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BY THE NUMBERS

By any yardstick the USACE does an admirable job; a daunting responsibility. Doing more, usually with less especially considering the paucity of resources and funds (much like their cousins in the U.S. Coast Guard), and allotted to their mission. The dredging statistics, sup- By the Numbers, it looks something like this: ported by trust fund facts and other fun facts, add up to

The Latest USACE Waterborne Commerce Facts at a glance … 5.33: avg. cost ($)/cy of maintenance dredging 5: Top ’14 U.S. traf? c ports (LA, NY/NJ, Long Beach, Houston, Savannah) 11: age of youngest lock (Montgomery Pt) 8.68: value of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund in FY 15 in billions ($) 39: number of multi-chambered locks 34.1: million cubic yds of dredging contacts awards (New Orleans Dist.) 40.89: average cost ($)/cy for new dredging 40.6: millions short tons of coal exported from Hampton Roads (-15.7%) 46: lock-associated dams producing hydropower 55: Number private dredging ? rms receiving dredging awards, FY14 113: highest lift (feet) (John Day, Columbia River) 68.5: millions of dollars disbursed by IWTF projects in FY 15 126.1: Millions of tons on GIWW in 2014 83: Pct. of material dredged (154.5 mcy) by private contractors in FY14 193: total number of (lock/chamber/dam) sites 97.89: millions of dollars paid into IWTF by inland towing in FY 15 239: total number of lock chambers 97.9: millions of dollars earned by Inland Waterways Trust Fund in FY 15 1873: the year Willamette Falls locks (oldest) built 185.9: (mcy) Corps & contractor dredges handled in FY14 3,772: number DH tank barges (+ 244 from 2013) 266.1: millions of dollars in dredging contracts awarded by Phila. District 6,791: combined lift (in feet) of all Corps locks 267.4: million tons cargo through Port of South Louisiana (+12.1%) 12,000: miles, US inland & intracoastal waterways 461: number of deep draft dry cargo barges (up from 448) in 2014 71,000: number barges through OH River Lock 52 18,624: number vessels passing through youngest lock (11 yrs) 84,000,000: tons shipped on those 71,000 barges 30,764: number US ? ag boats in Miss. River &Gulf Intracoastal Waters 91,192,537: tons through youngest lock ( 11 yrs) 40,082: Number US ? ag passenger and cargo vessels on 12/31/14

Source: USACE / mcy = millions of cubic yards

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