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The Ports of Indiana handled nearly 3.9 million tons of cargo during the fourth quarter of 2016, the highest quarterly shipment total in the organization’s 55-year history. The total surpassed the ports’ previous quarterly record set in the second quarter of 2015 by 300,000 tons. The state’s three ports’ shipped nearly 11.3 million tons in 2016, the second highest volume in history and the third consecutive year the ports exceeded 10 million tons annually. Since 2014, the Ports of Indiana has handled 34 million tons of cargo, the highest three-year total since Indiana’s ports opened.
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