Trade and Transportation by the Numbers

Average U.S. construction cost for onshore wind generation decreased by 27% since 2013

AJOT | August 17, 2021 | Energy | Alternative | By The Numbers

U.S. onshore wind generating capacity increased 74% from 2013 to 2019 to a total of 104 gigawatts (GW), including 9.6 GW built in 2019.

S&P Global Upgrades Galveston Wharves Financial Outlook, Credit Rating

AJOT | August 17, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports | By The Numbers

Report notes port’s business growth, strong management, governance

July container trade up 25 percent at Port of Savannah

AJOT | August 16, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports | By The Numbers

The Georgia Ports Authority has kicked off Fiscal Year 2022 with record volumes in both containers and Roll-on/Roll-off traffic.

U.S. large-scale battery storage power capacity increased 35% in 2020

AJOT | August 16, 2021 | Energy | Alternative | By The Numbers

The United States has continued a trend of significant growth in large-scale battery capacity, and U.S. battery power capacity reached 1,650 megawatts (MW) at the end of 2020.

U.S. natural gas net trade is growing as annual LNG exports exceed pipeline exports

AJOT | August 16, 2021 | Energy | Conventional | By The Numbers

In our August 2021 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we forecast that U.S. natural gas exports will exceed natural gas imports by an average of 11.0 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2021, or almost 50% more than the 2020 average of 7.5 Bcf/d.

WorldACD: Trends for the past 5 weeks (wk 31)

AJOT | August 16, 2021 | Air Cargo | Freighters | By The Numbers

The latest views of on air cargo market developments, covering each of the last 5 weeks up till Sunday 8 August.

Russia’s oil supply set to break Covid-19 chains, rise to a new record in early 2022 and peak in 2023

AJOT | August 13, 2021 | Energy | Conventional | By The Numbers

The OPEC+ coalition’s recent agreement to steadily raise oil production is paving the way for Russia to slowly shrug off Covid-19 curtailments.

The number of producing U.S. coal mines fell in 2020

AJOT | July 30, 2021 | Energy | Conventional | By The Numbers

By the end of 2020, the number of producing coal mines in the United States fell to 551 mines, the lowest number since U.S. coal production peaked in 2008. In 2020, 40 coal mines were opened or reactivated, and 151 mines were idled or closed.

Drewry: Port Throughput Indices July 2021

AJOT | July 30, 2021 | 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 235 ports worldwide, representing over 75% of global volumes. The base point for the indices is January 2012 = 100.

] Corona outbreaks and natural disasters add to logistics disruptions as rates keep climbing

AJOT | July 21, 2021 | Maritime | By The Numbers

Just as the industry bounces back from Yantian, natural disasters are disrupting inland logistics in Canada and Europe, civil unrest is causing problems in Durban terminals, and new COVID outbreaks are impacting operations in South East Asia.

BTS: North American Transborder Freight up 94% in May 2021 from May 2020

AJOT | July 21, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking | By The Numbers

Total Transborder freight: $108.6 billion of transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation, up 93.8% compared to May 2020 but remained 1.0% below May 2019. May 2021 Transborder freight was down 1.1% compared to $109.8 billion in May 2019.

ATA Truck Tonnage Index decreased 1.5% in June

AJOT | July 21, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking | By The Numbers

American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 1.5% in June after falling 1% in May. In June, the index equaled 111.6 (2015=100) compared with 113.3 in May.

EIA: U.S. crude oil exports reached record levels in 2020 and remain high in 2021

AJOT | July 20, 2021 | Energy | Conventional | By The Numbers

Despite volatility in global oil markets, U.S. crude oil exports reached a record high in 2020. So far this year (as of July 9, 2021), U.S. crude oil exports have averaged 3.00 million barrels per day (b/d).

Port of Virginia sets new fiscal year volume record, processes more than 3M TEUs in FY21

AJOT | July 19, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports | By The Numbers

Breaks volume records for 10 consecutive months while maintaining efficiency

United States continued to lead global petroleum and natural gas production in 2020

AJOT | July 19, 2021 | Energy | Conventional | By The Numbers

More petroleum and natural gas was produced in the United States than in any other country during 2020 (a trend that began in 2014), despite year-on-year declines from the record-high production in 2019.

WorldACD: Trends for the past 5 weeks (wk 27)

AJOT | July 19, 2021 | Air Cargo | Freighters | By The Numbers

In week 27, worldwide volume decreased by 5% compared with the previous week. Worldwide capacity increased by 2%.

Increased demand for softwood lumber in the US and Asia will change the global trade flows of wood in the coming decade

AJOT | July 19, 2021 | International Trade | Commodity | By The Numbers

Softwood lumber has been in high demand in the US and Europe throughout 2021.

Normalized demand, not regulation, will solve supply chain delays

AJOT | July 09, 2021 | Logistics | By The Numbers

The Covid-19 cargo congestion brought on by extreme demand in combination with operational disruptions is very real and felt across supply chains globally.

Oil ticks up on US inventory draws but market more cautious than a week ago

AJOT | July 09, 2021 | Energy | Conventional | By The Numbers

Oil prices are making wobbly upward moves, but are unlikely to finish the week at the highs of last Friday, when traders rushed to price in the prospect of OPEC+ keeping oil supply flat in August.

US shale gets tempted by high prices but boosting output to tap OPEC+ inaction would take months