The Container Throughput Index of the Rheinisch-Westfälische Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI) and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) remained unchanged at a level of 119.5 points in October 2016.
The Institutes notes that , all in all, the index...
The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is calling for greater fairness and the use of "volumetrics" in the AMPs (Administrative Monetary Penalties) system used by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) for Advanced Commercial Information (ACI) compliance.
Following an extended period of...
The American Trucking Associations' (ATA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index contracted 0.3% in October, following a 6.3% drop during September. In October, the index equaled 131.6 (2000=100), down from 131.9 in September. The all-time high was 144 in February.
Compared with October...
The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA), a marine cargo operating partnership of the Port of Seattle and Port of Tacoma, announced that October's full load import and export volumes recorded the strongest for the month since 2012.
Year to date, imports and...
Airports Council International (ACI), the trade association of the world's airports, reports that global air freight traffic grew 5.9% in September, with international freight exceeding domestic freight growth (+7% versus +3.3% respectively). Accumulated air freight volumes inched up 1.8% so...