Cargo Reports – April 2016 – Limestone from Ports – Text & Tabular

April 30, 2016
April 30, 2016 LCA

Lakes Limestone Trade Up 7 Percent in April

CLEVELAND — Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 1,947,263 tons in April, an increase of 7 percent compared to a year ago.

Loadings out of U.S. quarries totaled 1,552,490 tons, a decrease of 3.2 percent compared to a year ago. Shipments from Canadian quarries jumped 85 percent to 394,773 tons.

Year-to-date the Lakes limestone trade stands at 2,257,604 tons, an increase of 10.6 percent. Shipments from U.S. quarries are up a boatload or two. Loadings out of Canadian quarries have risen 75 percent.

The year-to-date total includes 180,234 tons from U.S. quarries in January and 107,998 tons in March. Canadian quarries shipped 22,109 tons in March.

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