On a global basis, there is a 13 percent to 14 percent
chance of interruptions in service, although outages are
expected to last only a few hours on average.

. . .

The expected increase in shipment time when delays occur
ranges from 14 percent for trucking to 17 percent for rail
and 29 percent for shipping.

Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI

-- spider (spider0@usa.net), November 09, 1999