To assess the characteristics of port activities over a period of time, 

 the volumes of freight tonnage were examined by commodity for the years shown 

 in Table 2. In 1960-78, the major cargo •'' i ■:-..■: j i-.-ti- j,-*-,-^. ...^u ,. 



gasoline, fuel oil, crude petroleum, and 

 also has maintained a diversified mix of 

 of its operation is liquid bulk. In 1960, 

 gasoline. In 1978, the gasoline tonnage 

 (5.3%) and liquid sulphur tonnage 



was liquid bulk commodities such as 



liquid sulphur. Although the port 



general cargo, the most stable base 



for example, 32% of the tonnage was 



increased from 253,000 to 387,000 



increased to 606,000 tons. Total liquid 



bulk commodities in 1978 was 2,446,333 tons, 80% of the port's total volume. 



Table 2. Port of Pensacola annual freight tonnage in 1960-78 (Adapted from 

 Florida Department of Transportation 1978a). 



Year 



Tons 



Percent 

 change in 1960-78 



1960 

 1965 

 1970 

 1975 

 1978 



792,000 



651,000 



1,002,000 



2,262,000 



3,064,000 



-18 



+26 



+186 



+287 



Forecasts of general cargo and crude oil imports for the Port of Pensa- 

 cola were made by the Florida Department of Transportation (1978a). In 

 general, these forecasts are based upon the port's share of Florida waterborne 

 commerce, annual growth rates of cargo volumes, Florida, U.S., and world 

 economic trends, and assessments of competition between Florida and other U.S. 

 ports. The general cargo forecasts for Pensacola are shown in Table 3. 



Table 3. Port of Pensacola general cargo forecast in tons (Florida Department 

 of Transportation 1978a). 



The forecasts for crude oil imports for the port of Pensacola are 750,000 

 short tons in 1985, 900,000 tons in 1985, and one million tons in 1990, 1995, 

 and 2000 (01 sen 1981). The Port of Pensacola and Port Everglades are the only 

 Florida ports handling significant volumes of crude oil. Pensacola's crude 

 oil tonnage has been changed to foreign imports in the account of the Belcher 

 Oil Company. 



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