TABLE 3-3-3 - U.S. Flag Vessels by Type and Age: 2006
TABLE 3-3-3 - U.S. Flag Vessels by Type and Age: 2006
Number
| Age group (years) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vessel types | < 6 | 6-10 | 11-15 | 16-20 | 21-25 | > 25 |
| Dry cargo | 123 | 103 | 75 | 127 | 96 | 421 |
| Tanker | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 40 |
| Towboat | 362 | 336 | 172 | 132 | 690 | 3,581 |
| Passenger | 53 | 88 | 101 | 148 | 110 | 328 |
| Offshore support/crewboats | 237 | 277 | 103 | 55 | 359 | 685 |
| Dry barge | 3,955 | 6,006 | 2,913 | 1,949 | 3,629 | 9,204 |
| Tank/liquid Barge | 833 | 496 | 386 | 84 | 293 | 2,155 |
| Total | 5,577 | 7,316 | 3,752 | 2,498 | 5,198 | 16,414 |
NOTES: Total excludes a small number of boats whose ages are unkown. Data includes vessels available for operation. Age is based on the year vessels were built or rebuilt. Passenger includes passenger excursion/sightseeing, combination passenger and dry-cargo vessels, and ferries.
SOURCE: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Transportation Lines of the United States, Volume 1, National Summaries, Table 4 (New Orleans, LA: annual issues) as reported in U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 1-31, available at http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/ as of October 2008.