On June 6th, we completed the data upload for May 2011 in our U.S. Customs trade data tool, TradeIQ™. Total shipments in May increased 9.35% from April, and grew more than 9% from May of 2010. Year to date, total TEUs are up 7.9% this year over last year.

Below is a table showing port regions of the world where shipments originated:

Below is the trend of the last thirteen months showing total TEU volume and shipments as seen in Zepol's monthly vessel import press releases: 

Methodology:

Zepol's data is derived from Bills of Lading entered into the Automated Manifest System. This information represents the number of House manifests entered by importers of waterborne vessel goods. This is the earliest indicator for trade data available for the previous month’s import activity. The data excludes shipments from empty containers, excludes shipments labeled as freight remaining on board, and may contain other data anomalies.

Zepol recently attended and sponsored the annual conference for the Transportation Marketing and Sales Association for the second year running. The conference was an opportunity for Zepol to visit with customers, prospects, and media partners in the transportation industry. In addition, daily sessions addressed industry trends, the best practices for marketing and sales, and provided insights into how to work effectively as a team. The conference was a huge success with a great turnout of transportation professionals. Zepol looks forward to attending and sponsoring again next year! Click the logo below to learn more about TMSA.

For the first time in history, monthly land trade between the countries participating in the North American Free Trade Agreement reached over $80 billion. Over the years there has been fluctuation in land trade, which includes truck and rail shipments, as well as other modes of transportation; however, there haven’t been trade values that have reached over $70 billion since October 2010. The graph below displays the changes that have occured in trade by land from 2007 through 2011. The trade by value via land has increased 16% since March of last year, and 58% since March 2009. This increase in trade is beneficial for all parties and we hope to see a continual upward trend in the future.

Zepol is pleased to announce we have completed some of the enhancements that were most requested by our users:

• Select more than one company name listing simultaneously in any of TradeIQ™'s company searches
• Jump to the page you would like to view in both the aggregate and bill of lading views
• Download most Excel reports to a CSV file format
• Updated company search screens and report headers

These are just the highlights of Zepol's most recent release of enhancements. If you have any questions, please feel free to Contact Us.