Port activity declining

C.C. Elebash shared these figures on the Port of Pensacola:

Operating Activity
Principal cargo (in tons) FY 2004
Frozen food (int’l export) 0
Sulfur (domestic barge export) 43,879
Asphalt (domestic barge import) 145,897
Aggregate (import) 289,970
Cement (import) 0
All other (bagged food, wind
turbine generators, etc.) 28,166

Total tonnage 507,912
Number of ships calling 28

Revenues $1,383
Operating expenses $2,681
Operating income (loss) ($1,298)


Principal cargo (in tons): FY 2005
Frozen food (int’l export) 36,093
Sulfur (domestic barge export) 9,082
Asphalt (domestic barge import) 35,450
Aggregate (import) 413,381
Cement (import) 0
All other (bagged food, wind
turbine generators, etc.) 0

Total tonnage 494,006
Number of ships calling 36

Revenues $2,311
Operating expenses $2,614
Operating income (loss) ($303)

Principal cargo (in tons): FY 2006

Frozen food (int’l export) 92,643
Sulfur (domestic barge export) 7,106
Asphalt (domestic barge import) 44,258
Aggregate (import) 475,540
Cement (import) 193,148
All other (bagged food, wind
turbine generators, etc.) 36,114

Total tonnage 848,809
Number of ships calling 97

Revenues $2,746
Operating expenses $3,729
Operating income (loss) ($983)

Principal cargo (in tons): FY 2007
Frozen food (int’l export) 26,318
Sulfur (domestic barge export) 0
Asphalt (domestic barge import) 46,432
Aggregate (import) 361,755
Cement (import) 81,166
All other (bagged food, wind
turbine generators, etc.) 9,572

Total tonnage 525,243
Number of ships calling 38

Revenues $1,860
Operating expenses $3,060
Operating income (loss) ($1,448)

Principal cargo (in tons): FY 2008
Frozen food (int’l export) 26,620
Sulfur (domestic barge export) 0
Asphalt (domestic barge import) 34,633
Aggregate (import) 167,900
Cement (import) 129,308
All other (bagged food, wind
turbine generators, etc.) 23,700

Total tonnage 382,161
Number of ships calling 20

Revenues $1,860
Operating expenses ****
Operating income (loss) ****

**** Not yet available

Sources: Port of Pensacola and audited annual City financial reports

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