Cargo Reports – July 2013 – Coal from Ports – Text

July 31, 2013
July 31, 2013 LCA

Great Lakes Coal Trade Up 7.3 Percent in July Second Straight Month Trade Rises

CLEVELAND – Shipments of coal on the Great Lakes totaled 2.9 million tons in July, an increase of 2.5 percent over June, and an increase of 7.3 percent compared to a year ago. Shipments from Lake Superior ports totaled 1.8 million tons, an increase of 16.1 percent compared to a year ago. Included in that total were 215,000 tons loaded in Superior, Wisconsin, and transshipped to Québec City for loading into oceangoing colliers.

Exports to Europe from Superior total 844,000 tons through July. Loadings in Chicago totaled 319,000 tons, a decrease of 33 percent compared to a year ago. Shipments from Lake Erie ports totaled 758,000 tons, an increase of 15.2 percent compared to a year ago.

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