Here’s a great video of trucks at the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach. It outlines the many steps required to drop off and pick up a container. I especially like the Import Drayage Process Map about 40 seconds in; it reminds me of a bowl of spaghetti. The video is courtesy of PierPass. My friend Prof Chris Clott passed it on to me.
This is an interesting initiative on the part of the government. One fact I found useful is that they estimate that for every front line job in the category, 2 are created in service and 21 in operations. This shows the leverage that the transportation sector has on economic prosperity in general. You can also download the full report from the story.
U.S. Departments of Transportation, Education, and Labor has released a joint transportation jobs report indicating that transportation industry growth will add 417,000 skilled and semi-skilled job openings from 2012 to 2022.
Source: Top 20 Jobs in the U.S. Transportation Industry – Supply Chain 24/7
It’s interesting that Chicago is not mentioned. Perhaps Chicago has gone beyond the mere mid-country intermodal market to become a major global intermodal center.
As the supply chains get shorter, more intermodal hubs are springing up around the country. Here is a list of the top five intermodal markets that are set to service the interior of the country.
Source: Top 5 Mid-Country Intermodal Markets | Industrial content from National Real Estate Investor
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