Most freight still flows through Windsor-Det
DETROIT — The land border gateway ay Detroit-Windsor, Ont. was still the top port for the value of freight moved by truck to and from the U.S., according to a new special report on North American freight transportation from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).
next busiest U.S. border crossing in Mexico.
Placing second was the Laredo, Tex. crossing at the Mexican border
The Detroit gateway saw $64 billion in merchandise carried by truck to Canada and $51 billion from Canada. The merchandise transported through Detroit in 2006 was almost double the value of the goods that passed through Buffalo-Niagara Falls, N.Y., the next-ranking port on the Canadian border. Port Huron, Mich., was the third-ranked port.
Most of the truck freight that crosses Detroit-Windsor moves on the Ambassador Bridge.
The study also found that in 2006, the top 10 ports on the northern border handled 92 percent of the truck freight crossing to and from Canada.
Trucks remain the dominant mode for transporting these loads, carrying $534 billion, or 62 percent, of the total value in 2006.
Ranked by value, motor vehicles and related parts was the leading commodity group transported by all modes between the U.S. and its two
NAFTA partners in 2006.
BTS is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration.
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