United States-bound waterborne shipments saw sequential and annual gains from September to October, according to data recently issued by Panjiva, an online search engine with detailed information on global suppliers and manufacturers.
October shipments––at 1,260,200–– up 7 percent annually and 1 percent over September’s 1,241,848 and, which matches up with September to October differences in recent years, including a 2 percent increase in 2013, a ten percent increase in 2012 (being the exception), flat growth in 2011, a 2 percent decrease in 2010, and a 3 percent gain in 2009.
Shipments are up 7 percent compared to October 2013, and they are up 6 percent through the first ten months of 2014 at 11,825,090.
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