About the Ocean & Coastal Transportation in Massachusetts Market Research Report
What’s Included in the Ocean & Coastal Transportation in Massachusetts Market Research Report
Definition of the Ocean & Coastal Transportation in Massachusetts?
This industry provides deep-sea, coastal and Great Lakes water transportation, including using the St. Lawrence Seaway. It encompasses US-flagged and non-US-flagged vessels, though operators must primarily be US-based. Marine transportation services active on the St. Lawrence River are part of the Great Lakes Water Transportation System and, therefore, are included in this report. The industry also provides deep-sea passenger services like cruise ships.
What’s included in the Ocean & Coastal Transportation in Massachusetts?
The Ocean & Coastal Transportation in Massachusetts includes deep-sea water transportation, coastal water transportation, great lakes water transportation and st. lawrence seaway water transportation. Related terms covered in the Ocean & Coastal Transportation in Massachusetts industry report includes cargo that has been readied for transportation in containers, a network of canals and locks allows ocean-going ships to navigate from the atlantic ocean to the great lakes, an assessment of the weight a ship currently or can securely bear regarding cargo, a route-specific agreement between carriers to charge common freight-rates; pool revenue, costs and profit; and engage in capacity management, the practice of a national owner registering one or more vessels in another nation to avoid higher regulatory and manning costs and twenty-foot equivalent unit, the standard size of a shipping container; commonly used as a unit of measurement for ship capacity.
Industry Performance of the Ocean & Coastal Transportation industry in Massachusetts
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Ocean & Coastal Transportation in Massachusetts
#17 in Highest Revenue 0.4% of state's GDPRevenue (2025)
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Ocean & Coastal Transportation in the US
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Key Drivers of the Ocean & Coastal Transportation industry in Massachusetts
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Massachusetts Economic Indicators
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US Key External Drivers
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Total recreation expenditure
Per capita disposable income
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County Data of the Ocean & Coastal Transportation industry in Massachusetts
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Key Statistics of the Ocean & Coastal Transportation industry in Massachusetts
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