(CLEVELAND) — Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 28.3 million tons in 2024, a decrease of 3.9 percent compared to 2023. Loadings in 2024 were below the trade’s five-year average by 2.9 percent, the Lake Carriers’ Association reported.
Loadings from U.S. quarries decreased 3.4 percent from the prior year to 22.8 million tons. Shipments from U.S. quarries were also below their five-year average by 2.4 percent.
Shipments from Canadian quarries totaled 5.4 million tons, a decrease of 5.7 percent compared to 2023 and 5 percent below the five-year average.
U.S. ports: Calcite, Mich.; Cedarville, Mich.; Drummond Island, Mich.; Marblehead, Ohio; Port Inland, Mich.; and Presque Isle, Mich. Canadian ports: Bruce Mines, Manitoulin Island, Port Colborne (from August 2017 on), and Smelter Bay (all Ontario).
About the Lake Carriers’ Association
Since 1880, the Lake Carriers’ Association has represented the U.S.-flag Great Lakes fleet, which today can move more than 90 million tons of cargoes annually that are the foundation of American industry, infrastructure and power: iron ore, stone, coal, cement and other dry bulk materials such as grain, salt and sand. More information is available at www.lcaships.com.
– Lake Carriers’ Association
