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Freight Transportation Index * USA - DOT's, Falls 9.9%
Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics -12 Nov 2009: -- The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index fell in September from the previous year, DOT said Thursday... The 9.9% decline in the freight index from September 2008 was the largest September-to-September decline in the 20 years in which the TSI has been calculated. The index dropped 0.5% from August after three consecutive monthly increases... September’s 95.7 reading is a 2.3% increase from the recent low of 93.5 in May, when the index was at its lowest level since June 1997... The freight TSI is a seasonally adjusted monthly index measuring the output of services provided by the for-hire transportation industries, including railroad, air, truck, inland waterways, pipeline and local transit...* Intermodal Traffic Falls 16.4% in 3Q
Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics -12 Nov 2009: -- Intermodal traffic volume fell 16.4% in the third quarter, an improvement over the second quarter’s decline of 18.7%, the Intermodal Association of North American said Thursday... Domestic container volume increased in every U.S. region during the quarter, gaining 1.3% overall. The increase was due entirely to growth in 53-foot equipment traffic, which rose 5.5%... International volume fell for the ninth straight quarter, falling 20%, IANA said... Trailers plunged 25.1% in the third quarter to 395,308, from 527,840 last year. Domestic containers increased 1.3% to 1,028,989, from 1,015,326, IANA said...Labels: transport statistics
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