According to a recent report in Logistics Today the year 2005 marked the largest increase in logistics costs in the history of the State of Logistics Report.
The reports claims that logistics costs increased by a whopping $156 billion. The majority of this increase came on the transportation side.
Representative Rosalyn Wilson noted that:
Greater efficiency must be extracted from logistics networks to counter many of the effects of the rising costs which means the U.S. must do more to improve its transportation infrastructure. Ports must be modernized, private investment in rail infrastructure must be encouraged, and additional lane miles must be added to highways as well as establishing truck-only lanes to improve efficiency.