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BY THE NUMBERS

U.S. Ferries: Through the Years …

Year / Census Year 1999 / 20002005 / 20062007 / 20082016 / 2014 213 128

Ferry Operators Responding 224 230

Ferries in Service N/A N/A 669 476

Vessels Not in Service N/A N/A 40 23 677 690

Total Fleet Size 709 499

Ferry Terminals (U.S.) 546 541 496 441

Total Ferry Segments 452 382 349 741

Passengers Carried 108 million 106 million115 million

Oldest Ferry ?? ?? 94 years 101 years

Average Age (years) ?? 25 26 28

Average Ferry Speed ?? 14.0 14.1 15.0

Passengers, Vehicles, Fleets & Terminals: by Census Region (2013)

RegionPassengersVehiclesFerries, PCT FleetTop States (# Boats)Terminals, PCT totals 30,851,5963,455,760 183 / 36.7 NY (45), MA (49) 128 / 29.0

Northeast 10,406,3712,377,01065 / 13.0 IL (21), MI (20) 58 / 13.2

Midwest 26,441,6539,121,240122 / 24.4 NC (30), LA (21) 115 / 26.1

South 45,846,31014,864,231 123 / 24.6 CA (53), WA (46) 129 / 29.3

West 582,991206,626 3 / 0.6 n/a 5 / 1.1

U.S. territory 965,783264,245 3 / 0.6 n/a 6 / 1.4

Non-U.S.

115,094,70430,289,112 499 / 100 n/a 441 / 100

Totals

Today’s Ferry Fleet … at a glance …

Parameter CountPercent (sample size)

Carry passengers 47495.0 (499)

Carry vehicles 23547.1 (499)

Carry freight (499) 11122.2 43894.6

Self-propelled (463)

Other propulsion 255.4 (463)

Diesel (467) 44194.4

Gas (467) 153.2

CNG (467) 0 0.0

Electric (467) 3 0.6

Other (467) 8 1.7

Source: http://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/maps/reference/us_regdiv.pdf

See the Complete Survey at: https://www.rita.dot.gov

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