Posted:
January 21, 2016
U.S.-flagged Great Lakes vessels moved 87.2 million tons of cargo in 2015, a decrease of 3.3 percent compared to 2014. The year-end tally is also the lowest since 2009 when the U.S.-flag float totaled 66.5 million tons, the Lake Carriers' Association reported.
Iron ore cargoes tumbled 10.4 percent to 40.9 million tons - again, the lowest total since 2009.
Coal cargoes totaled 17.65 million tons, a decrease of less than one percent, or 118,000 tons, which is the equivalent of roughly two cargoes in a thousand-footer.
Limestone cargoes increased nearly 8 percent to 23.1 million tons, the highest total since 2008.
U.S.-flag cement cargoes rose 6.3 percent to 3.45 million tons. Salt cargoes were almost identical to 2014 - 1.4 million tons. Sand shipments dipped 15 percent to 320,000 tons. Grain cargoes topped 350,000 tons, an increase of 37 percent.
U.S.-flag Great Lakes cargo movement down 3.3 percent in 2015
U.S.-flagged Great Lakes vessels moved 87.2 million tons of cargo in 2015, a decrease of 3.3 percent compared to 2014. The year-end tally is also the lowest since 2009 when the U.S.-flag float totaled 66.5 million tons, the Lake Carriers' Association reported.
Iron ore cargoes tumbled 10.4 percent to 40.9 million tons - again, the lowest total since 2009.
Coal cargoes totaled 17.65 million tons, a decrease of less than one percent, or 118,000 tons, which is the equivalent of roughly two cargoes in a thousand-footer.
Limestone cargoes increased nearly 8 percent to 23.1 million tons, the highest total since 2008.
U.S.-flag cement cargoes rose 6.3 percent to 3.45 million tons. Salt cargoes were almost identical to 2014 - 1.4 million tons. Sand shipments dipped 15 percent to 320,000 tons. Grain cargoes topped 350,000 tons, an increase of 37 percent.