Thanks to an early resumption of shipments, the coal trade from Lake Erie ports is up roughly 1 million tons through April. The Lake Erie coal trade resumed in 2000 on March 3 from Ashtabula. That is the earliest start in recent memory.
Port | April 2000 | April 1999 | Season-To-Date 2000 | Season-To-Date 1999 |
| Toledo | 615,428 | 611,079 | 728,597 | 640,204 |
| Sandusky | 436,419 | 488,138 | 557,246 | 570,585 |
| Ashtabula | 727,831 | 515,088 | 1,339,306 | 694,963 |
| Conneaut | 538,657 | 524,872 | 887,629 | 614,943 |
Total | 2,318,335 | 2,139,177 | 3,512,778 | 2,520,695 |