Heavy Duty Trucking, July 2015
Truckings Most Respected Business Report TM East Coast ports could gain 10 of Asian goods by 2020 F ollowing an expansion of the Panama Canal in 2016 up to 10 of container traffic to the U S from East Asia could shift from West Coast ports to East Coast ports by 2020 according to research by the Boston Consulting Group and C H Robinson Currently 2014 share of incoming traffic 2020 momentum case without Panama Canal expansion 2020 momentum case with Panama Canal expansion East Coast ports receive about 35 of U S bound container traffic from East Asia The Panama Canal expansion could increase this share to near 50 by 2020 This amount of rerouted volume is equivalent to building Sources U S Census Bureau international trade data Drewry Shipping Consultants freight reports BCG analysis a port roughly double the size of the ports in Savannah Ga and Charleston S C These findings were made in a report titled Wide Open How the Panama Canal is Redrawing the Logistics Map MAY 2015 shippers will need to make fundamental choices such as where to locate distribution centers and how to segregate their cargo heading for the heartland According to the report the 5 billion expansion to the canal will permanently alter the competitive balance between ports on the East and West Coasts For more info www bcgperspectives com U S Retail Truck Sales Report CLASS 8 33001 LBS OVER MAY YTD YTD SALES SALES SHARE CLASS 7 26001 33000 LBS MAY YTD YTD SALES SALES SHARE CLASS 6 19501 26000 LBS MAY YTD YTD SALES SALES SHARE With the Panama Canals expansion will have more options and carriers will compete to provide those options said Peter Ulrich the leader of BCGs transportation and logistics topic area in North America Rail truck and ocean carriers will all have to reconsider their routing and investment decisions And CLASS 3 4 5 10001 19500 LBS MAY YTD YTD SALES SALES SHARE MANUFACTURER shippers Complied by Heavy Duty Trucking magazine Source Wards Communications Chevrolet 3245 13471 963 Dodge Ram 14711 61713 4413 Ford 209 1502 715 1044 5599 2491 10828 49627 3548 Freightliner 8254 36476 3767 2093 9873 4701 1728 8076 3593 275 891 064 GMC 1207 4068 378 Hino 131 666 317 448 2994 1332 139 504 036 International 2401 12117 1252 877 5200 2476 798 5193 2310 109 627 045 Isuzu 1658 7010 501 Kenworth 2140 13363 1380 379 1730 824 140 519 231 3 000 Mack 1618 7318 756 Mitsubishi Fuso 171 733 052 Peterbilt 2894 13375 1381 412 2031 967 28 95 042 1 1 000 Volvo 2799 12323 1273 Western Star 391 1832 189 Other 4 15 002 Totals 202501 96819 100 4101 21002 100 4186 22476 100 32343 139855 100 20 HDT JULY 2015 www truckinginfo com
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