・Corps and contractor owned dredges removed 268.9 million cubic yards (mcy) of material from Corps constructed and maintained channels in FY 2001 at a cost of $867.7 million. This was a 6% reduction in cubic yards and a 5.6% increase in cost from FY 2000.

・In FY 2001, maintenance dredging accounted for almost 81% of the quantity dredged and 64% of the cost. The average cost/cy for maintenance dredging was $2.56 while the average cost/cy for new work dredging was $6.11.

・Almost 91% ($788.4 million) of all FY 2001 Corps dredging dollars were paid to private dredging contractors who removed 85% (228.6 mcy) of the material dredged.

・In FY 2001, 81 private dredging companies submitted a total of 398 bids for 169 contracts. Awards were made to 48 different companies, 18 large and 30 small businesses. Twenty-one companies (44%) won only 1 contract award, 22 (46%) won between 2 and 6 contracts, and five companies (10%) won more than 10 contracts.

・The cutterhead pipeline dredge was the most widely used dredge in FY 2001 receiving 54% of the contracts, removing 60% of the contracted quantity and earning 56% of the contract dollars. While mechanical and hopper dredges received an almost equal number of contracts (35 and 32 respectively) the hopper dredges removed 27.6% of the quantity and earned 15.1% of the contract dollars. Mechanical dredges removed 5.4% of the quantity earning 13.57% of the contract dollars. The remaining dredging (7%) was performed by a combination of more than one type of dredge.

・The Districts that awarded the most contract dollars in FY 2001 were Galveston ($139.9m) and Wilmington ($108.3m) with Galveston and New Orleans dredging the most cubic yards, 45.6 mcy and 75.4 mcy, respectively.

　

　

・The Corps owned or operated 275 lock chambers at 230 sites in 2001, but only 195 sites with 240 chambers received funding.

・Many of the 230 look sites serving navigation include multi-purpose dams. For example, 46 lock-associated dams currently produce hydropower.

・In year 2002, 53% of all lock chambers, or 145 chambers, will have exceeded their 50-year design lives.

・The oldest operating locks in the U.S. are Kentucky River locks 1 and 2, built in 1839.

・The Corps lifts over 1.2 miles: The combined lift of all lock chambers owned and/or operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is 6,498 feet.

・Oregon's John Day Lock has the highest lift of any U.S. lock at 110 feet. This compares to the collective 404 foot lift of all 29 locks on the upper Mississippi River.

・The nation's busiest lock is in Illinois, the Ohio River Lock 52 which moved 96 million tons in 2001.

・Two lock sites serving the greatest number of pleasure craft in 2001 were: Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, Seattle, WA which passed 48,646 vessels through two chambers; and Chicago Lock, Chicago, IL which moved 35,961 vessels through one chamber.

・Domestic vessel operating companies operating vessels on U.S. waterways increased 0.5% from 2000 to 2001 from 2,585 to 2,598 companies.

　

・In-transit (commerce with a foreign origin and a foreign destination) waterborne commerce of 37.4 million short tons used 76 different U.S. ports in 2001.

・Over 94% and 38% of all foreign traffic in 2001 for Portland, ME, and Brownsville, TX, respectively, were in-transit.

・Crude petroleum comprised 59.1% of U.S. waterborne in-transits, while food and farm products ranked second with 11.6%, based on weight in 2001.

・The top five U.S. ports ranked by dollar value of foreign traffic for calendar year 2001 were: Los Angeles, CA; Long Beach, CA; New York/New Jersey, NY and NJ; Houston, TX; and Charleston, SC.

・In 2001, 7.4% of all U.S. waterborne commerce by weight was containerized (1.9% of domestic and 11.8% of foreign).

・The Consolidated Port of Hampton Roads exported the largest volume of coal in the U.S., 17.6 million short tons in 2001, down 19.0% from 2000.

・The St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation reported 30.3 million metric tons (33.4 million short tons) moving on the St. Lawrence Seaway in 2001, a 15% decrease from 2000.

・Inland waterways carry massive amounts of bulk freight, about 15 percent of the nation's freight by volume.

・A fully loaded barge with 1500 tons is the equivalent of taking 58 trucks off the highways. So the 620 million tons of cargo on inland and intracoastal waterways is the equivalent of taking 24 million trucks off U.S. highways.

　

・The 12,000 miles of inland and intracoastal waterways, like highways, operate as a system, and much of the commerce moves on multiple segments. They serve as connecting arteries, much like neighborhood streets help people reach interstate highways.

　

・Waterways are operated by the Corps as multi-purpose, multi-objective projects. They not only serve commercial navigation, but in many cases also provide hydropower, flood protection, municipal water supply, agricultural irrigation, recreation, arid regional development.

　

・Forty-one states, 16 state capitals and all states east of the Mississippi River are served by commercially navigable waterways.

　

・Louisiana has over 1000 port facilities (Texas has an equal number) on 2000 miles of channels maintained by the Corps.

　

・Nearly 500 U.S. grain transfer facilities are served by water transportation with the largest number, over 140 facilities, located on the Upper Mississippi River and the Illinois Waterway.

　

・The state of Kentucky has the longest shoreline along any one inland waterway, 664 miles on the Ohio River.

　

・The state of Michigan has deep draft port facilities on 4 Great Lakes. Pennsylvania and New York have ports along both the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Coast.

　

・The port areas of New York/New Jersey, Seattle and San Francisco have the largest number of ferry passengers in the U.S.

　

・The deep-water port located furthest from the sea is Baton Rouge, LA at miles 168 to 255 above the Head of Passes on the Mississippi River.

　

・On the west coast over 90 container cranes, 20 having an outboard reach in excess of 160 feet, are located at the two ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. Another 44 container cranes, 11 having an outboard reach in excess of 160 feet, are at the two ports of Seattle and Tacoma.

　

・The Port of New York/New Jersey operates the greatest number of container cranes, 50, on the east coast.

　

　

・The Inland Waterway Trust Fund earned $107.7 million FY 2002. This included $95.3 million paid by the barge and towing industry and $12.4 million interest. The Fund disbursed $104.5 million for construction projects. The Trust Fund balance is $412.6 million.

　

・The FY 2002 Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund equity grew 2.7% from FY 2001 to $1.87 billion. Total receipts fell by 12.3% to $710.8 million. The taxes from domestic commerce of $27.8 million dropped 29.4% over the previous year. The taxes collected from imports fell 6.6% to $544.7 million. All transfers totaled $656.2 million (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers received $639.9 million, a decrease from FY 2001's $643.6 million).

　

・Web Site: Access for up-to-date statistics:

　

・NDC: Port, waterways, lock and dock infrastructure data; lock performance; dredging statistics; and water transportation summary materials.

　

・Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center: Commercial movements of foreign and domestic cargo and vessels; and U.S. vessel and vessel operator statistics.