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Great Lakes/St. Lawrence
Port performance
(All totals in thousands of metric tons)
Year 2003
| Buffalo |
499
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| Burns Harbor |
1,748
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| Chicago |
751
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| Cleveland |
8,315
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| Duluth/Superior |
39,500
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| Green Bay |
1,912
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| Hamilton |
11,027
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| Milwaukee |
2,655
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| Montreal |
20,780
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| Oswego |
567
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| Quebec |
20,200
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| Sept-Iles |
22,900
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| Thunder Bay |
8,260
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| Toledo |
8,894
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| Toronto |
1,724
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| Trois Rivieres |
1,860
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| Windsor |
4,617
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Great Lakes
U.S.- Flag Cargo Carriage 2003
(Net tons)
Source: St.Lawrence Seaway D.C.
| Iron Ore |
42,191,726
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| Coal |
21,192,744
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| Limestone |
23,686,282
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| Cement |
3,700,000
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| Salt |
931,864
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| Sand |
454,000
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| Grain |
354,060
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| Total - All Commodities |
104,584,659 |
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CASUALTIES FOR 2001
(source: Lloyds Register)
Excluding fishing vessels
By number of ships lost
| Flag |
Number of Ships
Lost |
G. Tons Lost
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* |
| Panama |
8 |
138,211 |
* |
| Cyprus |
8 |
178,523 |
* |
| St Vincent |
8 |
32,902 |
* |
| Cambodia |
7 |
21,181 |
* |
| Malta |
5 |
58,114 |
* |
| Turkey |
5 |
4,654 |
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| Syria |
4 |
4,853 |
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| Norway |
4 |
3,198 |
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| Singapore |
3 |
136,927 |
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| S. Korea |
3 |
27,276 |
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| Russia |
3 |
10,604 |
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| Vietnam |
3 |
8,974 |
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| Belize |
3 |
7,059 |
* |
| São Tomé |
3 |
6,557 |
* |
| Bahamas |
2 |
41,183 |
* |
| Greece |
2 |
35,865 |
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| China |
2 |
6,749 |
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| Japan |
2 |
5,955 |
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| Thailand |
2 |
5,128 |
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| Honduras |
2 |
4,853 |
* |
| Barbados |
2 |
3,291 |
* |
| Bulgaria |
1 |
43,265 |
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| Liberia |
1 |
9,326 |
* |
| Lithuania |
1 |
5,707 |
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| India |
1 |
2,158 |
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| Venezuela |
1 |
1,583 |
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| Antigua |
1 |
1,518 |
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| Philippines |
1 |
1,479 |
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| Lebanon |
1 |
1,477 |
* |
| Ecuador |
1 |
835 |
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| Ukraine |
1 |
790 |
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| Estonia |
1 |
556 |
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| TOTAL |
99 |
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( * indicate flag of convenience)
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Worst oil-tanker spills
1. March 1978: Amoco Cadiz grounded near Brest, France, 223,000 metric tons of crude oil.
2. August 1983: Castillo de Belver exploded and broke in two off the coast of South Africa, 190,000 metric tons.
3. July 1979: Atlantic Empress, 160,000 metric tons of crude oil off Tobago.
4. March 1967: Torrey Canyon, 119,000 metric tons of crude oil off the Scilly Islands in Britain.
5. January 1993: Braer grounded off the Shetland Island, 85,000 metric tons.
6. December 1992: Aegean Sea, 80,000 metric tons of crude oil near Coruna Spain.
7. November 2002: Prestige split in two off the coast of Spain while carrying 77,000 metric tons of heavy fuel oil; it spilled 10,000 to 20,000 metric tons before sinking with the rest of the cargo.
8. February 1996: Sea Empress, 72,000 metric tons of crude oil near Milford Haven, Wales.
9. April 1991: Haven, over 50,000 metric tons off Genoa, Italy.
10. March 1989: Exxon Valdez grounded in Prince William Sound, Alaska, 38,000 metric tons of crude oil.
11. December 1999: Erika, 13,000 metric tons of heavy diesel oil off the coast of Brittany, France.
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