Insights - February 2016 - (Page 9)
2013-2015 YEARLY TRAFFIC TOTALS BY MONTH
Source: IANA Equipment Type, Size and Ownership data file
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Freight
Reports
Post-Holiday Import
Decline Expected
According to the Jan. 8 Global Port
Tracker report released by the National
Retail Federation and Hackett Associates, the nation's top containerports
handled 1.48 million twenty-foot equivalent units in November 2015, the latest
month for which after-the-fact numbers are available. With most holiday
merchandise already in the country by
that point, volume was down 5 percent
from October but up 6 percent from the
year before.
December volume was estimated
at 1.44 million TEUs, the same as 2014.
The numbers are still subject to revision, but 2015 came to a preliminary
total of 18.2 million TEUs, up 5.4 percent
from 2014.
"This is the time of year when the
retail supply chain catches its breath
before the next big rush begins," said
Jonathan Gold, NRF vice president
for supply chain and customs policy.
"Retailers are still tallying the bottom
line of the holiday season, but they're
also making plans for the spring and
summer."
The January 2016 forecast was set at
1.47 million TEUs, up 18.9 percent from
weak volume seen a year earlier just before the agreement on a contract with
West Coast dockworkers ended months
of congestion.
Inventory levels remain high, partly
because of warm weather that reduced
demand for winter clothing, according to Ben Hackett, founder of Hackett
Associates.
"We continue to remain concerned
about the high inventory-to-sales ratio,"
Hackett said. "Enough time has passed
since the disruption on the West Coast
that we can no longer look to that for
justification of the high level."
Global Port Tracker covers the
U.S. ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach,
Oakland, Seattle and Tacoma on the
West Coast; New York/New Jersey,
Hampton Roads, Charleston, Savannah,
Port Everglades and Miami on the East
Coast, and Houston on the Gulf Coast.
Monthly Total Volumes
Drop Slightly, Industry
Posts Gains for Year
While domestic containers again
led monthly intermodal volume growth
in December, trailers and international
shipments dropped by 18.5 and 1.4
percent respectively. The 5.9 percent
rise in domestic container movements
held the overall decline in volumes
for the month to 0.3 percent. The year
ended on a positive note with 2.8
percent growth.
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Truck Tonnage Index Up 1%
The seasonally adjusted ForHire Truck Tonnage Index increased
1 percent in December 2015, according
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Insights - February 2016
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IANA Announces Expanded Sponsorship Package
IANA’s Chair Discusses Association’s 2016 Priorities
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Sustainability News
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Port News
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People in the News
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