New waterways profiles released for 17 states

Written by Marine Log Staff
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The National Waterways Foundation (NWF) has commissioned and released waterways profiles for the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

NWF worked with Cambridge Systematics Inc. (CSI) on the state waterways profiles using the National IMPLAN economic model to estimate the economic impacts of each state’s inland waterways system. The analysis included an evaluation of current economic and commodity flow information, inland waterways and waterways-dependent industries, top commodities, and the industries that most benefit from the inland waterways in each state. The profiles also include high-level, national benefits of and statistics for the inland waterways.

The profiles reveal the number of inland waterways-supported jobs, associated state and local tax revenue, the volume of freight moving on the state’s inland waterways and how that equates to numbers of trucks, top inland commodities by weight and value, key industries in the state supported by the inland waterways, and how many miles of navigable inland waterways traverse the state.

“These new waterways profiles will offer an even deeper dive into the critical value of the inland waterways to states. This will be a great additional resource of information and the National Waterways Foundation is proud to have commissioned this important project,” said NWF Chairman Rick Calhoun.

Access the new state inland waterways profiles and data methodology HERE.

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