TRANSPORT STATISTICS * Europa - Freight Forwarding Index: still rising

Copenhagen,Denmark -Trucks & Business (Belgium), by Michael Buckinx -2 May 2011: -- The index of Freight Forwarding Danske Bank has continued to rise last month from 64 March to 67 April... This is less than what the participants hoped two months ago (71)...   It's air cargo that has shown the most dynamic, volumes of road freight and ocean freight remaining at relatively stable. The outlook in the latter two branches are, however, declining... (Image from internationalforwarding.co.uk: European freight forwarding)

TRANSPORT STATISTICS * USA - NAFTA Trade Jumped 11.8 Percent in February

Washington,DC,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Joseph Bonney -May 3, 2011: --   Trade carried by surface transportation totaled $66.5 billion...  Surface transportation trade between the U.S. and Canada and Mexico was 11.8 percent higher in value in February than a year earlier, the Transportation Department reported...  The value of cross-border trade with the United States’ partners in the North American Free Trade Agreement totaled $66.5 billion. Trade with Canada rose 10.1 percent to $40 billion. Shipments to and from Mexico rose 14.5 percent to $26.6 billion...  The total value of cross-border trade was up 38.8 percent from $47.9 million in February 2009, which was the lowest level of any month since February 2004. Trade value in February 2011 was down 4.1 percent from the early recession level of February 2008, unadjusted for inflation...