Click here [2] 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)