Table 7. Port of St. Joe annual freight tonnage in selected years, 1960-78 

 (Florida Department of Transportation 1978a). 



Year Tons Percent decline 



1960-78 



1960 1,620,000 



1965 255,000 -84.3 



1970 932,000 -42.5 



1975 463,000 -71.4 



1978 657,000 -59.4 



In 1960, the port of St. Joe moved 1,142,000 tons of gasoline as domestic 

 receipts, but virtually all of this business was lost to the ports of Pensa- 

 cola and Panama City by 1965. Receipts of fuel oil surged briefly in 1970, 

 but by 1978 annual tonnage had decreased from 705,000 tons to 80,000 tons. 

 The port's increase in annual tonnage from 1975 to 1978 was primarily due to 

 crude petroleum imports. Port St. Joe currently is a bulk liquid cargo port 

 subject to fluctuations in commodity type. 



General cargo forecasts for Port St. Joe show modest increases in cargo 

 volume made up largely by paper products and chemicals (Table 8). 



Table 8. Port of St. Joe general cargo forecasts (in tons) for 1980, 1985, 

 1990, and 2000 (Florida Department of Transportation 1978a). 



AIR TRANSPORTATION 



TYPES OF AIRPORTS 



The seven county region contains three commercial and nine smaller public 

 airports. These public airport facilities are listed by type and county in 



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