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MISSISSIPPI RIVER, BATON ROUGE, LA TO MOUTH OF PASSES
Section Included: Baton Rouge, LA to mouth of passes; lower Mississippi River from mile 236 to mile 0 A.H.P.; South Pass 14.2 miles; Southwest
Pass 21.2 miles. Maintained Depth: Southwest Pass, 45 feet; South Pass, 13 feet. Tidal range to 3 feet at mean higher high water.
*Revised after original year of publication
Comparative Statement of Traffic (thousand short tons)
Year Total Year Total Year Total Year Total
1994 427,887 1997 436,653 2000 444,531* 2003 411,058
1995 454,644 1998 433,524* 2001 435,676
1996 440,482 1999 440,668 2002 434,094
Freight Traffic, 2003 (thousand short tons)
Commodity Total
Foreign Canadian
Inbound* Outbound* Inbound Outbound
Total, all commodities 169,747 76,155 90,561 2,281 750
Total coal 3,104 1,561 1,514 29 —-
1100 coal lignite 2,169 793 1,376 —- —-
1200 coal coke 935 768 138 29 —-
Total petroleum and petroleum products 48,151 39,834 7,375 270 671
Subtotal crude petroleum 29,587 28,829 517 241 —-
2100 crude petroleum 29,587 28,829 517 241 —-
Subtotal petroleum products 18,563 11,005 6,858 29 671
2211 gasoline 989 812 177 —- —-
2221 kerosene 40 —- 40 —- —-
2330 distillate fuel oil 6,121 5,254 819 29 18
2340 residual fuel oil 4,290 1,205 2,700 —- 385
2350 lube oil & greases 755 543 213 —- —-
2410 petro. jelly & waxes 9 9 0 —- —-
2429 naphtha & solvents 1,702 1,591 111 —- —-
2430 asphalt, tar & pitch 86 77 9 —- —-
2540 petroleum coke 4,202 1,147 2,787 —- 268
2640 liquid natural gas 369 368 1 —- —-
Total chemicals and related products 14,863 11,157 3,562 66 78
Subtotal fertilizers 5,714 5,053 632 —- 29
3110 nitrogenous fert. 4,051 4,022 —- —- 29
3120 phosphatic fert. 37 37 —- —- —-
3130 potassic fert. 771 629 142 —- —-
3190 fert. & mixes nec 854 364 490 —- —-
Subtotal other chemicals and related products 9,149 6,104 2,929 66 50
3211 acyclic hydrocarbons 124 46 29 49 —-
3212 benzene & toluene 90 73 0 17 —-
3219 other hydrocarbons 662 41 621 —- —-
3220 alcohols 2,391 2,015 376 —- —-
3230 carboxylic acids 78 45 33 —- —-
3240 nitrogen func. comp. 270 4 267 —- —-
3250 organo - inorg. comp. 64 33 30 —- —-
3260 organic comp. nec 154 20 134 —- —-
3272 sulphuric acid 23 9 15 —- —-
3273 ammonia 1,711 1,711 0 —- —-
3274 sodium hydroxide 367 0 317 —- 50
3275 inorg. elem., oxides, & halogen salts 1,794 1,183 612 —- —-
3276 metallic salts 327 308 19 —- —-
3279 inorganic chem. nec 166 163 3 —- —-
3281 radioactive material 17 0 16 —- —-
3282 pigments & paints 10 3 7 —- —-
3283 coloring mat. nec 14 0 14 —- —-
3284 medicines 9 1 9 —- —-
3285 perfumes & cleansers 37 8 28 —- —-
3286 plastics 248 14 234 —- —-
3291 pesticides 46 18 28 —- —-
3292 starches, gluten, glue 13 0 13 —- —-
3293 explosives 1 —- 1 —- —-
3297 chemical additives 43 13 30 —- —-
3298 wood & resin chem. 4 3 0 —- —-
3299 chem. products nec 486 393 93 —- —-
Total crude materials, inedible except fuels 15,440 12,888 693 1,860 —-
Subtotal forest products, wood and chips 643 530 113 —- —-
4110 rubber & gums 439 437 2 —- —-
4150 fuel wood 3 0 3 —- —-
4170 wood in the rough 23 22 2 —- —-
4189 lumber 170 64 106 —- —-
4190 forest products nec 8 8 1 —- —-
Subtotal pulp and waste paper 123 21 103 —- —-
4225 pulp & waste paper 123 21 103 —- —-
Subtotal soil, sand, gravel, rock and stone 1,601 1,323 1 277 —-
4310 building stone 9 9 0 —- —-
4322 limestone 779 779 0 —- —-
4323 gypsum 137 —- 0 137 —-
4327 phosphate rock 505 505 —- —- —-
4331 sand & gravel 171 30 1 140 —-
Subtotal iron ore and scrap 5,273 3,454 267 1,552 —-
4410 iron ore 4,927 3,375 —- 1,552 —-
4420 iron & steel scrap 346 79 267 —- —-
228 MISSISSIPPI RIVER U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS