U.S.-Flag Dry-Bulk Cargo Carriage on the GReat Lakes: Calendar Years 2000-2005 and 5-Year Average

Lake Carriers' Association

U.S.-Flag Dry-Bulk Cargo Carriage on the Great Lakes
Calendar Years 2002-2007 and 5-Year Average
(net tons)
Commodity	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Average 2002-2006
Iron Ore
Direct Shipments	45,861,075	41,343,509	48,265,017	43,884,572	45,850,298	45,049,721	45,040,894
Transshipments*	2,334,252	1,672,776	2,936,493	2,687,547	3,121,814	2,156,662	2,550,576
Total - Iron Ore	48,195,327	43,016,285	51,201,510	46,572,119	48,972,112	47,206,383	47,591,471
Coal - Lake Of Loading
Lake Superior	13,874,872	14,238,033	15,459,399	17,429,479	17,180,114	16,692,347	15,636,379
Lake Michigan	2,239,657	2,771,065	3,727,681	3,760,477	3,161,804	2,718,874	3,128,186
Lake Erie	5,629,302	4,870,328	5,448,625	6,017,394	5,018,195	5,759,408	5,351,448
Total - Coal	21,743,831	21,879,426	24,635,705	27,207,350	25,360,113	25,170,629	24,116,014
Limestone	26,554,243	24,239,110	29,523,489	27,935,513	29,489,410	25,966,057	27,615,883
Cement	3,817,911	3,851,487	3,965,401	3,892,822	3,997,703	3,602,488	3,910,465
Salt	587,090	945,355	1,032,109	1,187,777	1,126,862	1,241,297	975,839
Sand	230,950	500,456	389,355	461,813	429,411	449,474	422,397
Grain	329,471	312,316	367,785	403,055	356,143	404,873	353,954
Totals	101,458,823	94,744,435	111,115,354	107,660,449	109,731,754	104,041,201	104,986,022

Note: 2007 totals are subject to revision. No changes are anticipated following final verification.

* Iron ore transshipments are cargos destined for ArcelorMittal Steel's Cleveland Works. The mill is at the end of the navigable section of the Cuyahoga River. The narrow, twisting river cannot accommodate the largest vessels in the fleet, so iron ore is first unloaded at Cleveland Bulk Terminal on the lakefront, and then reloaded into smaller vessels for final delivery to ArcelorMittal.