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MOBILE HARBOR, AL
Section Included: Entrance, bay and river channels, and channels into Chickasaw and Three Mile Creeks. Maintained Depth: Project Entrance 47
feet, Mobile Bay 45 feet and Mobile River 40 feet; Branch Channels, 13 to 39 feet; including Theodore Ship Channel 40 feet. Tidal range to 3 feet at
mean higher high water.
Comparative Statement of Traffic (thousand short tons)
Year Total Year Total Year Total Year Total
1994 44,997 1997 49,120 2000 53,658 2003 50,214
1995 50,972 1998 49,230 2001 48,116
1996 50,864 1999 45,439 2002 46,022
Freight Traffic, 2003 (thousand short tons)
Commodity Total
Foreign Canadian
Inbound* Outbound* Inbound Outbound
Total, all commodities 25,028 17,280 7,469 273 6
Total coal 12,812 8,827 3,985 —- —-
1100 coal lignite 12,065 8,097 3,968 —- —-
1200 coal coke 747 730 18 —- —-
Total petroleum and petroleum products 4,812 4,774 38 —- —-
Subtotal crude petroleum 4,725 4,725 —- —- —-
2100 crude petroleum 4,725 4,725 —- —- —-
Subtotal petroleum products 87 49 38 —- —-
2211 gasoline 30 —- 30 —- —-
2221 kerosene 0 —- 0 —- —-
2330 distillate fuel oil 0 —- 0 —- —-
2410 petro. jelly & waxes 11 11 —- —- —-
2430 asphalt, tar & pitch 0 —- 0 —- —-
2540 petroleum coke 46 38 8 —- —-
Total chemicals and related products 547 104 437 —- 6
Subtotal fertilizers 15 14 1 —- —-
3130 potassic fert. 11 11 —- —- —-
3190 fert. & mixes nec 4 3 1 —- —-
Subtotal other chemicals and related products 532 90 436 —- 6
3219 other hydrocarbons 0 0 —- —- —-
3220 alcohols 292 29 257 —- 6
3230 carboxylic acids 14 7 7 —- —-
3240 nitrogen func. comp. 4 4 1 —- —-
3250 organo - inorg. comp. 8 0 8 —- —-
3260 organic comp. nec 80 2 78 —- —-
3274 sodium hydroxide 0 —- 0 —- —-
3275 inorg. elem., oxides, & halogen salts 60 4 56 —- —-
3276 metallic salts 38 37 1 —- —-
3279 inorganic chem. nec 1 1 0 —- —-
3282 pigments & paints 0 0 0 —- —-
3283 coloring mat. nec 0 0 —- —- —-
3284 medicines 0 0 0 —- —-
3285 perfumes & cleansers 1 0 0 —- —-
3286 plastics 23 6 17 —- —-
3292 starches, gluten, glue 1 0 0 —- —-
3297 chemical additives 0 0 0 —- —-
3298 wood & resin chem. 1 —- 1 —- —-
3299 chem. products nec 9 0 9 —- —-
Total crude materials, inedible except fuels 3,725 2,136 1,396 192 —-
Subtotal forest products, wood and chips 619 244 375 —- —-
4161 wood chips 294 82 212 —- —-
4170 wood in the rough 41 31 10 —- —-
4189 lumber 281 128 153 —- —-
4190 forest products nec 3 3 0 —- —-
Subtotal pulp and waste paper 1,498 557 941 —- —-
4225 pulp & waste paper 1,498 557 941 —- —-
Subtotal soil, sand, gravel, rock and stone 1,136 933 11 192 —-
4322 limestone 620 561 —- 59 —-
4323 gypsum 153 153 —- —- —-
4331 sand & gravel 363 219 11 133 —-
Subtotal iron ore and scrap 275 241 35 —- —-
4410 iron ore 265 233 32 —- —-
4420 iron & steel scrap 11 8 3 —- —-
Subtotal non-ferrous ores and scrap 53 45 8 —- —-
4650 aluminum ore 8 0 8 —- —-
4680 non-ferrous scrap 0 —- 0 —- —-
4690 non-ferrous ores nec 45 45 —- —- —-
Subtotal sulphur, clay and salt 23 2 21 —- —-
4782 clay & refrac. mat. 23 2 21 —- —-
Subtotal other non-metal. min. 121 116 5 —- —-
4900 non-metal. min. nec 121 116 5 —- —-
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS MOBILE, AL DISTRICT 113