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Worldwide Oceanborne and Air Freight

Worldwide Oceanborne and Air Freight

Businesses rely on all freight modes to transport international merchandise trade. Often, goods are moved by a multimodal combination of airplanes, maritime vessels, trains, and trucks.

 

 

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Figure 1 Value of World Goods Exports by Country: 2008

Figure 1 Value of World Goods Exports by Country: 2008

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SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, based on data from various...

Box A U.S. Third-Party Logistics Providers Industry

Box A U.S. Third-Party Logistics Providers Industry

An important segment of the movement of U.S. international freight is the third-party logistics providers industry. The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals defi nes thirdparty logistics (3PL) as the "outsourcing all or much of a...

Figure 5 Worldwide Overseas Oceanborne Cargo: 1995-2007

Figure 5 Worldwide Overseas Oceanborne 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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