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Industry
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> Type and Amount of Commodities Moved by Barge
Type and Amount of Commodities Moved
by Barge
Total Tons Moved by Barge, 1993-2004
The towing industry transported 818 million tons of cargo
in 2004.
As the chart shows, this is largest amount of volume since 1997. Click
here
to see the data and chart for 1980-2004. Click here
to see the data and chart for 1980-2004.
Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, "Waterborne Commerce
of the U.S., 2003 Edition," Table 2-3.
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Towing Industry Ton-Miles, 1997-2002
A standard measure of freight transportation is the ton-mile
-- one ton of goods moved one mile. The table and chart show
the ton-miles generated by the domestic towing industry with
a breakout by AWO membership status. The data show an almost
continuous increase of ton-miles by AWO members since 1997.
In 2002, AWO members generated 316 billion ton-miles, accounting
for 86% of the industry's ton-miles.
Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce
Statistics Center.
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Barge Traffic by Major Commodity
Group, 2004
In 2004, barges carried
817,908,000 short tons of goods.
The chart displays the breakout by major commodity group,
with the data rounded to the nearest tenth of a million.
Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, "Waterborne Commerce
of the U.S., 2004 Edition."
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