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FIGURES * USA/North American freight - Trucks remain dominant transporting $534 billion or 62 percent of the total value
* USA - Number of trucks passing through Wyoming nears 3 million
Cheyenne,WY,USA -The Wyoming Tribune/WTE -21 May 2007: -- The number of trucks passing through Wyoming ports of entry reached 3 million for the first time in 2006 and is expected to exceed that number this year, the Wyoming Department of Transportation reported in a news release today... At the same time, the most recent national statistics available show the state's fatality rate was below the national rate for crashes involving trucks, the release said... Wyoming's fatality rate was 2 per 100 million vehicle miles traveled in the state by commercial vehicles in 2005, when more than 2.8 million trucks cleared the state's ports... That was the 15th lowest rate in the nation and below the national rate of 2.4 fatalities per 100 million miles traveled by commercial vehicles...
* USA - Detroit and Laredo were top 2006 ports for trade by
Washington,DC,USA -Truck Stop USA News -May 17, 2007: -- Detroit on the Canadian border and Laredo, Texas, on the Mexican border were the top ports for the value of trade moved by truck in 2006, according to a new special report on North American freight transportation from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)... BTS, a part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration, reported that Detroit was the gateway for $64 billion in merchandise carried by truck to Canada and $51 billion from Canada... Port Huron, Mich., was the third-ranking port... On the Mexican border, $34 billion in merchandise was exported and $44 billion was imported through Laredo by truck, almost double the value of the goods that passed through El Paso, the next-ranking port on the Mexican border... Otay Mesa, Calif., was the third-ranking port...
* Canada - First quarter manufacturing shipments end on positive note
Ottawa,Ont,CAN -Truck News, by Lou Smyrlis -18 May 2007:-- Manufacturing shipments during the first quarter finished on a strong note, with a 2.8% gain (by value) in March over the previous month, Statistics Canada reported this week... For the first quarter, shipments were up 1.0% compared to the fourth quarter of 2006... In March, manufacturers shipped goods worth an estimated $50.1 billion. Using constant dollars, which take price fluctuations into account, the volume of shipments rose 1.6% to $45.1 billion, the fourth increase in five months...
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