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Steel and Transport and logistics

Transport and logistics depends on steel.

Steel (commodity) and Transport and logistics (industry): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Steel → Transport and logistics

6 of the enterprise types in Transport and logistics depend on steel; for the most dependent, it rates 4 out of 5 on criticality.

  • 6 enterprise types depend on it
  • 4 of 5 highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Fleet makers and lessors (trucks, ships, aircraft, containers): hulls, chassis and containers (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Port and container-terminal operators: cranes and quay structures (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Container shipping lines: ships and boxes (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Rail freight and corridor operators: rails and wagons (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Airport and air-cargo terminal operators: terminals and hangars (criticality 3 of 5)
  • 3PL warehouse and contract-logistics operators: racking (criticality 2 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.