The Lake Carriers’ Association (LCA) reports that shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes in April totaled 1.9 million net tons, a dip of 3.5 percent versus last April.
Loadings were below April’s five-year average by 11.2 percent, LCA adds.
April loadings at U.S. ports totaled 1.6 million tons, a decrease of 1.4 percent. Shipments from Canadian quarries decreased by 12.7 percent to 323,039 tons.
On the year, LCA says the Great Lakes limestone trade stands at 2 million tons. That figure is up less than 1 percent from 2022. Shipments from U.S. ports are up 4 percent from the previous year while shipments from Canadian ports are up 7.6 percent.
LCA represents the U.S.-flag Great Lakes fleet, which moves more than 90 million tons of cargo annually – including stone, sand, coal, cement, iron ore and other dry bulk materials.
