America’s Borders:
America’s Borders 7,500 mile land border with Canada and Mexico
540 million admissions
330 million are aliens
11.2 million trucks
2.2 million rail cars
7,500 foreign-flagged vessels
51,000 port calls
FY 2001 Seattle Inspections Statistics:
FY 2001 Seattle Inspections Statistics 20,191,382 Persons
6,938,678 Vehicles
50,237 Aircraft
5,254 Vessels
FY 2001 Seaport Inspections:
FY 2001 Seaport Inspections Crew 83,461
Passengers 1,002,202
Ferries 2,554
Commercial Cargo Vessels 2,230
Private Vessels 131
FY 2001 Cruise Ship Inspections:
FY 2001 Cruise Ship Inspections Crew 8,524
Passengers 554,980
Number of Cruise Ships 339
911 Impacts:
911 Impacts Land border Wait Time Increased 443%
Land border Traffic Decreased 55.2%
Airport Traffic Decreased 21.6%
Land border Overtime Increased 268%
Commercial Cargo Traffic Decreased 14%