Tables 2-4 and 2-4M. Hazardous Materials Shipments by Transportation Mode: 2002 (Historical)
Table 2-4 (standard units)
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| Transportation mode | Value $Billion |
Value Percent |
Tons Millions |
Tons Percent |
Ton-miles Billions |
Ton-miles Percent |
Average miles per shipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All modes, total | 660.2 | 100.0 | 2,191.5 | 100.0 | 326.7 | 100.0 | 136 |
| Single modes, total | 644.5 | 97.6 | 2,158.5 | 98.5 | 311.9 | 95.5 | 105 |
| Truck1 | 419.6 | 63.6 | 1,159.5 | 52.9 | 110.2 | 33.7 | 86 |
| Truck1 For-hire | 189.8 | 28.8 | 449.5 | 20.5 | 65.1 | 19.9 | 285 |
| Truck1 Private2 | 226.7 | 34.3 | 702.2 | 32.0 | 44.1 | 13.5 | 38 |
| Rail | 31.3 | 4.7 | 109.4 | 5.0 | 72.1 | 22.1 | 695 |
| Water | 46.9 | 7.1 | 228.2 | 10.4 | 70.6 | 21.6 | S |
| Air | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.003 | 0.1 | 0.03 | 2,080 |
| Pipeline3 | 145.0 | 22.0 | 661.4 | 30.2 | S | S | S |
| Multiple modes, total | 9.6 | 1.5 | 18.7 | 0.9 | 12.5 | 3.8 | 849 |
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service or Courier | 4.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.01 | 0.1 | 0.04 | 837 |
| Other | 5.4 | 0.8 | 18.5 | 0.8 | 12.4 | 3.8 | 1,371 |
| Unknown and other modes, total | 6.1 | 0.9 | 14.2 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 57 |
Key: S = data are not published because of high sampling variability or other reasons.
1Truck as a single mode includes shipments that went by private truck only, for-hire truck only, or a combination of both.
2Private truck refers to a truck operated by a temporary or permanent employee of an establishment or the buyer/receiver of the shipment.
3Excludes most shipments of crude oil.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Transportation, 2002 Commodity Flow Survey, Hazardous Materials (Washington, DC: December 2004), table 1a.
Table 2-4M (metric units - million metric tonnes and billion tonnes kilometers)
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| Transportation mode | Value $Billion |
Value Percent |
Metric Tonnes Millions |
Metric Tonnes Percent |
Tonne-kilometers Billions |
Tonne-kilometers Percent |
Average kilometers per shipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL all modes | 660.2 | 100.0 | 1,988.1 | 100.0 | 477.0 | 100.0 | 219 |
| Single modes, total | 644.5 | 97.6 | 1,958.2 | 98.5 | 455.4 | 95.5 | 169 |
| Truck1 | 419.6 | 63.6 | 1,051.9 | 52.9 | 160.8 | 33.7 | 138 |
| Truck1 For-hire | 189.8 | 28.8 | 407.8 | 20.5 | 95.1 | 19.9 | 459 |
| Truck1 Private2 | 226.7 | 34.3 | 637.0 | 32.0 | 64.4 | 13.5 | 61 |
| Rail | 31.3 | 4.7 | 99.2 | 5.0 | 105.2 | 22.1 | 1,118 |
| Water | 46.9 | 7.1 | 207.0 | 10.4 | 103.1 | 21.6 | S |
| Air | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | Z | 0.1 | Z | 3,347 |
| Pipeline3 | 145.0 | 22.0 | 600.0 | 30.2 | S | S | S |
| Multiple modes, total | 9.6 | 1.5 | 17.0 | 0.9 | 18.2 | 3.8 | 1,366 |
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service or courier | 4.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | Z | 0.2 | Z | 1,347 |
| Other | 5.4 | 0.8 | 16.8 | 0.8 | 18.1 | 3.8 | 2,206 |
| Unknown and other modes, total | 6.1 | 0.9 | 12.9 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 92 |
Key: S = data are not published because of high sampling variability or other reasons; Z = zero or less than 1 unit of measure.
1Truck as a single mode includes shipments that went by private truck only, for-hire truck only, or a combination of both.
2Private truck refers to a truck operated by a temporary or permanent employee of an establishment or the buyer/receiver of the shipment.
3Excludes most shipments of crude oil.
Note: 1 ton = 0.91 metric tonne; 1 ton-mile = 1.46 tonne-kilometer.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Transportation, 2002 Commodity Flow Survey, Hazardous Materials (Washington, DC: December 2004), table 1a.
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