{"id":3873,"date":"2014-02-24T15:43:49","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T21:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/?page_id=3873"},"modified":"2018-12-06T21:45:20","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T21:45:20","slug":"warehousing-logistics-and-transportation-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/freight-system\/warehousing-logistics-and-transportation-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Warehousing, Logistics, and Transportation Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Warehousing, logistics, and transportation services are needed to distribute goods and organize supply chains. \u00a0These industries will collectively be called freight support industries. Figure 1 displays the distribution of freight support industries in the MAFC.\u00a0 The businesses shown cover all modes. The distribution is heavily concentrated in population centers, but also follows the Class I railroad network and the interstate system very closely.\u00a0 Figure 1 emphasizes the importance of industries beyond just the movers of goods shows the thousands of businesses that support freight transportation.<\/p>\n<h4>Figure 1: Freight Supporting Industries in the MAFC<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Ogard_TrendsInWarehousingAndSiteDevelopment.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3913\" src=\"http:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Warehousing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"957\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Warehousing.jpg 957w, https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Warehousing-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Warehousing-768x594.jpg 768w, https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Warehousing-820x634.jpg 820w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 957px) 100vw, 957px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/software\/businessanalyst\">Esri Business Analyst<\/a>, 2011<\/p>\n<p>Table 1 displays the employment and business count of freight supporting industries by state and for the MAFC.\u00a0 While the total jobs and businesses are less than the trucking industry, they are much larger than air, rail, pipeline, and maritime transportation.<\/p>\n<h4>Table 1: Freight Supporting Industry Businesses and Employment in the MAFC<\/h4>\n<table class=\"rfs_table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"table_header\">\n<td>State<\/td>\n<td>Freight Support Industries Employment<\/td>\n<td>Freight Support Industries Businesses<\/td>\n<td>Total State Employment<\/td>\n<td>Total Business Count<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Iowa<\/td>\n<td>7,788<\/td>\n<td>734<\/td>\n<td>1,607,190<\/td>\n<td>136,378<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Illinois<\/td>\n<td>22,075<\/td>\n<td>2,017<\/td>\n<td>5,884,453<\/td>\n<td>476,575<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Indiana<\/td>\n<td>9,041<\/td>\n<td>677<\/td>\n<td>2,938,335<\/td>\n<td>222,320<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kansas<\/td>\n<td>6,111<\/td>\n<td>682<\/td>\n<td>1,407,272<\/td>\n<td>123,790<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kentucky<\/td>\n<td>6,877<\/td>\n<td>419<\/td>\n<td>1,819,898<\/td>\n<td>153,924<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Michigan<\/td>\n<td>10,551<\/td>\n<td>807<\/td>\n<td>4,305,125<\/td>\n<td>371,368<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Minnesota<\/td>\n<td>9,117<\/td>\n<td>712<\/td>\n<td>2,888,004<\/td>\n<td>221,993<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Missouri<\/td>\n<td>8,391<\/td>\n<td>664<\/td>\n<td>2,883,801<\/td>\n<td>239,690<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ohio<\/td>\n<td>18,832<\/td>\n<td>1,167<\/td>\n<td>5,634,785<\/td>\n<td>413,878<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wisconsin<\/td>\n<td>6,046<\/td>\n<td>560<\/td>\n<td>3,063,309<\/td>\n<td>244,656<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MAFC<\/td>\n<td>104,829<\/td>\n<td>8,439<\/td>\n<td>32,432,172<\/td>\n<td>2,604,572<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/software\/businessanalyst\">Esri Business Analyst<\/a>, 2011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warehousing, logistics, and transportation services are needed to distribute goods and organize supply chains. \u00a0These industries will collectively be called freight support industries. 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