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 Inland Waterways
Appalachian Ohio borders nearly 450 miles of the Ohio River. The Ohio River in this reach carries mostly coal, but other valuable commodities such as aggregates, petroleum, iron, steel, and chemicals are also transported by barge. In 1999, over 130 million tons of commodities (mostly coal, petroleum, chemicals and aggregates) moved to, from, within and past Ohio. These commodities had a combined value of over $14.5 billion. Coal made up just less than 65% of this tonnage, followed by petroleum.

There were 142 manufacturing facilities, terminals, and docks in Ohio that shipped and received tonnage in 1999.

250 to 300 million tons of cargo are transported on the entire Ohio River each year. The annual tonnage on the Ohio River has surpassed the Panama Canal.
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