JOC Staff | Feb 07, 2013 1:47PM EST
Intermodal container volume reached a record high in 2012 with 13.1 million moves, surpassing the previous year by 5.9 percent and the former high in 2007 by 9.8 percent, according to the Intermodal Association of North America’s Intermodal Market Trends & Statistics report.
For the third consecutive year, domestic containers were the driving factor, with volumes topping 5 million for the first time, reflecting an increase of 12.2 percent year-over-year.
International volume continued to have the largest share of intermodal loadings at 52 percent of the total with 7.5 million moves, increasing 1.7 percent from 2011.
Total intermodal shipments rose 4 percent in 2012 and 2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012.