Monthly Tonnage Report
Cuyahoga River
1997 Navigation Season
(net tons)

Month of May

Commodity May
1997		 Number of Cargos
(Vessel Arrivals)		 May
1996		 Number of Cargos
(Vessel Arrivals)
Iron Ore 1,046,265 49 806,980 47
Limestone 635,227 41 608,640 38
Cement 75,593 10 78,833 12
Salt, Liquid Bulk, Sand, Grain 26,143 6 164,845 14
Totals 1,783,288 106 1,659,298 111

Season To Date - 1997

Commodity Season to Date
1997		 Number of Cargos
(Vessel Arrivals)		 Season to Date
1996		 Number of Cargos
(Vessel Arrivals)
Iron Ore 2,342,991 121 1,915,913 111
Limestone 1,198,228 77 1,243,778 87
Cement 179,818 23 153,682 25
Salt, Liquid Bulk, Sand, Grain 82,184 18 363,967 38
Totals 3,803,221 239 3,677,340 261

Notes:

  1. This report covers cargo moving on the main branch of the Cuyahoga, the Old River Bed, and iron ore received at Cleveland Bulk Terminal.
  2. As a general rule, lakers to not deliver dry-bulk cargos to the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority docks.
  3. The dry-bulk cargos are reported on a navigation season basis.
  4. As a few tankers operate yearround, liquid-bulk cargos are reported on a calendar-year basis.
  5. The salt trade from Cleveland did not resume until June.
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