EP 1130-2-520
29 Nov 96
d. Navigable Waters. Those waters of the United States that are subject to the ebb and
flow of the tide shoreward to the mean high water mark, and/or are presently used, or have been
used in the past, or may be susceptible to use to transport interstate or foreign commerce. (See 33
CFR Part 329 for a more complete definition of this term.)
e. Person or Entity. An individual, corporation, partnership, or company.
f. Timely. Vessel and commodity movement data must be received by Corps of Engineers
within 30 days after the close of the month in which the vessel movement or non-movement takes
place.
g. Types of Traffic.
(1) Domestic.
(a) Coastwise - This traffic term refers to domestic
traffic receiving a carriage over the ocean, or the Gulf of Mexico (e.g. New Orleans to Baltimore,
New York to Puerto Rico, San Francisco to Hawaii, Alaska to Hawaii). Traffic between Great
Lakes ports and seacoast ports, when having a carriage over the ocean, is also termed
"coastwise."
(b) Lakewise - This traffic term refers to waterborne traffic between the United
States ports on the Great Lakes System. The Great Lakes System is treated as a separate
waterway system rather than as a part of the inland waterway system. In comparing historical
data for the Great Lakes System, one should note that prior to calendar year 1990, marine
products, sand and gravel being moved from a Great Lakes origin to a Great Lakes destination
were classified as local traffic. From 1990 on, these activities are classified as lakewise traffic.
(c) Internal - This traffic term characterizes vessel movements (origin and
destination) which take place solely on inland waterways. An inland waterway is one
geographically located within the boundaries of the contiguous 48 states or within the boundaries
of the State of Alaska. Internal traffic term is also applied to these vessel movements:
Those which involve carriage on both inland waterways and the Great
Lakes; those occurring between offshore installations and inland
waterways; and those taking place on inland bays such as Chesapeake Bay,
Paget Sound, and San Francisco Bay which are considered internal bodies
of water rather than arms of the ocean.
(d) Intraport - This traffic type includes the movement of freight within the
confines of a port whether the port has one or several arms or channels included in the port
definition. This traffic type will not include car-ferries and general ferries moving within a port.
(e) Through - This applies to movements transiting a waterway, or stretch thereof,
as defined in the project description of individual tables, and having origins and destinations
outside the defined area.
(f) Intrawaterway - This traffic includes movements within the limits of a river,
waterway, or canal. This traffic will not include car-ferries and general ferries moving within a
waterway or Corps project.
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