The U.S. Waterway System 2016 Transportation Facts & Information

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1 The U.S. Waterway System 2016 Transportation Facts & Information Navigation and Civil Works Decision Support Center U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

2 U.S. Waterborne Traffic by Major Commodities in 2016 (Millions of Short Tons 1 and Change from 2015) Domestic Coastwise Lakewise Internal Total Commodities 2 Tons % Tons % Tons % Tons % Total Coal Coal Coke ** 0.0 ** Crude Petroleum ** Petroleum Products Chemical and Related Prod Forest Prod., Wood & Chips ** Pulp and Waste Paper ** 2.7 ** 0.0 ** ** -5.4 Sand, Gravel and Stone Iron Ore and Scrap Non-Ferrous Ores & Scrap ** Sulfur, Clay and Salt ** Primary Manuf. Goods Food and Farm Products All Manuf. Equipment ** Waste and Scrap, NEC 0.5 ** ** Foreign Domestic & Foreign Inbound Outbound Total Grand Total Commodities 2 Tons % Tons % Tons % Tons % Total , , Coal Coal Coke Crude Petroleum Petroleum Products Chemical and Related Prod Forest Prod., Wood & Chips Pulp and Waste Paper Sand, Gravel and Stone Iron Ore and Scrap Non-Ferrous Ores & Scrap Sulfur, Clay and Salt Primary Manuf. Goods Food and Farm Products All Manuf. Equipment Waste and Scrap, NEC ** 0.0 ** 0.0 ** ** Denotes tonnage less than 50,000 tons or extreme percent change. 2. Commodity abbreviations: Prod. (Products); Manuf. (Manufactured); and NEC (Not Elsewhere Classified). Sand, Gravel and Stone also includes Soil and Rock. 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 moves are not included. 2

3 Geographic Distribution of U.S. Waterborne Activities in 2016 Coastal Great Lakes Inland 1 Total 2 Number of Ports Handling Over 250,000 Short Tons Domestic Traffic Short Tons (millions) Ton-miles (billions) Average Haul (miles) 1, Foreign Traffic 3 Short Tons (millions) 1, N/A 1,415.5 Ton-miles (billions) N/A Average Haul (miles) N/A N/A denotes tonnage not applicable. 2. Domestic Total includes not shown local and intra-territory traffic. Ton-miles are not computed for intra-territory traffic. Total may not equal column sum due to rounding. 3. 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 million cubic yards (MCY) of material from Corps constructed and maintained channels in Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 (1 October 2015 to 30 September 2016) at a cost of $1,318.1 million. In FY 2016, maintenance dredging accounted for 91.7% of the quantities dredged, an additional 5.4% of the total yardage was attributed to Hurricane Sandy related work, new construction (channel deepening) accounted for 2.8%. The average cost/cy for maintenance work dredging was $5.57, and the average cost/cy for new work dredging was $ Private dredging contractors removed 76.8% (155.5 MCY) of the material dredged for $1,120.9 million of the total FY 2016 Corps dredging expenditures. In FY 2016, 70 private dredging companies submitted a total of 296 bids for 132 contracts. Awards were made to 45 different companies, 16 large and 29 small, hubzone, and emerging businesses. Large and small companies received 65 (49%) and 67 (51%) of the contracts respectively. The Cutterhead pipeline dredge was the most widely used type of dredge in FY 2016 receiving 46.9% of the contracts, removing 52.0% of the contracted quantity and earning 44.1% of the contract dollars. Hopper dredges removed 36.5% of the quantity and earned 35.0% of the contract dollars. Mechanical dredges removed 10.0% of the quantity, earning 18.9% of the contract dollars. The remaining dredging was performed by a combination of more than one type of dredge. Philadelphia District awarded the most contract dollars in FY 2016 with $177.6 million. New Orleans District had contracts dredging the most cubic yards (47.9 MCY). Visit the NDC website 3

4 Geographic Distribution of U.S. Waterway Facilities Region Cargo Handling Docks Locks 1 Foreign 2 Foreign & Domestic Only Domestic Only Total Sites Chambers Atlantic ,147 1, Gulf ,530 2, Inland ,932 1, Great Lakes Pacific ,053 1, Total 74 2,107 6,046 8, Locks that are active Corps-operated locks, including five control structures. 2. U.S. docks that load or unload vessels operating in foreign trade. 3. Includes Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. 4. Mississippi, Ohio, Upper Atchafalaya, Ouachita, Illinois, Black Warrior, Tombigbee, Alabama-Coosa River Basins. Lock Facts Many of the lock sites serving navigation include multi-purpose dams. For example, 46 lock-associated dams currently produce hydropower. The combined lift of all Corps locks is 6,791 feet. The John Day Lock on the Columbia River, OR has the highest lift at 113 feet. The youngest Corps lock is Montgomery Point on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River system. During the 12 years it has been operational (built in CY2004) 20,137 vessels carrying 98,947,955 tons of cargo have passed through the lock. The Willamette Falls locks on the Willamette River are the oldest locks owned and operated by the Corps and were built in Waterborne Commerce Facts The top five U.S. ports ranked by dollar value of foreign traffic for calendar year (CY) 2016 were: Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY and NJ; Long Beach, CA; Houston, TX; and Savannah, GA. Port of Virginia, VA was ranked next at sixth. In 2016, 14.1% of all U.S. waterborne commerce by weight was containerized (2.4% of domestic and 21.4% of foreign). The U.S. port exporting the largest volume of coal in 2016 was the Consolidated Port of Virginia with 22.1 million short tons, down 16.3% from Coal exports have declined by volume more than 50% over the last three years. The St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation reported 27.1 million metric tons (29.8 million short tons) moving on the Montreal-Lake Ontario section of the St. Lawrence Seaway for calendar year 2016, a 1.4% decrease from Tonnage on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) was million tons in 2016, down 6.1% from million tons last year. The Port of South Louisiana was up 1.1% in 2016, still registering as the leading total among U.S. ports with million tons. Visit the WCSC website at for more Waterborne Commerce Statistics. 4

5 Leading U.S. Ports in 2016 (Millions of Short Tons and Change 1 from 2015) Domestic Foreign Total 2 Rank Type 3 Port Tons % Tons % Tons % 1 C South Louisiana, LA, Port of C Houston, TX C New York, NY and NJ C New Orleans, LA C Beaumont, TX C Corpus Christi, TX C Long Beach, CA C Baton Rouge, LA C Los Angeles, CA C Mobile, AL C Plaquemines, LA, Port of C Lake Charles, LA C Virginia, VA Port of I Cincinnati-Northern KY, Ports of ** C Texas City, TX C Baltimore, MD I Huntington - Tristate ** C Savannah, GA C Tampa, FL C Port Arthur, TX I St. Louis, MO and IL ** L Duluth-Superior, MN and WI C Valdez, AK C Pascagoula, MS C Tacoma, WA C Richmond, CA C Port Everglades, FL C Seattle, WA C Charleston, SC C Philadelphia, PA I Pittsburgh, PA ** C Portland, OR C Freeport, TX C Oakland, CA C Jacksonville, FL C Paulsboro, NJ C Boston, MA L Chicago, IL C Marcus Hook, PA L Two Harbors, MN C Kalama, WA C Honolulu, HI L Detroit, MI C Longview, WA L Cleveland, OH L Indiana Harbor, IN I Memphis, TN ** C San Juan, PR C Anacortes, WA C New Castle, DE Continued on the next panel 5

6 Leading U.S. Ports in 2016 continued (Millions of Short Tons and Change 1 from 2015) Domestic Foreign Total 2 Rank Type 3 Port Tons % Tons % Tons % 51 C Barbers Point, Oahu, HI C Galveston, TX C New Haven, CT C Vancouver, WA L Presque Isle, MI L Burns Waterway Harbor, IN C Port Fourchon, LA L Toledo, OH L Gary, IN C Providence, RI C Miami, FL I Mount Vernon, IN ** I Louisville, KY ** C Wilmington, DE C Camden-Gloucester, NJ C Brownsville, TX C Albany, NY I St. Paul, MN ** C Portland, ME L Stoneport, MI I Kaskaskia, IL, Port of ** L St. Clair, MI ** C Wilmington, NC C Victoria, TX ** L Conneaut, OH C Matagorda Port Lv Pt Com, TX C Port Canaveral, FL C Nikishka, AK L Calcite, MI ** I Nashville, TN ** L Escanaba, MI C Stockton, CA L Port Inland, MI C Kahului, Maui, HI ** L Silver Bay, MN ** C Anchorage, AK C Terrebonne, LA, Port of ** I Owensboro, KY ** C Kivilina, AK C Port Manatee, FL L Port Dolomite, MI L Monroe, MI ** L Sandusky, OH C Morehead City, NC L Ashtabula, OH L Marblehead, OH C Penn Manor, PA I Greenville, MS ** L Milwaukee, WI I Vicksburg, MS ** ** Denotes extreme percent change or tonnage less than 50,000 tons. 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

7 Domestic Traffic for Selected U.S. Inland Waterways in 2016 (Millions of Short Tons, Billions of Ton-miles 1 and Change from 2015) Trip 2 Length Tons Ton-miles Ton-miles Waterway (miles) 2016 % 2016 % 2016 % Atlantic Coast Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, VA-FL Intracoastal Wtwy, Jacksonville to Miami, FL ** ** Gulf Coast Bayou Teche, LA ** Black Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers, AL Chocolate Bayou, TX ** Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, TX-FL 1, GIWW: Morgan City to Port Allen, LA Petit Anse, Tigre, Carlin Bayous, LA ** Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, AL and MS Mississippi River System Allegheny River, PA ** Atchafalaya River, LA Big Sandy River, KY and WV ** Cumberland River, KY and TN Green and Barren rivers, KY Illinois Waterway, IL J. Bennett Johnston Waterway, LA Kanawha River, WV McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, AR and OK Mississippi R. Mpls, MN to Mouth of Passes 1, Minneapolis, MN to Mouth of Missouri Riv Mouth of Missouri R. to Mouth of Ohio R Mouth of Ohio River to Baton Rouge, LA Baton Rouge to New Orleans, LA New Orleans, LA to Mouth of Passes Missouri River Mouth to Sioux City, IA Monongahela River, PA and WV Ohio River, PA, WV, OH, KY, IN and IL Ouachita and Black Rivers, AR and LA ** Tennessee River, TN, KY, MS and AL Pacific Coast Columbia River System, OR, WA, and ID Columbia River and Willamette River below Vancouver, WA and Portland, OR Vancouver, WA to The Dalles, OR The Dalles Dam to McNary Lock and Dam Above McNary L & D to Kennewick, WA Snake River(WA and ID) to Lewiston, ID Willamette River above Portland, OR ** ** Denotes ton-miles of less than 50 million. 2. Internal and intraport tons multiplied by total distance from origin to destination. 3. Includes coastwise entrance channel miles for tons and ton-miles but not for trip ton-miles. 7

8 U.S. Waterborne Traffic by State in (Millions of Short Tons and Change from 2015) Domestic Foreign Total 2 Rank State Tons % Tons % Tons % 1 Louisiana Texas California New Jersey Washington Florida Kentucky Illinois Ohio Alabama Pennsylvania Indiana Virginia Michigan West Virginia Maryland Alaska Minnesota Mississippi Georgia Delaware Missouri New York Tennessee Wisconsin Oregon Hawaii South Carolina Puerto Rico Massachusetts Arkansas Connecticut Iowa North Carolina Rhode Island Maine Oklahoma Virgin Islands New Hampshire Guam Pacific Islands District of Columbia Kansas Nebraska Includes shipments, receipts, and intrastate commerce. 2. Total may not equal column sum due to rounding. 8

9 U.S. Flagged Vessels as of December 31, 2016 Vessel Type Number <= >25 Vessel (total) 2 41,326 7,385 6,688 3,830 7,087 3,269 12,940 Self-Propelled (total) 8, ,444 Dry Cargo Tanker Pushboat 3, ,053 Tugboat 2, ,620 Passenger Offshore Supply 1, Barge (total) 32,353 6,539 5,790 3,191 6,340 2,877 7,496 Dry Covered 11,095 1,911 1,790 1,213 3,221 1,299 1,660 Dry Open 8, , , ,231 Deck 7,767 2,333 1, ,332 Other Dry Cargo Double Hull Tank 4,136 1, Other Tank Age in years based upon the vessel s build or rebuild year, using calendar year 2016 as the base year. 2. There were 127 vessels of an unknown age included in the type totals but not in the ages. 3. Includes passenger, excursion/sightseeing. 4. Includes container, railroad car, pontoon, roll on - roll off, and convertible. 5. Includes tank barges that may be double sided only, double bottom only, or single hulled. Age 1 U.S. Waterborne Container Traffic by Region in 2016 Loaded and Empty in Thousands of TEUs 1 and Percent Change from 2015 Domestic Foreign Total Region Loaded % Empty % Loaded % Loaded % Total 2 Inbound 1, , , Outbound 1, , , Atlantic Inbound , , Outbound , , Gulf Inbound , , Outbound , , Pacific Inbound 1, , , Outbound 1, , , TEU = Twenty Foot Equivalent Units. Foreign empties not included. 2. Total includes 1,346 loaded TEUs for the Great Lakes. 9

10 Ports and Waterways Facts Ports on the inland rivers and waterways primarily serve barges. For reporting purposes, traffic is tabulated at the docks within the boundary of the port. The Port of New Madrid, MO is defined by the boundaries of New Madrid County. The boundary on the Lower Mississippi River extends along the right descending bank (west/north bank) from approximately Mile in the main channel to Mile in the channel north of Island Number 8. The Port of Owensboro, KY is located within the city limits of Owensboro. It extends along the left descending bank (south bank) of the Ohio River, from approximately Mile to Mile with gaps, and includes the downstream end of Yellow Bank Island in the Ohio River. The Seneca Regional Port District, IL encompasses both banks of the Illinois Waterway at Seneca, extending along the right descending bank (north bank) from approximately Mile to Mile 254.1, and along the left descending bank (south bank) from approximately Mile to Mile The 12,000 miles of inland and intracoastal waterways, like highways, operate as a system, and much of the commerce moves on multiple segments. They serve as connecting arteries, much as neighborhood streets help people reach interstate highways. 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. Visit the NDC website at for more ports and waterways facilities data and information. Trust Fund Facts The Inland Waterways Trust Fund earned $114.4 million in Fiscal Year (FY) This included $ million paid by the inland marine towing industry and interest of $0.675 million. The Trust Fund disbursed $108.4 million for construction projects leaving an available balance of $63.4 million for new construction obligations. The Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund equity increased $323.9 million to $9.1 billion in FY Total receipts and interest equaled $1, million in FY This included taxes from domestic commerce of $72.3 million and taxes collected from imports of $1,132.8 million. All transfers totaled $1,150.2 million; the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers received $1,110.9 million, a decrease of $152 million from $1,262.9 million in FY Vessel Facts The number of double hull tank barges has increased from 4,055 in 2015 to 4,136 in 2016, a 2.0% increase. Of the 41,326 United States flag passenger and cargo vessels operating or available for operation on December 31, 2016, 80.5% or 33,273 vessels are in the Mississippi River System and Gulf Intracoastal Waterway region. Of the 8,973 United States flag self-propelled passenger and cargo vessels as of December 31, 2016, 60.7% or 5,444 vessels are greater than 25 years old. Of the 8,973 United States flag self-propelled passenger and cargo vessels as of December 31, 2016, 19.4% or 1,744 vessels are fewer than 10 years old. 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 10

11 Mississippi River and Tributaries - Lock Contact Information (Phone Numbers) Allegheny Kaskaskia Ouachita-Black Jerry F. Costello Columbia Lock C.W. Bill Young McClellan-Kerr Felsenthal Chouteau H.K. Thatcher Newt Graham Jonesville Montgomery Pt Red River Norrell L.C. Boggs John H. Overton Joe Hardin Atchafalaya Emmit Sanders Russell B. Long Old River Col. C. D. Maynard Joe Waggonnner Jr Berwick David D. Terry Tenn-Clinch Black Rock Murray Melton Hill Black Rock Toad Suck Ferry Kentucky Warrior-Tombigbee-Mobile Arthur V. Ormond Pickwick Coffeeville Dardanelle Wilson Demopolis Ozark-Jetta Taylor Wheeler Selden James W. Trimble Guntersville Oliver W.D. Mayo Nickajack Holt Robert S. Kerr Chickamauga Bankhead Webbers Falls Watts Bar Calcasieu River Monongahela Fort Loudoun Calcasieu Barrier Braddock Upper Mississippi Cumberland Upr St. Anthony Barkley Lwr St. Anthony Cheatham Maxwell Old Hickory Gray s Landing Cordell Hull Point Marion Freshwater Bayou Morgantown Freshwater Bayou Hildebrand GIWW Opekiska A Bayou Boeuf Ohio Leland Bowman Emsworth Calcasieu Dashields Algiers Montgomery Inr Hrbr Nav Can New Cumberland Bayou Sorrel Pike Island Port Allen Hannibal Colorado E & W Willow Island Brazos E & W Belleville Harvey Racine Illinois Robert C. Byrd Le Grange Greenup Peoria Capt. Meldahl Starved Rock Markland Marseilles McAlpine Dresden Island Cannelton Brandon Road Newburgh Lockport John T. Myers O Brien Smithland Kanawha Melvin Price Winfield Marmet London Visit the NDC web site at for Key Lock Report, Summary of Lock Statistics, Lock Contact Information, and Lock Characteristics. 11

12 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 (IHS 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 NDCs products and services: Web Site: Access for up-to-date statistics: 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 ; Fax: 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 7400 Leake Ave. Room 109 New Orleans, LA , ; Fax: User feedback is essential for USACE to improve service. Provide comments to Director, Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center, 7400 Leake Ave. Room 109, New Orleans, LA or CEIWR- Electronically Published October Hardcopy Published November

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TOTAL DOMESTIC TRADE RANK TOTAL FOREIGN TRADE U.S. PORT RANKING BY CARGO VOLUME 2016 Short Tons FOREIGN TRADE TOTAL TRADE TOTAL DOMESTIC TRADE RANK IMPORTS EXPORTS TOTAL FOREIGN TRADE RANK RANK RANK RANK PORT/STATE TONS PORT/STATE TONS PORT/STATE