Strickland says Liberia has shipped 30,000 tons of woodchips this year and will export another 30,000 tons before the end of the year.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

the US shipped 160,000 tons of rice, valued at about $65 million."

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

Last year Chrysler and GMwere among its biggest customers, accounting for 500, 000 of the 3 million tons shipped.

FORBES: Man of steel

When compared to trucking, pipeline transportation is a staggering 16 times safer than rail, and 189 times safer than trucks when comparing freight tons shipped.

FORBES: Pipeline Infrastructure: Rhetoric v. Reality

Over the past 10 years, the frequency of pipeline spills has decreased by 59%, and the volume of pipeline spills has decreased by 43%, even as overall production has increased both the mileage of active pipelines and the freight tons shipped by them.

FORBES: Pipeline Infrastructure: Rhetoric v. Reality