36.9-1.7 45.3-8.1 18 Minnesota 39.1-2.7 3.8 28.6 42.9-0.5 19 Alaska 35.0-5.7 6.0 2.4 41.0-4.6 20 New York 26.8-4.1 12.1-20.1 38.9-9.7 21 Georgia 2.3-4.5 34.6-1.5 36.9-1.7 22 Tennessee 34.1-1.2 0.0 0.0 34.1-1.2 23 Missouri 34.1 2.9 0.0 0.0 34.1 2.9 24 Wisconsin 25.6-1.2 6.0-1.5 31.6-1.3 25 Oregon 11.0 2.1 19.7-3.0 30.8-1.2 26 Hawaii 16.0 15.9 8.9-2.5 24.9 8.5 27 South Carolina 2.5-13.1 17.1 9.8 19.5 6.2 28 Puerto Rico 5.8-28.8 13.6 20.7 19.4-0.1 29 Massachusetts 5.6-25.9 11.7-10.6 17.3-16.2 30 Arkansas 16.4 12.8 0.0 0.0 16.4 12.8 31 Delaware 7.6 14.0 8.2 24.8 15.8 19.4 32 Maine 1.4-21.2 13.7 0.7 15.1-1.8 33 North Carolina 3.2-20.0 7.9 2.6 11.0-5.1 34 Connecticut 8.1-18.5 2.6-16.1 10.6-18.0 35 Iowa 10.3 6.0 0.0 0.0 10.3 6.0 36 Rhode Island 3.2-8.0 4.4-10.9 7.6-9.7 37 Oklahoma 6.1 14.3 0.0 0.0 6.1 14.3 38 Virgin Islands 1.6-88.3 2.2-89.7 3.7-89.1 39 New Hampshire 0.5-2.3 1.9-32.3 2.4-27.7 40 Idaho 0.9 40.3 0.0 0.0 0.9 40.3 41 Guam 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.2 42 Kansas 0.3 52.6 0.0 0.0 0.3 52.6 43 Pacific Islands 0.3 26.7 0.0 0.0 0.3 26.7 44 District of Columbia 0.1 2.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.7 1. Includes shipments, receipts and intrastate commerce. 2. Total may not equal column sum due to rounding. 8
U.S. Flag Vessels as of December 31, 2012 1 Age 2 Vessel Type Number < = 5 6 10 11 15 16 20 21 25 >25 Vessel (total) 3 40,530 8,558 4,268 6,789 4,349 2,470 13,892 Self-Propelled (total) 8,927 992 639 791 460 459 5,584 Dry Cargo 833 56 92 100 82 90 413 Tanker 66 17 12 9 3 0 25 Pushboat 2,985 349 159 184 104 75 2,114 Tugboat 2,514 300 145 184 79 69 1,736 Passenger 4 861 29 47 77 108 157 443 Offshore Supply 1,668 241 184 237 84 68 853 Barge (total) 31,550 7,555 3,624 5,995 3,886 2,006 8,282 Dry Covered 10,536 2,195 980 3,145 1,677 226 2,311 Dry Open 8,869 1,206 1,469 1,545 1,405 1,196 2,029 Lash/Seabee 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 Deck 7,296 2,699 506 800 374 419 2,327 Other Dry Cargo 5 218 23 14 25 18 10 122 Single Hull Tank 251 25 4 5 9 7 201 Double Hull Tank 3,461 911 536 411 389 142 1,071 Other Tank 6 915 496 115 64 14 6 218 1. Survey date as of December 31, 2012; includes updates through October 31, 2013. 2. Age (in years) is based upon the year the vessel was built or rebuilt, using calendar year 2012 as the base year. 3. Total is greater than sum because of 53 unclassified vessels and 204 vessels of unknown age; figures include vessels available for operation. 4. Includes passenger, excursion/sightseeing. 5. Includes dry cargo barges that may be open or covered, railroad car, pontoon, RO-RO, container, or convertible. 6. Includes tank barges that may be double sided only or double bottom only. U.S. Waterborne Container Traffic by Region in 2012 (Loaded and Empty in Thousands of TEU's 1 ) Domestic 2 Foreign Total Region Loaded Empty Loaded Empty Loaded Empty Total 3 Inbound 2,052 454 17,269 N/A 19,321 N/A Outbound 2,052 454 11,864 N/A 13,916 N/A Atlantic Inbound 681 35 7,135 N/A 7,816 N/A Outbound 678 35 5,544 N/A 6,223 N/A Gulf Inbound 8 0 948 N/A 956 N/A Outbound 10 0 1,279 N/A 1,289 N/A Pacific Inbound 1,363 419 9,185 N/A 10,549 N/A Outbound 1,363 419 5,040 N/A 6,404 N/A 1. TEU = Twenty Foot Equivalent Units. Foreign empties not included. 2. A domestic container is counted as an inbound and outbound movement. 3. Total includes less than 371 loaded TEU's for the Great Lakes. 9
Ports and Waterways Facts Inland waterways conveying barges connect Fairmont, WV, and facilities handling cargo at nearby Morgantown, WV, with the New Orleans area and the Gulf of Mexico via 2,087 statute miles of channels through the Monongahela, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Barge berths at Catoosa, OK, near Tulsa, are accessed from the Gulf via 1,067 statute miles of inland waterways through the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (Verdigris and Arkansas Rivers, Arkansas Post Canal, and White River Entrance Channel) and Mississippi River. The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway carries barge traffic 1,036 statute miles from Saint George Sound, between Carrabelle and Apalachicola, FL, to Port Isabel Channel, between Port Isabel and Brownsville, TX. It links together shallow-draft channels from western Florida to southern Texas and crosses numerous deep-draft channels, including those in Panama City and Pensacola, FL, Mobile Bay, AL, Pascagoula and Gulfport, MS, Mississippi River at New Orleans, Lake Charles, LA, and Sabine River, Galveston Bay, Houston Ship Channel, Freeport Harbor, Matagorda Ship Channel, Corpus Christi Bay, and Brownsville Harbor, TX. On the Pacific coast, barge docks on the Clearwater River at Lewiston, ID ship cargo 466 statute miles to the Pacific Ocean down the Snake and Columbia Rivers. The channel in the Columbia River portion of the Columbia-Snake River system is deep enough for ocean-going traffic for 145 statute miles from the Pacific Ocean to the Bonneville Lock. Waterways are operated by the Corps as multi-purpose, multi-objective projects. They not only serve commercial navigation, but in many cases also provide hydropower, flood protection, municipal water supply, agricultural irrigation, recreation, and regional development. For more ports and waterways facilities data and information, visit the NDC website at http://www.navigationdatacenter.us/ports/ports.asp Trust Fund Facts The Inland Waterways Trust Fund earned $75.6 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2013. This included $75.2 million paid by the inland marine towing industry and $0.043 million interest. The Trust Fund disbursed $94.6 million for construction projects leaving an available balance of $33.8 million for new construction obligations. The FY 2013 Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund equity increased by $807.0 million to $7.76 billion from $6.95 billion in FY 2012. Total receipts and interest increased by $109.1 million to $1.7 billion in FY 2013. This included taxes from domestic commerce of $122.8 million and taxes collected from imports of $1,139.8 million. All transfers totaled $889.0 million; the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers received $855.2 million, a decrease of $21.8 million from $877.0 million in FY 2012. Vessel Facts There were 1,267 domestic vessels constructed in 2012, which is an increase of 0.3% from 1,262 that were constructed in 2011. The number of double hull tank barges has increased from 3,359 in 2010 to 3,461 in 2012, a 3.0% increase. The number of domestic tankers has slightly increased from 63 in 2011 to 66 in 2012 with 25 tankers over 25 years of age. The Waterborne Transportation Lines of the U.S., which includes an inventory of vessel companies and their American flag vessels operating in the transportation of freight and passengers, is available on the NDC website at http://www.navigationdatacenter.us/veslchar/veslchar.htm. 10
Mississippi River and Tributaries - Lock Contact Information (Phone Numbers) Allegheny 2 412.661.2217 3 (Bill Young) 412.828.3550 4 724.224.2666 5 724.295.2261 6 724.295.3775 7 724.543.2551 8 724.548.5119 9 724.868.2486 Atchafalaya Old River 225.492.3333 Berwick 504.862.6400 Black Rock Black Rock 716.879.4403 Warrior-Tombigbee-Mobile Coffeeville 205.276.3293 Demopolis 205.289.0645 Selden 205.372.3571 Oliver 205.758.4860 Holt 205.553.1711 Bankhead 205.339.1921 Calcasieu River Calc. Barrier 504.862.6150 Cumberland Barkley 270.362.4222 Cheatham 615.792.4349 Old Hickory 615.847.3281 Cordell Hull 615.735.1040 Freshwater Bayou Frshwtr Bayou 337.737.2470 GIWW-all Bayou Boeuf 504.862.6100 Leland Bowman 337.893.6790 Calcasieu 504.862.6200 Algiers 504.862.6050 Inr Hrbr Nav Can 504.945.2157 Bayou Sorrel 504.862.6250 Port Allen 504.862.6000 Colorado E & W 979.863.2318 Brazos E & W 979.233.3146 Harvey 504.862.6750 Illinois LaGrange 217.225.3317 Peoria 309.699.6111 Starved Rock 815.667.4114 Marseilles 815.795.2593 Dresden 815.942.0840 Brandon Road 815.744.1714 Lockport 815.838.0536 O'Brien 773.646.2183 Kanawha Winfield 304.586.2501 Marmet 304.949.1175 London 304.442.8422 Kaskaskia Kaskaskia 618.284.7160 McClellan-Kerr Chouteau 918.687.4501 Newt Graham 918.543.2216 Montgomery Pt. 870.548.3400 Norrell 870.548.2796 2 870.548.2791 Joe Hardin 870.479.3164 Emmet Sanders 870.534.2127 Col Maynard 501.842.2761 David D. Terry 501.961.9281 Murray 501.663.1997 Toad Suck Ferry 501.327.0853 Arthur Ormond 501.354.8402 Dardanelle 479.890.4987 Ozark (J Taylor) 479.667.2120 James Trimble 479.452.0488 W.D. Mayo 918.962.3481 Robert S. Kerr 918.775.2091 Webbers Falls 918.489.5987 Monongahela Braddock 412.271.1272 3 412.384.4532 4 724.684.8442 Maxwell 724.785.5027 Gray's Landing 724.583.8304 Point Marion 724.725.5289 Morgantown 304.292.1885 Hildebrand 304.983.2300 Opekiska 304.366.4224 Ohio Emsworth 412.766.6213 Dashields 724.457.8430 Montgomery 724.643.8400 New Cmbrlnd 740.537.2571 Pike Island 304.227.2240 Hannibal 740.483.2305 Willow Island 740.374.8710 Belleville 740.378.6110 Racine 304.882.2118 Robert C. Byrd 304.576.2272 Greenup 606.473.7441 Capt. Meldahl 513.876.2921 Markland 859.567.7661 McAlpine 502.774.3514 Cannelton 812.547.2962 Newburgh 812.853.8470 John T. Myers 812.838.5836 Smithland 618.564.2315 52 618.564.3151 53 618.742.6213 Ouachita-Black 11 Columbia Lock 318.649.2049 Felsenthal 870.943.2307 H.K. Thatcher 870.748.2265 Jonesville 318.339.7839 Red River LC Boggs 318.253.8922 John Overton 318.443.9625 3 318.627.2944 Russell B. Long 318.932.6960 Joe Waggonner 318.797.9519 Tenn-Clinch Melton Hill 865.986.2762 Kentucky 270.362.4226 Pickwick 731.925.2334 Wilson 256.764.5223 Gen. Wheeler 256.247.3311 Guntersville 256.582.3263 Nickajack 423.942.3985 Chickamauga 423.875.6230 Watts Bar 423.334.3522 Fort Loudoun 865.986.2762 Upr Mississippi Upr St. Anthony 651.290.5927 Lwr St. Anthony 651.290.5936 1 651.290.5919 2 651.437.5828 3 651.388.5794 4 651.290.5951 5 651.290.5944 5A 507.452.2789 6 651.290.5964 7 651.290.5186 8 608.689.2625 9 608.874.4311 10 563.252.1261 11 563.582.1204 12 563.872.3314 13 815.589.3313 14 309.794.4357 15 309.794.5266 16 309.537.3191 17 309.587.8125 18 309.873.2246 19 319.524.2631 20 573.288.3320 21 217.222.0918 22 573.221.0294 24 573.242.3524 25 636.566.8120 Mel Price 636.899.1543 27 618.452.7107 Visit the NDC web site at http://www.navigationdatacenter.us/lpms/lpms.htm for Key Lock Report, Summary of Lock Statistics, Lock Contact Information, and Lock Characteristics
For Further Information This fact card provides an overview of information about U.S. ports and waterways for the latest complete statistical year. Statistics are produced by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Navigation and Civil Works Decision Support Center (NDC), formerly the Navigation Data Center. Domestic data are collected by NDC. U.S. foreign tonnage and vessel movements are derived from data provided by the Port Import Export Reporting Service (JOC Group Inc.), the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the U. S. Bureau of the Census. Contact one of the following sites for information on NDC s products and services: Web Site: Access for up-to-date statistics: www.navigationdatacenter.us/index.htm www.navigationdatacenter.us/lpms/lpms.htm NDC: Lock infrastructure data; lock performance; dredging statistics; and information on Inland Waterway and Harbor Maintenance Trust Funds. Navigation and Civil Works Decision Support Center U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 7701 Telegraph Road Alexandria, VA 22315-3868 703-428-9061, Fax 703-428-6047 E-mail: CEIWR-NDC.WEBMASTER@usace.army.mil Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center: Commercial movements of U.S. foreign and domestic cargo and vessels; U.S. vessel and vessel operator statistics; port, waterways, and dock infrastructure data; and water transportation summary materials. Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center, USACE PO Box 61280 New Orleans, LA 70161-1280 504-862-1441, 504-862-1426; FAX 504-862-1423 E-mail: CEIWR-NDCWCSC.WEBMASTER@usace.army.mil User feedback is essential for USACE to meet current needs. Provide comments to Director, Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center, P.O. Box 61280, New Orleans, LA 70161-1280 or e-mail CEIWR-NDCWCSC.WEBMASTER@usace.army.mil. 12