■ Weekly year-over-year percent change through June 20, 2009.

Intermodal Cargo

Trailers have been in weekly year-over-year decline exceeding 30 percent since late February and plummeting more than 35 percent since mid-April. In the week ending on June 20, trailers declined 39 percent, containers declined 12 percent, and intermodal overall fell 17. 8 percent over the same week last year. In the first 24 weeks of the year, intermodal cargoes were off 16. 9 percent, with trailers declining 33. 9 percent and containers down 12. 2 percent from the same period in 2008.

0%

–5%

–10%

–15%

–20%

–25%

–30%

Trailers

Containers

–35%

–40%

5/2/09 4/4/09 3/7/09 2/7/09 1/3/09 12/27/08

Carloads

Carloadings declined 17. 7 percent in the week ending June 20 from the same week last year, with metallic ores, metals, and motor vehicles plummeting 65.4 percent, 59.4 percent and 51.6 percent, respectively. Carloadings declined 19. 4 percent in the first 24 weeks of 2009 from the same period a year ago.

–10%

6/6/09

6/20/09

–15%

–20%

–25%

1/3/09 12/27/08

2/7/09

4/4/09

–30%

5/2/09

Source: Association of American Railroads,
“Weekly Traffic of Major U.S. Railroads,” www.aar.org

3/7/09

6/6/09

6/20/09

U.S. DIESEL PRICES

■ The average U.S. diesel price per gallon was $2.608 on June 29, retreating from the prior week’s 2009 peak price of $2.616. Although $2.037 less than a year ago, the price has increased $0.591 in the last 15 weeks from its 2009 nadir at $2.017 on March 16.

$2.20 $2.40 $2.60 $2.80 $3.00 $3.20 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 $4.80

Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, www.doe.eia.gov

National Price 2008-2009

Price per gallon

June 30, 2008 June 29, 2009 $1.80 $2.00

National & Regional Averages: June 29, 2009

$2.61

$2.63

$2.58

$2.57

$2.63

$2.71
$2.00 $2.20 $2.40 $2.60 $2.80 $3.00
West Coast
Rocky Mountain
Gulf Coast
Midwest
East Coast
U.S.

TOP 20 INTERNATIONAL CARGO AIRPORTS

■ Ranked by first-quarter metric tons

In a sign that global trade may be bouncing off the bottom, the 22. 5 percent decline in March international freight represented an improvement over the first quarter’s 24. 4 percent plunge. Regionally, the Middle East was the top performer, underscored by Dubai’s 0.1 percent increase in first–quarter freight and a strong

3. 2 percent jump in March.

AIRPORT

Hong Kong

FIRST QUARTER 2009

METRIC TONS CHANGE 676,000 – 22.8%

Incheon 486,159 – 20.9%

Dubai 404,992 0.1%

Frankfurt 372,770 – 24.7%

Singapore 361,748 – 22.5%

Tokyo 353,581 – 33.4%

Shanghai 323,241 – 26.8%

Miami 305,321 – 23.7%

Amsterdam 290,795 – 27.6%

London 286,419 – 14.6%

Taipei 238,978 – 39.8%

Anchorage* 229,876 – 36.7%

Bangkok 208,989 – 31.3%

New York – JFK 181,408 – 36.4%

Los Angeles 164,504 – 24.4%

Luxembourg 151,317 – 25.7%

Chicago 150,395 – 34.6%

Beijing 130,644 – 10.2%

Cologne 123,495 – 9.8%

Kuala Lumpur 110,465 – 30.0%

*Anchorage includes transit freight.

Source: Airports Council International, “ACI Annual Traffic Statistics Collection,” www.airports.org

METRIC TONS 268,000

187,723

152,764

140,565

132,369

136,229

132,841

107,655

105,079

102,916

94,860

75,566

79,450

65,854

62,346

56,199

53,895

56,656

44,766

41,049

MARCH 2009

CHANGE – 19.8%

– 16.4%

3.2%

– 23.0%

– 21.9%

– 31.0%

– 26.4%

– 23.2%

– 28.5%

– 13.7%

– 36.4%

– 45.9%

– 27.5%

– 36.5%

– 23.5%

– 22.7%

– 34.6%

– 9.3%

– 4.8%