The
transportation category includes vehicles and equipment used to
transport people and products (i.e., automobiles, ships, aircraft,
etc.) The study shows the annual cost of corrosion in the transportation
category is $29.7 billion, which is 21.5 percent of the total
cost of the sector categories examined in this study.
The transportation category
is divided into the following industry sectors: (1) motor vehicles,
(2) ships, (3) aircraft, (4) railroad cars, and (5) hazardous materials
transport.