Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes rises 18.8 percent in November

Thursday, 07 December 2017 21:15:32 (GMT+3)   |   San Diego
       

Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 2.95 million tons in November, an increase of 18.8 percent compared to a year ago, according to a report today from the Lake Carriers’ Association.  November’s loadings were also 6.4 percent ahead of the month’s 5-year average.

Loadings from US quarries totaled 2.5 million tons, an increase of 21.2 percent compared to a year ago.  It should be noted, however, that shipments from US quarries in November 2016 were at their lowest level in more than a decade.

Shipments from Canadian quarries this November totaled 430,000 tons, an increase of one cargo in a mid-sized Great Lakes freighter.

Year-to-date the limestone trade stands at 26.7 million tons, an increase of 5.8 percent compared to a year ago.  Loadings from Michigan and Ohio quarries total 22 million tons, an increase of 7.6 percent.  Shipments from Ontario quarries total 4.7 million tons, a decrease of 2.2 percent.


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