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Ohio River cargo movements, first quarter 2015
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Tons in thousands
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TOTAL 1Q
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Pct Change
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TOTAL
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Coal
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Petrol
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TOTAL
|
Coal
|
Petrol
|
|
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Emsworth
|
3717.59
|
2959.4
|
211.83
|
-8%
|
-9%
|
-4%
|
|
Dashields
|
3843.8
|
2931.1
|
383.94
|
-8%
|
-11%
|
19%
|
|
Montgomery
|
3930.2
|
2716.27
|
394.11
|
-15%
|
-19%
|
26%
|
|
New Cumberland
|
6296.02
|
3741.4
|
759.48
|
-14%
|
-28%
|
37%
|
|
Pike Island
|
7100.18
|
4181.3
|
969.4
|
-9%
|
-23%
|
36%
|
|
Hannibal
|
9980.4
|
6561.31
|
965.3
|
-3%
|
-13%
|
40%
|
|
Willow Island
|
9604
|
6143.01
|
980.3
|
0%
|
-10%
|
45%
|
|
Belleville
|
9954.38
|
6090.01
|
1049.34
|
-2%
|
-12%
|
22%
|
|
Racine
|
10443.74
|
6456.17
|
1079.51
|
-2%
|
-11%
|
22%
|
|
RCByrd
|
8800.53
|
3894.91
|
1439.52
|
-7%
|
-27%
|
20%
|
|
Greenup
|
9104.22
|
3262.69
|
1965.09
|
-8%
|
-28%
|
3%
|
|
Meldahl
|
9951.28
|
4052.48
|
1948.17
|
-10%
|
-28%
|
7%
|
|
Markland
|
11355.73
|
4582.39
|
1464.49
|
-16%
|
-28%
|
5%
|
|
McAlpine
|
15040.29
|
7651.68
|
1548.74
|
-14%
|
-17%
|
11%
|
|
Cannelton
|
15917.45
|
7694.03
|
1265.13
|
-8%
|
-17%
|
10%
|
|
Newburgh
|
17321.7
|
8096.52
|
1364.04
|
-13%
|
-23%
|
11%
|
|
JTMyers
|
15521.54
|
4074.06
|
1399.37
|
-7%
|
-25%
|
11%
|
|
Smithland
|
15796.97
|
4528.86
|
1359.95
|
-12%
|
-22%
|
8%
|
|
LD 52
|
19093.7
|
3631.33
|
1408.87
|
-12%
|
-27%
|
2%
|
|
LD 53
|
18889.23
|
2439.86
|
1394.52
|
-3%
|
-12%
|
-2%
|
I did an article a couple of weeks ago for The State Journal, the weekly newspaper in Charleston where I once worked full-time. In the article, I noted the increase in petroleum shipments and tried to get comment from Marathon Petroleum, unsuccessfully. The State Journal focuses on West Virginia, so my article did, too.
These numbers are the what, not the why, of course. But the federal Energy Information Administration is predicting a decrease nationally in coal production this year, and with coal being the major commodity moved on all but the lower part of the Ohio, it's no surprise that traffic numbers are down.
