The Great Lakes stone trade again performed strongly in October. Shipments total 4,811,805 net tons, an increase of 4.8 percent compared to the corresponding period last year. For the season, the stone trade stands at 31,929,286 net tons, an increase of 785,000 tons. The trade has benefited from the addition of the large self-unloading barge GREAT LAKES TRADER and the reactivation of the MCKEE SONS.
September stone loadings totaled 4,746,633 net tons, an increase of 9 percent. Shipments from Canadian ports that month (954,668 n.t.) are the highest monthly total ever recorded by LCA's cargo survey.
October 2000 | October 1999 | Season-To-Date 2000 | Season-To-Date 1999 | |
| U.S. Ports | 3,968,164 | 3,863,228 | 25,961,037 | 25,926,993 |
| Canadian Ports | 843,641 | 729,461 | 5,968,249 | 5,218,342 |
Total | 4,811,805 | 4,592,689 | 31,929,286 | 31,145,335 |
September 2000 | September 1999 | Season-To-Date 2000 | Season-To-Date 1999 | |
| U.S. Ports | 3,791,965 | 3,667,378 | 21,992,873 | 22,063,765 |
| Canadian Ports | 954,668 | 685,851 | 5,124,608 | 4,488,881 |
Total | 4,746,633 | 4,353,229 | 27,117,481 | 26,552,646 |