Transearch®
A POWERFUL TOOL FOR ANTICIPATING U.S. FREIGHT FLOWS
Transearch is an innovative planning tool that enables users to analyze current and future freight flows by origin, destination, commodity, and transport mode. More than a database, Transearch helps users prioritize investments, improve competitive position, and anticipate sudden economic shifts and market changes. Designed to meet the complex needs of freight industry executives and managers, it provides a rock-solid base for building any strategic marketing or investment plan.
Transearch subscribers can:
- Create highly detailed forecasts based on custom-selected criteria
- Size freight markets and project annual freight volumes 25 years out
- Track and anticipate freight flows across the United States at national, state, business area (BEA), and county levels
- Benchmark freight market competitors and determine future market potential
ACCURATE FORECASTS MAPPED TO HISTORICAL DATA
Transearch is based on our annually updated U.S. Freight Transportation Market database, the most widely used commercial database of U.S. freight movements. To these data we apply IHS Global Insight's quantitative economic models to create accurate forecasts of freight volumes that go out to 2030.
This powerful combination of annually updated historical data and 25-year forecasts provides the most comprehensive view of U.S. freight flow activity anywhere. Whether tracking modal competition or groups of commodities, Transearch subscribers can quickly and easily conduct customized market analyses by selecting from the following variables and criteria:
- Inbound/outbound shipments by geography (172 BEAs and over 3,000 counties, plus Canada & Mexico)
- Tonnage of shipments
- Modal detail for truck, rail, waterborne, and air shipments (seven major transportation modes in all)
- Commodity (four-digit standard transportation commodity classifications)
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