USAspending.gov · NAICS 488320 · Transportation and Warehousing
Marine Cargo Handling
Mid-pack NAICS industry on the industries board — code 488320 in Transportation and Warehousing.
- CY2024 awards
- $195.6M
- Corpus rank
- #225 of 499
- Award plate
- LIGHT
- Sector
- TRANS · NICHE
Marine Cargo Handling federal industry awards
Marine Cargo Handling sits in the mid-pack on the NAICS award board at $195.6M CY2024 (#225 of 499).
PlainFedContract attributes calendar-2024 contract dollars to NAICS 488320, not firm revenue. Stamp board: LIGHT · TRANS. See /methodology/#naics.
Year-over-year change, 2019–2024
Across the calendar years on file, Marine Cargo Handling’s annual contract dollars rose from $179.1M in 2023 to $195.6M in 2024. 9.2% vs 2023 The strongest year on file is 2020 at $221.1M.
Calendar-year prime contract obligations by action date (award types A-D). Annual figures use the same NAICS classification basis as the CY2024 headline above.
How Marine Cargo Handling sits in the mid-pack award band
$195.6M · #225 of 499 by CY2024 industry awards , mid-pack on the NAICS award board (same order as the industries listing). See methodology.
$195.6M under NAICS 488320 · #225 of 499 , LIGHT · TRANS · NICHE · CLIMBER. 2019→2024: 287→225 of 499 (0.015%→0.026% of tracked industry dollars) ; #11/29 in TRANS. That is a 62-place move over 5 years. Nearest ABS peer: Nonupholstered Wood Household F… at $195.4M (LIGHT).
Calendar-2024 actions under NAICS 488320 count as opportunity size, not firm revenue. Sector weight is light within TRANS. Populations, lag, and NAICS/SBA rules: methodology.
Source: USAspending.gov · U.S. Department of the Treasury
Mid-scale industry peers nationwide
Cross-sector peers from the USAspending NAICS extract: nearest mid-scale calendar-2024 award dollars and nearest sector-weight share. Not recommendations.
Closest CY2024 award dollars
- Nonupholstered Wood Household Furniture Manufac… $195.4M
- Financial Transactions Processing $195.8M
- Space Research and Technology $193.8M
- Telecommunications Resellers $193.6M
- Ball and Roller Bearing Manufacturing $197.6M
- Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings $198.3M
Similar sector weight
- Dried and Dehydrated Food Manufacturing 1.0% · $108.1M
- Process, Physical Distribution, 1.0% · $2.4B
- Industrial Gas Manufacturing 0.9% · $284.6M
- Other Guided Missile 0.9% · $2.1B
- Footwear Manufacturing 1.0% · $112.2M
- Apprenticeship Training 1.0% · $52.2M
Disclaimer: Data from USAspending.gov public records. For informational purposes only. Industry spending amounts are aggregated from contract awards and may not reflect the most current data. Always verify with official sources.
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