By the Numbers
Drewry: Port Throughput Indices - December 2019
AJOT | December 20, 2019 | Maritime | Liner Shipping | By The Numbers
The Drewry Container Port Throughput Indices are a series of volume growth/decline indices based on monthly throughput data for a sample of over 220 ports worldwide, representing over 75% of global volumes. The base point for the indices is January 2012 = 100.
Delays loom for LNG and deepwater oil & gas projects as bottlenecks restrain service industry
AJOT | December 20, 2019 | Energy | By The Numbers
A dark cloud of capacity constraints is casting a shadow over the oilfield service industry heading into 2020, mirroring the sharp growth in the number of new projects being brought forward by oil and gas operators.
Port of Hueneme closes out 2019 with record 1.65 million cargo tons and 2,201 new jobs
AJOT | December 13, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports | By The Numbers
VCCA sounds the alarm on lack of economic growth for rest of the county
CREDO released the following statement in opposition to the USMCA:
AJOT | December 12, 2019 | International Trade | By The Numbers
The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, rose 1.3% in October from September, rising after a one-month decline, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS).
Rail Traffic for the Week Ending December 7, 2019
AJOT | December 12, 2019 | Intermodal | Rail | By The Numbers
For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 517,130 carloads and intermodal units, down 9.4 percent compared with the same week last year.
Big E&P spending still needed, but fields with break-even above $60 are priced out
AJOT | December 11, 2019 | Energy | Project / Heavy Lift | By The Numbers
Energy projects that need oil prices above $60 per barrel in order to break even risk being uncommercial going forward, according to Rystad Energy. However, massive investments in exploration and sanctioning are still needed to meet growing global demand.
Port of Oakland export volume up 5.8 percent last month
AJOT | December 10, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports | By The Numbers
November imports declined 7.2 percent
Van rates hit highest mark since January
AJOT | December 10, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking | By The Numbers
The load-to-truck ratio for vans doubled compared to the previous week, due to pent-up demand following the shortened holiday workweek.
Virginia’s calendar year-to-date cargo volume up nearly 4% despite soft November
AJOT | December 10, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports | By The Numbers
Tariffs on some port, soybean exports waived; Dredging to 55-feet is underway
Savannah continues to build container volumes
AJOT | December 10, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports | By The Numbers
Garden City Terminal marks cargo gains 34 out of past 36 months
U.S. onshore wind capacity exceeds 100 gigawatts
AJOT | December 10, 2019 | Energy | Alternative | By The Numbers
More than half of that amount has been installed since the beginning of 2012. The oldest wind turbines still operating in the United States came online as early as 1975.
The Global Forest Industry in the 3Q/2019
AJOT | December 09, 2019 | International Trade | By The Numbers
A plentiful supply of logs coupled with declining demand moved sawlog prices downward in most major markets around the world in the 3Q/19. The biggest price reductions came in Central Europe, where storm damaged logs flooded the market.
BTS releases October airline fuel cost and consumption data
AJOT | December 04, 2019 | Air Cargo | Airlines | By The Numbers
The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today updated its Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption web page with preliminary October data.
FTR’s September Shippers Conditions Index stays in positive territory
AJOT | November 25, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking | By The Numbers
FTR’s Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) for September remained unchanged from August at a 6.4 reading. All measures included in the SCI were positive with less favorable fuel pricing offsetting more favorable freight volume, capacity utilization, and logistics cost factors.
Port of Hamburg reports striking growth in first three quarters
AJOT | November 20, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports | By The Numbers
For Germany’s largest universal port, seaborne cargo handling in the first nine months of 2019 proved highly satisfactory.
ATA Truck Tonnage Index fell 0.3% in October
AJOT | November 20, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking | By The Numbers
American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index declined 0.3% in October after rising 1% in September. In October, the index equaled 118.1 (2015=100) compared with 118.5 in September.
September 2019 North American transborder freight numbers
AJOT | November 20, 2019 | Intermodal | By The Numbers
Transborder freight between the U.S. and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in September 2019
Petrobras set to become world’s largest oil producer
AJOT | November 19, 2019 | Energy | By The Numbers
Brazil’s Petrobras is on track to become the world’s largest oil producer among publicly listed companies by 2030, based on Rystad Energy’s latest data and forecasts.
Freight volumes build ahead of Thanksgiving
AJOT | November 19, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking | By The Numbers
Van and reefer load-to-truck ratios got a big boost last week, rising more than 20%. Vans are moving retail products in preparation for Black Friday and reefers are hauling fresh food ahead of Thanksgiving. Rates, however, have remained fairly stable. Van and reefer rates saw a slight increase, while flatbed rates declined. For more info, read the Rate Trend of the Week. The charts below show the national average rates for the month to date, including fuel surcharges.
Majors’ global selling spree could fetch $27 billion
AJOT | November 18, 2019 | Energy | By The Numbers
Global giants of the oil and gas industry – the so-called supermajors – are looking to sell assets that could fetch a total $27.5 billion, according to Rystad Energy’s latest assessment.
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