Table 8.--U.S. and Canadian iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes (Thousand metric tons gross weight of ore shipped) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Loading district 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lake Superior------------------ 60,792 64,601 59,033 60,982 68,693 64,482 57,035 60,076 Lake Michigan------------------ 6,162 6,709 6,671 6,324 7,010 9,087 8,493 9,507 Lake Huron--------------------- 1,169 1,106 1,123 1,193 1,350 1,180 1,341 1,224 Lake Ontario------------------- 457 501 456 457 518 470 479 467 Eastern Canada----------------- 11,309 13,726 14,616 16,017 10,121 13,196 12,069 11,187 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total1/---------------------- 79,889 86,643 81,899 84,973 87,692 88,415 79,417 82,461 U.S. flag fleet shipments2/---- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Percent carried by U.S. fleet-- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lake Superior------------------ 71,515 65,919 58,577 58,036 38,879 65,370 67,775 53,498 Lake Michigan------------------ 8,888 9,026 9,093 10,392 8,017 11,618 12,006 9,881 Lake Huron--------------------- 1,257 1,288 1,176 1,013 1,200 996 231 -- Lake Ontario------------------- 472 399 276 458 608 44 -- -- Eastern Canada----------------- 13,931 12,351 12,127 18,109 19,423 12,313 13,520 10,759 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total1/---------------------- 96,063 88,983 81,249 88,008 68,127 90,341 93,532 74,138 U.S. flag fleet shipments2/---- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Percent carried by U.S. fleet-- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lake Superior------------------ 55,154 27,327 35,619 38,765 37,962 31,677 41,835 46,098 Lake Michigan------------------ 8,883 5,405 7,535 8,757 7,503 7,497 6,032 6,660 Lake Huron--------------------- 16 60 175 221 -- -- -- -- Lake Ontario------------------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Eastern Canada----------------- 12,053 6,338 9,592 10,441 7,542 7,108 8,109 9,209 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total1/---------------------- 76,106 39,130 52,921 58,184 53,007 46,282 55,976 61,967 U.S. flag fleet shipments2/---- NA NA NA NA 44,027 39,457 48,952 55,028 Percent carried by U.S. fleet-- NA NA NA NA 83 85 87 89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1989 1990 ------------------- Lake Superior------------------ 45,296 46,661 Lake Michigan------------------ 5,742 4,987 Lake Huron--------------------- -- -- Lake Ontario------------------- -- -- Eastern Canada----------------- 9,480 10,836 ------------------- Total1/---------------------- 60,518 62,484 U.S. flag fleet shipments2/---- 51,799 54,055 Percent carried by U.S. fleet-- 86 87 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NA Not applicable. 1/Includes transhipments. Data may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding. 2/Includes mill scale, scarfer ore, and slag in addition to iron ore. Source: Lake Carriers' Association Annual Reports.