Saturday, August 8, 2015

Cargo trends, second quarter 2015

Here's a chart I made of movements of various cargoes on the Ohio River in the second quarter of this year.

Petroleum because of activity in the Utica and Marcellus shales of the upper Ohio.

Coal because it's the dominant commodity moved on most of the river.

And total traffic for obvious reasons.



Ohio River Barge Traffic





Second Quarter





Thousands of tons






TOTAL 2QPct Change
Locks and DamPetroleumCoalTOTALPetroleumCoalTOTAL
Emsworth226.43,782.605,006.70-12%1%2%
Dashields336.53,577.505,153.60-3%-7%-5%
Montgomery350.13,377.005,270.908%-12%-4%
New Cumberland779.54,683.507,859.4014%-13%-3%
Pike Island1,120.004,919.608,550.1039%-5%5%
Hannibal1,095.107,274.3011,736.0030%1%9%
Willow Island1,168.206,570.8011,089.7027%1%7%
Belleville1,349.907,160.0012,374.9032%6%13%
Racine1,391.907,411.3012,517.2034%3%9%
RCByrd1,559.204,372.2010,724.3020%-9%5%
Greenup2,405.503,224.6010,697.9014%-18%5%
Meldahl2,358.404,252.2011,562.6012%-20%-1%
Markland1,938.004,178.6012,565.0013%-23%0%
McAlpine1,705.207,340.2016,520.7010%-16%-2%
Cannelton1,609.907,472.0016,332.1017%-16%-4%
Newburgh1,558.008,481.0018,218.4014%-14%13%
JTMyers1,798.004,730.7015,653.1019%-15%3%
Smithland1,817.105,542.1017,331.5020%-12%3%
LD 521,944.304,238.6022,052.9024%-23%1%
LD 531,976.202,699.0019,847.6020%-6%7%

Looking at the numbers, it's no wonder boats are less frequent than they were a few years ago, and it's no wonder some boats I'm used to seeing on the Ohio now run on the Upper Mississippi and the Illinois.