Cargo Reports – July 2012 – Limestone From Ports – Text & Tabular

July 31, 2012
July 31, 2012 LCA

Lakes Limestone Trade Up Almost 12 Percent in July

CLEVELAND – Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 4.1 million net tons in July, an increase of 6 percent over June, and 11.9 percent better than a year ago. Loadings were also more than 8 percent ahead of the month’s 5-year average. Shipments from U.S. ports rose 12.3 percent to 3,347,818 tons.

Canadian quarries’ total of 735,935 tons represented an increase of roughly three boatloads. Year-to-date the Lakes limestone trade stands at 14 million tons, an increase of 14 percent compared to a year ago, and a slight increase compared to the 5-year average for the January-July timeframe.

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