Click here to view the annual edition of Logistics Market Snapshot as published by the Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics. The report provides aggregated statistics from 2014.
A few encouraging statistics from the annual edition are as follows...
- Overall transportation and warehousing employment increased 3.6% in 2014. The logistics industry added 164,400 employees in 2014, accounting for 5.6% of the overall net employment gains added last year. (Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
- E-Commerce revenue in 2014 rose 15.1% year-over-year, with e-commerce orders up 13.2% over the same period. (Source: Custora E-Commerce Pulse)
- U.S. ocean imports increased 6% in 2014. Total TEUs reached 19.4 million, the highest volume ever. The Port of Savannah, the fourth-largest port in the U.S. in 2014, increased imports by 17% to 1.35 million TEUs, the largest gain out of the top 10 ports. (Source: Zepol)
- Railroad bulk carload freight in 2014 increased 3.9% over 2013, to 15.2 million carloads. That's the highest number of carloads since 2008. (Source: AAR.org)
- The trucking industry added 45,900 jobs in 2014, 222% more than the 20,700 trucking jobs added in 2013. (Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
