Great Lakes Dry-Bulk Commerce: 2001-2006 and 5-Year Average
(net tons)

Commodity 200120022003 2004 2005 2006 Average
2001-2005
IRON ORE
From Lake Superior 40,895,075 46,249,620 41,321,10448,074,811 45,240,419 45,635,05544,356,206
From Lake Michigan 6,207,512 4,070,538 3,884,9385,036,886 3,705,873 4,505,1504,581,149
From Eastern Canada 8,570,932 8,597,065 10,135,1989,502,914 9,241,256 9,737,8939,209,473
Total Iron Ore 55,673,519 58,917,223 55,341,240 62,614,611 58,187,548 59,878,098 58,146,828
COAL
From Lake Superior 18,708,65019,996,279 19,520,190 20,150,004 21,939,208 22,683,590 20,062,866
From Lake Michigan 2,582,4922,465,634 2,994,306 3,946,020 4,183,423 3,578,388 3,234,375
From Lake Erie 23,064,17419,480,372 17,239,773 15,840,836 16,584,057 15,525,475 18,441,842
Total Coal 44,355,316 41,912,285 39,754,269 39,936,860 42,706,688 41,878,453 41,739,083
STONE
From U.S. Ports 30,724,237 30,673,673 27,067,685 31,691,083 29,984,216 30,908,502 30,028,179
From Canadian Ports 7,180,562 6,863,570 7,115,1728,530,969 7,741,161 8,069,2197,486,287
Total Stone 37,904,799 37,537,243 34,182,857 40,222,052 37,725,377 38,977,721 37,514,466
SALT 7,671,3217,287,312 8,506,778 9,239,658 9,255,371 9,726,216 8,392,088
CEMENT 5,470,1985,341,759 5,390,169 5,508,635 5,048,817 4,800,056 5,351,916
POTASH 563,882 587,296579,352 728,701 584,672 483,174 608,781
GRAIN 14,011,28612,094,537 11,624,713 11,667,639 11,377,508 13,027,667 12,155,137

TOTAL

165,650,321 163,677,655 155,379,378 169,918,156 164,885,981 168,771,385 163,908,299

To convert iron ore to gross tons, multiply by .89286.

 

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