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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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Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments U.S. Department of Transportation

Ray H. LaHood Secretary

Research and Innovative Technology Administration

Peter H. Appel Administrator

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Steven D. Dillingham, Ph.D. Director

Steven K. Smith, Ph.D. Deputy...

International Overview and Physical System

E-Ternational International Overview and Physical System

A significant proportion of global freight originates from the world's leading economies.

In 2008, the world's top five economies by Gross Domestic Product GDP-the United States, Japan...