Introduction

To move large quantities of goods across the country and around the world, Americans depend on the Nation's freight transportation system-a vast network of roads, bridges, rail tracks, airports, seaports, navigable waterways, pipelines, and equipment. Today, U.S. households can...

Table 6 World's Top Merchandise Exporting Countries and Their Exports to the United States: 2008

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(Millions of current U.S. $)

Worldwide Freight Carriers

Shipping lines, airlines, all-cargo air couriers, trucking firms, and railroads provide services that link shippers, ports, and consignees. Managing product supply chains and transporting goods globally...

Table 10 Top 20 World Container Ports by TEUS Handled: 2007 and 2008

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(Thousands of loaded and unloaded TEUs)

Figure 10 Modal Shares of U.S. Merchandise Trade Handled by Land, Water, and Air Gateways by Value and Weight: 20071

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1 BTS estimated the export weight for truck, rail, pipeline, and other and unknown based on value-to-weight...

Figure 6 Worldwide Overseas Air Cargo: 1995-2007

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(Millions of short tons)

Figure 2 Goods Exports from Top Economies and Percent Share to the United States: 2008

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SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics,...

Figure 6 Worldwide Overseas Air Cargo: 1995-2007

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NOTE: Although figures 5 and 6 are not to the same scale, they both show nearly a doubling of cargo, by weight, over identical time spans.

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Table 15 Selected Leading U.S. Air All-Cargo, Rail, and Trucking Freight Carriers by Operating Revenues: 2005-2008

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(Millions of $)

Table 17 Outsourced Logistics Services: 2008

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(Percent of outsourced operations)