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Rail Traffic for the Week Ending September 17, 2022
AJOT | September 21, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail | By The Numbers
For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 490,654 carloads and intermodal units, down 2.9 percent compared with the same week last year.
FTR Reports Preliminary Trailer Orders Fell in August to 16,400 Units
AJOT | September 21, 2022 | Intermodal | Trucking | By The Numbers
FTR reports preliminary trailer orders fell 3% m/m in August to a total of 16,400 units. August 2022 trailer order activity was +21% y/y with orders now totaling 286,000 units for the past twelve months.
North American Transborder Freight up 19.1% in July 2022 from July 2021
AJOT | September 21, 2022 | Intermodal | Trucking | Rail | By The Numbers
Total transborder freight: $132.6 billion of transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation, up 19.1% compared to July 2021
Steel prices mixed, US OCTG rates to remain high - Rystad Energy
AJOT | September 21, 2022 | International Trade | Commodity | By The Numbers
Here is Rystad Energy’s weekly steel and OCTG note from Alistair Ramsay and Marina Bozkurt
Port Houston Sets New Container Record
AJOT | September 19, 2022 | Ports & Terminals | Ports | By The Numbers
Container volume continues to break records at Port Houston. Total container volume in August was 382,842 TEUs, which is 20% more than the same month last year and an increase of 47,476 TEUs over May 2022, previously the biggest month for containers at Port Houston.
Valenciaport records highs in import containers and falls in transit
AJOT | September 19, 2022 | Ports & Terminals | Ports | By The Numbers
In year-on-year terms, 890,291 full unloading containers have been moved through Valenciaport's docks, an increase of 12.88%
Strikes in Felixstowe and Liverpool a double whammy to UK’s overstressed Supply Chain
AJOT | September 19, 2022 | Ports & Terminals | Ports | By The Numbers
Ports of Le Havre, Antwerp and Bremerhaven exceed container availability levels beyond 0.90 as Europe’s ‘overstressed’ supply chain grapples with the congestion and piling up of empty containers
Charting the Global Economy: Inflation Winds Keep Blowing Strong
Bloomberg | September 17, 2022 | International Trade | By The Numbers
Inflation continues to rattle the global economy, forcing monetary authorities to strengthen efforts to extinguish it.
Port of Long Beach Has Second-Busiest August
AJOT | September 16, 2022 | Ports & Terminals | Ports | By The Numbers
Progress made in moving cargo off the docks as consumer spending slows
Air cargo tonnages drop further
AJOT | September 16, 2022 | Air Cargo | Freighters | By The Numbers
WorldACD's latest views on air cargo market developments, covering each of the last 5 weeks up to Sunday September 11.
Port of LA Cargo Volume Eases In August
AJOT | September 16, 2022 | Ports & Terminals | Ports | By The Numbers
Early Arrival of Holiday Goods, Economic Concerns Begin to Slow Record Pace
Tumbling spot rates close gap between main Asia to US West Coast trades
AJOT | September 16, 2022 | Maritime | Liner Shipping | By The Numbers
The latest ocean freight rates data from Xeneta shows that spot prices across the main trans-Pacific and US West Coast corridors have converged over the past two to three months, with dramatic declines since the all-time highs recorded earlier this year.
In the first half of 2022, 24% of U.S. electricity generation came from renewable sources
AJOT | September 09, 2022 | Energy | Alternative | By The Numbers
In the first six months of 2022, 24% of U.S. utility-scale electricity generation came from renewable sources, based on data from our Electric Power Monthly.
Drewry’s Latest Port Throughput Indices
AJOT | September 09, 2022 | Maritime | Liner Shipping | By The Numbers
The Drewry Container Port Throughput Indices are a series of calendar adjusted volume growth/decline indices based on monthly throughput data for a sample of over 235 ports worldwide, representing over 75% of global volumes. The base point for the indices is January 2012 = 100.
Canada Sheds Jobs for Third Month, Unemployment Rate Jumps to 5.4%
Bloomberg | September 09, 2022 | International Trade | By The Numbers
Canadian employment levels unexpectedly fell for a third straight month in August and the jobless rate jumped, a potential signal interest-rate hikes have started to cool the tight labor market.
WorldACD: Air cargo trends for the past 5 weeks (wk 35): Tonnages stabilize
AJOT | September 09, 2022 | Air Cargo | Freighters | By The Numbers
Worldwide air cargo tonnages dropped again slightly in the final few days of August and into early September after rebounding in the last full week of last month, the latest figures from WorldACD Market Data reveal.
The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) grows 1.1% in August
AJOT | September 02, 2022 | Ports & Terminals | Ports | By The Numbers
This price index is based on the export prices recorded by the Port of Valencia, a benchmark in the world of the Mediterranean Sea container due to its volume.
WorldACD Air cargo trends for the past 5 weeks (wk 34)
AJOT | September 02, 2022 | Air Cargo | Freighters | By The Numbers
Air cargo volumes and rates increase end of August
FEMA awards nearly $1M in Grants to Port of South Louisiana for tech upgrades
AJOT | September 02, 2022 | Ports & Terminals | Ports | By The Numbers
The Port of South Louisiana was awarded $955,339 in Port Security grant funding from the Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Asia Pacific flight capacity lags behind global recovery
AJOT | August 25, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines | By The Numbers
IBA published its monthly Aviation Industry Barometer for July 2022, showing that whilst Asia-Pacific lags behind, it does show healthy signals with a 20% growth year-on-year.
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