Shipping Increases at Frankfurt Airport in September and Baltimore Port in August

1. "Frankfurt airport's cargo traffic jumped 15.4 percent in September from a year ago to an all time high for the month. Europe's largest air cargo hub handled 186,111 metric tons in September to match pre-crisis levels and consolidate its lead over Paris Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam and London Heathrow.  Cargo shipments totaled 185,372 metric tons in August, an increase of 18.4 percent on the same month in 2009."

2. "Container throughput at the Port of Baltimore surged by 21.7 percent in August to 57, 510 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs), compared to the 47,259 TEUs in the same month last year when trade was severely impacted by the recession. Although the volume of containers handled by the port was down .09 percent sequentially from the record volume of 63,740 TEUs in July of this year, it was still the second strongest month for container volume in the port’s history."