Supply Chain by the Numbers
   
 

- April  21, 2011

   
 

Supply Chain by the Numbers for Week of April 21, 2011
   
  Containers in the Briny Deep; Large US Companies Hiring Overseas while Dumping Jobs Here; Rates were Good for CSX in Q1; DHL Moving More Boxes than Projected
   
 
 
 

10,000

Number of containers accidentally dropped off cargo ships into the ocean each year, according to one estimate this week by a scientist studying the impact of those containers on sea life and the oceanic environment. Others say the number is less, but still thousands per year, mostly caused by storms. See Where is Your Stuff from Asia? Maybe at the Bottom of the Ocean, Changing the Habitat
 
 



 
 
 

2.4 million

Level of employees added outside the US during the decade of the 2000s by US multi-national corporations, versus a reduction of US employment by 2.9 billion during the period. In the 1990s, multi-nationals added 2.7 million employees overseas, but that was far less than the 4.4 million added in the US. This according to Commerce Department data released this week.
 
 
 
 
 
$40 million

What global parcel carrier DHL is investing in its Cincinnati hub, as it is seeing a strong recovery in its global shipments into and out of the US after a disastrous foray into the US domestic parcel market that led to almost $10 billion in losses. The company told Bloomberg this week its volumes in the US are as much as 115,000 per day, beating its projections when it closed the US business to focus on international by 15,000 parcels daily.

 
 
 
 
 

13%

Revenue growth at rail carrier CSX in the first quarter, according to the company's earnings release earlier this week. That 13% rise came with overall volume growth of just 7%, implying rates have increased substantially over the same period last year. The $395 million profit for Q1 was 14.1% of revenue, up from a 12.2% profit margin for the comparable 2010 period.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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