TABLE 2-4-5 - Vessel Calls at U.S. Ports: 2002-2008 | Bureau of Transportation Statistics

TABLE 2-4-5 - Vessel Calls at U.S. Ports: 2002-2008

Number of 10,000 deadweight tonnage (dwt) or greater vessel calls

Type	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Percent change, 20022008
Tanker	17,320	18,503	19,316	20,118	21,231	21,724	20,907	20.7
Double hull	10,045	11,905	14,055	15,869	17,747	19,026	19,036	89.5
Product	10,949	10,998	11,572	12,217	13,282	13,277	12,662	15.6
Double hull	5,770	6,578	7,712	8,799	10,252	10,811	10,952	89.8
Crude	6,371	7,505	7,744	7,901	7,949	8,447	8,245	29.4
Double hull	4,275	5,327	6,343	7,070	7,495	8,215	8,084	89.1
Container	17,138	17,287	18,279	18,542	19,591	19,863	18,735	9.3
Dry Bulk	11,112	10,271	11,631	11,406	12,508	11,040	10,363	-6.7
Ro-Ro	5,632	5,191	5,317	5,663	6,318	6,077	5,964	5.9
Vehicle	3,605	3,113	3,065	3,652	4,182	4,084	4,102	13.8
Gas	739	926	916	969	961	917	769	4.1
LNG	89	164	173	203	213	202	171	92.1
Combination	761	666	459	414	334	235	180	-76.3
General	3,894	3,915	3,967	3,935	4,054	3,948	3,660	-6.0
All Types	56,596	56,759	59,885	61,047	64,997	63,804	60,578	7.0

NOTES: LNG = Liquified Natural Gas. Ro-Ro = Roll on-Roll off. See glossary for definitions of vessel types.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, Vessel Calls at U.S. Ports by Vessel Type (Washington, DC: September 2009), available at http://www.marad.dot.gov/library_landing_page/data_and_statistics/Data_and_Statistics.htm as of October 2009.