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 2005-2010 and 5-Year Average
(net tons)
Commodity	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Average 2005-2009
Iron Ore
Direct Shipments	43,884,572	45,850,298	45,049,721	45,329,607	23,271,702	39,663,547	40,677,180
Transshipments*	2,687,547	3,121,814	2,156,662	1,893,887	759,385	2,364,871	2,123,859
Total - Iron Ore	46,572,119	48,972,112	47,206,383	47,223,494	24,031,087	42,028,418	42,801,039
Coal - Lake Of Loading
Lake Superior	17,429,479	17,180,114	16,692,347	17,962,580	15,427,708	15,847,574	16,938,446
Lake Michigan	3,760,477	3,161,804	2,718,874	3,253,001	1,996,793	2,017,395	2,972,790
Lake Erie	6,017,394	5,018,195	5,759,408	3,756,042	3,250,387	3,674,897	4,760,285
Total - Coal	27,207,350	25,360,113	25,170,629	24,971,623	20,674,888	21,539,866	24,671,521
Limestone	27,935,513	29,489,410	25,966,057	23,632,070	17,067,232	20,410,266	24,818,056
Cement	3,892,822	3,997,703	3,602,488	3,2394,071	2,865,323	2,782,259	3,535,881
Salt	1,187,777	1,126,862	1,241,297	1,224,769	1,260,901	1,391,239	1,208,321
Sand	461,813	429,411	449,474	359,191	262,805	225,593	392,539
Grain	403,055	356,143	404,873	247,597	304,507	306,872	343,435
Totals	107,660,449	109,731,754	104,041,201	100,952,815	66,466,743	88,684,513	97,770,792

* 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.