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SHIPPING-COMPARISONS

Compare Cargo Capacity:


One Barge 1,500 Ton 52,500 Bu 453,600 Gal	1 Rail Car 100 Ton 3,500 Bu 30,240 Gal	100 Car Train Unit 10,000 Ton 350,000 Bu 3, 024,000 Gal	Large Semi 26 Ton 910 Bu 7, 865 Gal
Source: Iowa Department of Transportation

Energy Efficiency:

number of miles one ton can be carried per gallon of fuel

Source: U.S. DOT Maritime Admin.

Environmental Quality:

pounds of emission per ton-mile
Mode	Hydrocarbons	Carbon Monoxide	Nitrous Oxide
	0. 0009	0. 0020	0. 0053
	0. 0046	0. 0064	0. 0183
	0. 0063	0. 0190	0. 1017
Source: C. Jake Haulk Ph.D. - Inland Waterways as Vital National Infrastructure: Refuting "Corporate Welfare" Attacks

Safety:

per billion ton-miles
Mode	Deaths	Injuries
	0.01	0.09
	1.15	21.77
	0.84	N/A
Source: Haulk

Commerce and Jobs:
Over 600 million tons of commerce are shipped on waterways each year.
Water transportation accounts for more than 95 percent of all international trade, both exports and imports.

Principal Commodities Shipped on Waterways
	16% Other	14% Food and Agriculture
	7% Chemicals	28% Coal
	11% Aggregates	24% Petrol

Cheaper water transportation:
1. Helps attract new industries to a waterway region;
2. Fosters plant expansion by increasing productivity of existing industries;
3. Greatly expands markets for a region's resources and products, especially those of low values;
4 New water related recreation and tourism activities as well as increased demands for services caused by induced industrial development generate more small business opportunities; and
5. About 800,000 workers in parts of 24 states are employed by industries that are dependent on inland waterways.

Waterways are one of the few investments the federal government makes that return more benefits to the public for a period of more than 50 years. For every dollar spent, the U.S.Treasury receives about six dollars in revenue.

Other Waterway Benefits :
1. Provides more protection against loss of life and property damages from floods;
2. Enhances water quality by providing greater capacity to assimilate treated effluents; and
3. Increases capacity and dependability of municipal and industrial water supplies.