By the end of 2011, the Port areas will have handled 14.68mn tonnes.

after 10.1% growth in 2010, rail freight volume will expand by a much lower 1.1% in 2011 to reach 28.377 million tonnes.

Shipment will reach 148.2 million tonnes in 2011

while airfreight volumes at Dubai International Airport will grow to 2.3 million tonnes, reaching 2.81 million by 2015.

Business Monitor International has predicted a growth rate of 7.2% in the country’s airfreight volumes for 2011, while there will be 3.1% growth in road freight and 4.4% in rail freight.

there was a strong performance from the country’s airfreight sector, with 20.5% growth in the amount of air cargo handled.

Mexico's port sector also benefited from the 2010 upturn in the country's trade volumes, with estimated growth of 18.2% at the Port of Manzanillo last year.

$13.78 billion in 2010with predictions by Frost & Sullivan

that the market will earn revenues of US$20.54 billion in 2015

rail freight – the backbone of Russia’s bulk transport system – increased by 16% last year,

while shipping volumes fell by 1.5% at Novorossiysk, the country’s main commercial port, following growth of 6% the previous year.

Its total trade in real terms grew by 16% last year after a contraction of 12% in 2009

airfreight volumes increased by 7.6% last year, while there was double-digit growth in seafreight volumes

According to recent trade reports, the market for third party logistics in India will reach around US$4.6 billion by 2013, growing at a CAGR of roughly 26% over the next couple of years.

This will predominantly be fuelled by multinational companies in the automotive and IT industries,

This has attracted a string of global heavyweights, with news that FedEx has recently taken over the logistics, distribution and express businesses of Indian group AFL and its affiliate Unifreight India, while there is speculation that TNT Express wants to purchase a major stake in Hyderabad-based Gati.

The value of China’s logistics industry is expected to reach a staggering US$20.9 trillion by the end of 2013, growing at a CAGR of approximately 9% over the next couple of years.