
Shipbuilding and repair expenses are major costs in providing water transportation services.
| Price Index (Dec-1985=100) | Oct-00 | Oct-01 |
|---|---|---|
| Self-propelled ships (new, non-military) | 160.1 | 160.9 |
| Self-propelled ships (new, non-military) percent change from same month previous year | 0.76 | 0.50 |
| Ship building and repairing | 137.5 | 140.2 |
| Ship building and repairing percent change from same month previous year | 1.10 | 1.96 |
| Ship repair, conversion, reconversion (non-military) | 135.6 | 137.5 |
| Ship repair, conversion, reconversion (non-military) percent change from same month previous year | 2.65 | 1.40 |
NOTES: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
Data from July 2001 to October 2001 are preliminary.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, available at: http://www.bls.gov/data/.