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Table 4
International shipping – Cargo tonnage loaded
and unloaded, annual variation and containerization rate by Canadian region
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| Loaded | Unloaded | Handled | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Variation | Containerized | Total | Variation | Containerized | Total | Variation | |
| '000 t | % | '000 t | % | '000 t | % | |||
| Atlantic Region | ||||||||
| 1997 | 33,475.1 | 19.6 | 7.7 | 31,150.1 | 24.7 | 6.1 | 64,625.2 | 22.0 |
| 1998 | 33,083.9 | -1.2 | 7.0 | 29,435.8 | -5.5 | 5.2 | 62,519.7 | -3.3 |
| 1999 | 36,722.2 | 11.0 | 7.0 | 30,357.3 | 3.1 | 5.5 | 67,079.5 | 7.3 |
| 2000 | 40,642.5 | 10.7 | 6.9 | 31,214.6 | 2.8 | 5.7 | 71,857.1 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 42,300.6 | 4.1 | 6.3 | 38,093.8 | 22.0 | 4.9 | 80,394.3 | 11.9 |
| 2002 | 48,551.0 | 14.8 | 5.1 | 32,314.3 | -15.2 | 5.9 | 80,865.3 | 0.6 |
| 2003 | 54,568.0 | 12.4 | 4.7 | 38,235.9 | 18.3 | 5.5 | 92,803.9 | 14.8 |
| 2004 | 55,544.1 | 1.8 | 4.9 | 39,997.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 95,541.3 | 2.9 |
| 2005 | 56,135.8 | 1.1 | 4.9 | 43,746.4 | 9.4 | 4.7 | 99,882.2 | 4.5 |
| 2006 | 54,853.4 | -2.3 | 5.0 | 37,374.6 | -14.6 | 5.3 | 92,228.0 | -7.7 |
| St. Lawrence Region | ||||||||
| 1997 | 50,204.4 | 5.2 | 8.0 | 27,940.6 | -2.7 | 14.5 | 78,145.0 | 2.2 |
| 1998 | 47,057.1 | -6.3 | 8.8 | 30,036.3 | 7.5 | 14.4 | 77,093.4 | -1.3 |
| 1999 | 45,394.6 | -3.5 | 9.2 | 31,150.8 | 3.7 | 15.0 | 76,545.3 | -0.7 |
| 2000 | 45,096.9 | -0.7 | 8.8 | 31,099.0 | -0.2 | 15.9 | 76,195.9 | -0.5 |
| 2001 | 37,241.6 | -17.4 | 10.2 | 31,101.5 | 0.0 | 14.8 | 68,343.1 | -10.3 |
| 2002 | 39,443.0 | 5.9 | 10.3 | 32,884.2 | 5.7 | 15.3 | 72,327.2 | 5.8 |
| 2003 | 45,522.0 | 15.4 | 9.5 | 34,202.1 | 4.0 | 14.7 | 79,724.1 | 10.2 |
| 2004 | 40,553.9 | -10.9 | 11.8 | 36,418.2 | 6.5 | 15.7 | 76,972.1 | -3.5 |
| 2005 | 43,973.5 | 8.4 | 11.3 | 39,828.1 | 9.4 | 14.3 | 83,801.6 | 8.9 |
| 2006 | 49,004.0 | 11.4 | 10.5 | 38,923.1 | -2.3 | 14.8 | 87,927.1 | 4.9 |
| Great Lakes Region | ||||||||
| 1997 | 14,204.6 | 11.0 | 0.1 | 26,756.6 | 11.3 | 0.0 | 40,961.3 | 11.2 |
| 1998 | 16,619.7 | 17.0 | 0.0 | 31,300.2 | 17.0 | 0.0 | 47,919.9 | 17.0 |
| 1999 | 15,678.9 | -5.7 | 0.0 | 30,851.0 | -1.4 | 0.0 | 46,529.8 | -2.9 |
| 2000 | 16,345.4 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 33,553.8 | 8.8 | 0.0 | 49,899.2 | 7.2 |
| 2001 | 16,836.7 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 33,335.6 | -0.7 | 0.0 | 50,172.3 | 0.5 |
| 2002 | 15,872.6 | -5.7 | 0.0 | 32,319.8 | -3.0 | 0.0 | 48,192.4 | -3.9 |
| 2003 | 16,415.2 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 31,228.3 | -3.4 | 0.1 | 47,643.5 | -1.1 |
| 2004 | 17,750.7 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 29,495.4 | -5.5 | 0.0 | 47,246.2 | -0.8 |
| 2005 | 16,311.6 | -8.1 | 0.0 | 31,688.9 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 48,000.5 | 1.6 |
| 2006 | 16,086.7 | -1.4 | 0.0 | 31,813.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 47,900.4 | -0.2 |
| Pacific Region | ||||||||
| 1997 | 90,060.5 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 8,857.7 | 12.9 | 22.0 | 98,918.3 | 5.7 |
| 1998 | 82,281.6 | -8.6 | 6.0 | 9,610.0 | 8.5 | 25.4 | 91,891.6 | -7.1 |
| 1999 | 81,852.1 | -0.5 | 7.9 | 9,192.1 | -4.3 | 31.2 | 91,044.2 | -0.9 |
| 2000 | 85,758.7 | 4.8 | 8.1 | 10,051.5 | 9.3 | 35.3 | 95,810.2 | 5.2 |
| 2001 | 78,344.7 | -8.6 | 8.7 | 9,604.5 | -4.4 | 39.1 | 87,949.2 | -8.2 |
| 2002 | 70,403.6 | -10.1 | 10.1 | 10,945.9 | 14.0 | 45.8 | 81,349.5 | -7.5 |
| 2003 | 74,881.5 | 6.4 | 11.0 | 11,647.2 | 6.4 | 50.5 | 86,528.8 | 6.4 |
| 2004 | 82,181.0 | 9.7 | 11.5 | 13,133.9 | 12.8 | 50.4 | 95,315.0 | 10.2 |
| 2005 | 85,332.9 | 3.8 | 10.8 | 13,894.9 | 5.8 | 51.6 | 99,227.9 | 4.1 |
| 2006 | 86,063.7 | 0.9 | 11.1 | 15,947.9 | 14.8 | 49.3 | 102,011.6 | 2.8 |
| Canada | ||||||||
| 1997 | 187,944.6 | 7.8 | 5.8 | 94,705.1 | 10.6 | 8.4 | 282,649.7 | 8.8 |
| 1998 | 179,042.2 | -4.7 | 6.4 | 100,382.4 | 6.0 | 8.3 | 279,424.6 | -1.1 |
| 1999 | 179,647.7 | 0.3 | 7.4 | 101,551.2 | 1.2 | 9.1 | 281,198.9 | 0.6 |
| 2000 | 187,843.4 | 4.6 | 7.3 | 105,919.0 | 4.3 | 9.7 | 293,762.4 | 4.5 |
| 2001 | 174,723.6 | -7.0 | 7.6 | 112,135.3 | 5.9 | 9.1 | 286,859.0 | -2.4 |
| 2002 | 174,270.2 | -0.3 | 7.8 | 108,464.2 | -3.3 | 11.0 | 282,734.4 | -1.4 |
| 2003 | 191,386.7 | 9.8 | 7.9 | 115,313.6 | 6.3 | 11.3 | 306,700.4 | 8.5 |
| 2004 | 196,029.8 | 2.4 | 8.7 | 119,044.9 | 3.2 | 12.0 | 315,074.6 | 2.7 |
| 2005 | 201,753.8 | 2.9 | 8.4 | 129,158.3 | 8.5 | 11.6 | 330,912.2 | 5.0 |
| 2006 | 206,007.7 | 2.1 | 8.5 | 124,059.4 | -3.9 | 12.6 | 330,067.1 | -0.3 |
