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

Month of June

Commodity June
1997		 Number of Cargos
(Vessel Arrivals)		 June
1996		 Number of Cargos
(Vessel Arrivals)
Iron Ore 929,277 42 1,027,497 54
Limestone 565,157 38 626,294 43
Cement 89,489 13 90,048 13
Salt, Liquid Bulk, Sand, Grain 106,382 10 203,422 17
Totals 1,690,305 103 1,947,261 127

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 3,272,268 163 2,943,410 165
Limestone 1,763,385 115 1,870,072 130
Cement 269,307 36 243,730 38
Salt, Liquid Bulk, Sand, Grain 197,292 30 567,389 55
Totals 5,502,252 344 5,624,601 388

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.
  6. Season-to-date total for 1997 has been amended to include one liquid-bulk cargo in April and May.
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