1992 Census of Transportation, Communications, and Utilities - U.S. Summary
Water transportation. Estabs engaged in freight & passenger transp on the open seas or inland waters & furn towing, etc

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44 Water transportation. Estabs engaged in freight & passenger transp on the open seas or inland waters & furn towing, 8,147 29,207,214 171,314 5,170,196 1,213,197
441,442,443,444 Water transp of freight. Includes deep sea foreign & domestic freight& Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway freight. 836 14,704,201 37,229 1,522,599 357,814
441, 442 Deep sea foreign & domestic freight. Estab operate vessels to transport freight on deep seas btwn US & for/dom ports. 615 11,948,133 26,798 1,147,862 273,745
4412 Deep sea foreign freight. Estab operate vessels to transport freight on the deep seas btwn US mainland ports & for po 334 8,490,470 13,334 629,239 151,154
4424 Deep sea domestic freight. Estab opr vessels to transport freight btwn US mainland ports & Panama Canal, Puerto Rico, 281 3,457,663 13,464 518,623 122,591
443,444 Oth water transportation of freight. Estabs opr vessels to transport freight on the Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Seaway 221 2,756,068 10,431 374,737 84,069
4432 Great Lakes-St.Lawrence Seaway freight. Estabs in transp of freight btwn US ports or btwn US & Canada on Great Lakes- 26 559,187 1,255 81,347 11,932
4449 Water transp of freight, n.e.c. Estabs engage in trans frgt on all in-land waterways incl intracoastal Atlantic & Gul 195 2,196,881 9,176 293,390 72,137
448 Water transp of passengers. Includes ferries, deep sea transp except by ferry & water transportation of passengers, n 1,033 4,132,926 23,308 507,753 108,438
4482 Ferries. Estab opr ferries to transport passengers & vehicles. Incl car lighter, railroad ferries. 118 154,668 1,791 50,824 8,721
4481,9 Water transp of pass except by ferry. Incl deep sea transp of passengers and water transp of pass, n.e.c. 915 3,978,258 21,517 456,929 99,717
4481 Deep sea transportation except by ferry. Estab operate vessels to transp pass on the deep seas. Incl cruise ships. 72 3,268,465 12,503 275,067 65,699
4489 Water transp of passengers, n.e.c. Incl excursion boats, rec charterboat, water taxi, yacht charters w/crew, river tr 843 709,793 9,014 181,862 34,018
449 Service incidental to water transp. Includes marine cargo handling & marinas, towing & tugboat svce, & other services 6,278 10,370,087 110,777 3,139,844 746,945
4493 Marinas. Operation of marinas incl boat slip rental, boat cleaning & incidental boat repair. Also sell food, fuel, bo 3,348 1,651,400 17,913 345,922 69,447
4491, 4492, 4493 Oth svce incidental to water transp. Includes towing & tugboat svce, marine cargo handling and water transp, n.e.c. 2,930 8,718,687 92,864 2,793,922 677,498
4491 Marine cargo handling. Includes unload & load ship @ dock, maintenance of piers, docks & assoc. buildings & facilitie 871 5,066,178 58,840 1,841,419 454,242
4492 Towing & tugboat svce. Harbor ares, incl docking & undocking of ocean vessels, fleeting & harbor service, marine towi 941 2,681,907 24,639 689,085 161,234
4499 Water transp service, n.e.c. Estab rent or lease comm vessels or barges w/out crew; boat cleaning; canal opr; lighter 1,118 970,602 9,385 263,418 62,022

Source: 1992 Economic Census: Census of Transportation, Communications, and Utilities
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