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Tonnage Data

In Million Metric Revenue Tons (MMRT) by Fiscal Year (July 1 through June 30)

Year	Dry Bulk	Liquid Bulk	General Cargo	Total
2010	1.4	10.7	145.7	157.8
2009	2.0	11.1	144.3	157.4
2008	1.9	6.2	161.9	170.0
2007	2.8	15.4	171.9	190.1
2006	3.6	22.8	155.2	181.6
2005	4.3	12.8	145.0	162.1
2004	3.9	11.9	146.3	162.1
2003	4.2	11.4	131.9	147.5
2002	6.2	12.9	107.1	126.2
2001	5.4	10.9	97.6	113.9
2000	7.1	12.5	81.9	101.5
1999	5.1	10.2	66.8	82.1
1998	4.6	13.3	60.0	77.9
1997	3.5	14.1	57.7	75.3
1996	4.4	17.3	75.2	68.6
1995	3.7	17.9	53.0	74.7
1994	3.2	16.5	45.3	65.0
1993	3.9	18.0	45.9	67.8
1992	3.7	22.5	41.1	67.3
1991	4.4	27.6	38.9	70.9
1990	4.5	24.1	39.3	67.9
1989	4.6	25.0	36.7	66.3
1988	4.0	24.5	32.1	60.6
1987	3.5	22.8	28.7	55.0
1986	3.8	23.4	23.9	51.1
1985	2.8	23.0	19.3	45.1
1984	1.9	20.0	16.8	38.7
1983		23.9	16.0	39.9
1982		20.8	14.3	35.1
1981		24.0	14.4	38.4
1980		26.9	14.0	40.9
1979		27.4	12.8	40.2
1978		26.5	12.1	38.6
1977		25.8	8.1	35.1
1976		22.3	6.4	30.5
1975		19.5	7.2	28.2
1974		18.7	8.0	27.2
1973		18.0	7.8	26.2
1972		19.4	5.9	25.6
1971		19.6	7.4	27.2

 

Historical Tonnage Data

Total Cargo in Short Tons by Fiscal Year (July 1 through June 30)

1970	25,937,196	1950	22,693,233	1930	25,920,159
1969	26,946,622	1949	17,115,867	1929	26,099,245
1968	28,931,577	1948	17,988,872	1928	25,402,262
1967	26,293,560	1947	15,443,689	1927	25,133,963
1966	26,182,113	1946	— (war period)	1926	23,067,365
1965	25,125,011	1945	— (war period)	1925	22,268,421
1964	24,494,049	1944	— (war period)	1924	25,550,464
1963	24,351,976	1943	— (war period)	1923	18,870,102
1962	26,088,015	1942	13,091,902	1922	6,533,589
1961	25,012,412	1941	18,679,785	1921	4,296,254
1960	24,620,397	1940	19,931,075	1920	3,528,280
1959	23,298,574	1939	18,327,890
1958	21,869,027	1938	20,264,264
1957	24,125,432	1937	18,610,713
1956	24,082,933	1936	18,652,170
1955	24,819,837	1935	17,340,026
1954	26,513,998	1934	18,348,196
1953	24,762,587	1933	17,850,906
1952	24,022,510	1932	18,994,802
1951	23,699,624	1931	23,355,293

 

Conversion Table

Metric Tons (or Tonnes): A unit of weight equal to 1,000 kilograms, or 2,204.6 pounds.

Revenue Tons: A ton on which the shipment is freighted. If cargo is rated as weight or measure (W/M), whichever produces the highest revenue will be considered the revenue ton. Weights are based on metric tons and measures are based on cubic meters (RT=1 MT or 1 CBM).

To Convert	Into	Multiply
Long Tons	Short Tons	1.12
Long Tons	Metric Tons	1.016
Metric Tons	Long Tons	0.9844
Metric Tons	Short Tons	1.1025
Short Tons	Metric Tons	0.907029
Short Tons	Long Tons	0.89287

Conversion table courtesty of the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) website.