Complete Regional Transportation Plan 2012 - Cape Cod ...

TABLE 3: ACTIVE CAPE COD LIGHTHOUSESLighthouse NameNobska LightCleveland Ledge LightLewis Bay LightWest Dennis LightChatham LighthouseNauset LightHighland LightRace Point LightWood End LightLong Point LightTownFalmouthIn Buzzards BayBarnstableDennisChathamEasthamTruroProvincetownProvincetownProvincetownTABLE 4: NAVIGATIONAL LIGHTS AND FOG SIGNALS BY LOCATIONNavigationalLightsFog SignalsAtlantic Ocean 1 4Buzzards Bay 13 13Cape Cod Bay 12 11Nantucket Sound 46 15Total 72 432.5.5 WATER FREIGHT SERVICEGoods are transported by water via ferries, barges, and tankers. The busiest Cape Codwater facility in terms of freight transportation is the Cape Cod Canal. Although morevessels may pass through the Woods Hole Channel per year, more tons of freight passthrough the Cape Cod Canal (Table 5). Petroleum and petroleum products constitutethe majority of freight traveling through the Canal. Other products include coal,chemicals, crude materials (i.e. wood, gravel, ore), food and manufactured goods, andequipment. In total, roughly 8.5 million tons were transported through the Cape CodCanal in 2003. This figure is higher than the previous year, but lower than that of tenyears previous (Cape Cod Regional Transportation Plan | August 2011Chapter 2.5: Water TransportationPage 203