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Fastest Growing Industries: Transportation - Industry Profile

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Businesses in the Transportation and Warehousing industry are involved mainly in transporting passengers and goods by road, rail, water, pipelines or air and in warehousing and storing goods.  The industry includes railway operators, passenger ferries and airlines; pipeline operators; city and charter busses; shipping and trucking companies; and couriers and post offices. Sub-industries include:

  • Air transportation
  • Postal service, couriers and messengers
  • Rail transportation
  • Transit, sightseeing, and pipeline transportation
  • Truck transportation
  • Warehousing and storage
  • Water transportation