Trade and Transportation by the Numbers

U.S. Cargo and Passenger Airlines gained 1,809 jobs in November 2023

AJOT | January 17, 2024 | Air Cargo | General | By The Numbers

U.S. airline industry (passenger and cargo airlines combined) employment increased to 814,190 workers in November 2023, 1,809 (0.22%) more workers than in October 2023 (812,381) and 66,047 (8.83%) more than in pre-pandemic November 2019 (748,143)...

WorldACD Weekly Air Cargo Trends (week 1) 2024

AJOT | January 12, 2024 | Air Cargo | By The Numbers

Uncertain start to 2024: Worldwide air cargo tonnages dropped further in the first week of 2024 following their typical slump in the...

WorldACD Weekly Air Cargo Trends (week 52)

AJOT | January 08, 2024 | Air Cargo | General | By The Numbers

Full-year 2023 ends at -5%, year on year...

Bureau of Transportation Statistics Releases Final Update to the Government Transportation Financial Statistics

AJOT | January 05, 2024 | By The Numbers

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released its final update to the Government Transportation Financial Statistics (GTFS), with data through 2021.

North American Transborder freight up 3.5% in October 2023 from October 2022

The statistics in this release may not reflect changes in tonnage moved.

The precision agriculture market to reach $5.2 billion worldwide in 2027

AJOT | December 22, 2023 | International Trade | By The Numbers

According to a new research report from the IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, the global market for precision agriculture solutions is forecasted to grow from € 3.1 billion in 2022 at a compound annual growth rate...

DAT Truckload Volume Index: Freight volumes closed strong in November

AJOT | December 14, 2023 | Trucking | By The Numbers

A post-Thanksgiving surge in truckload freight volumes made for a solid November overall compared to previous years, reported DAT Freight & Analytics, which operates the DAT One online freight marketplace and...

L.A. County’s job market will likely level off in 2024, but its strong economy should be enough to avoid a recession

AJOT | December 07, 2023 | International Trade | By The Numbers

The report, released Thursday by the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) as part of its 14th Annual Southern California Economic Summit, said L.A. County continues to face some of the most pressing...

Census says retails sales grew year over year in October but growth continued to slow

AJOT | November 15, 2023 | By The Numbers

“Fourth-quarter consumer spending stepped off on a more moderate pace, as expected,” Kleinhenz said. “The staying power of the American consumer has been the story of 2023...

Cargo volume rises at Port of Long Beach

AJOT | November 15, 2023 | Ports & Terminals | Ports | By The Numbers

Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 755,150 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) last month, up 14.7% from October 2022. Imports increased 23.6% to 363,300 TEUs and exports decreased 24.8%...

Economic News Release: Producer price index news release summary

AJOT | November 15, 2023 | By The Numbers

In October, the index for final demand goods fell 1.4 percent. Prices for final demand services were unchanged...

ZIM reports financial results: Third quarter and the Nine months of 2023

AJOT | November 15, 2023 | Maritime | By The Numbers

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. (NYSE: ZIM), a global container liner shipping company, announced today its consolidated results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023.

Cass Transportation Indexes - October 2023

AJOT | November 14, 2023 | Trucking | By The Numbers

With spot rates stabilizing, sequential rate declines are likely to slow from here, but the freight market is likely to deliver more savings to shippers this holiday season...

S&P 500 up 2% as yields tumble after CPI surprise: markets wrap

Bloomberg | November 14, 2023 | International Trade | By The Numbers

Stocks climbed while bond yields sank as an unexpected inflation slowdown bolstered bets the Federal Reserve’s aggressive hiking cycle is now over — and the next move will be a cut in mid-2024...

August 2023 U.S. Airline traffic data up 8.4% from the same month last year

AJOT | November 13, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines | By The Numbers

U.S. airlines carried 83.1 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in August 2023, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).

Salvador Container Terminal reports a 304% rise in fruit exports

AJOT | November 13, 2023 | International Trade | By The Numbers

With three berths, vessels arriving at Wilson Sons’ container terminal berth in a quick and efficient manner: 26 container handling operations are completed per crane/hour on average...

Fraport | October 2023: Passenger numbers and aircraft movements still climbing

AJOT | November 13, 2023 | Air Cargo | General | By The Numbers

Frankfurt Airport serving some 5.7 million passengers in October – Increase of 14.9 percent year-on-year – Aircraft movements highest since October 2019...

CMA CGM: Third-Quarter 2023 Financial Results

AJOT | November 10, 2023 | Maritime | By The Numbers

The Board of Directors of the CMA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, air, and logistics solutions, met today under the chairmanship of Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer...

Yang Ming publishes Financial Report for Q3 2023