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BTS Maritime and Ports

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This maritime and port collection includes fact sheets, interagency reports, special reports, and reports to Congress published by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. These provide insights into topics such as container shipping, cruise ships, ferries, port and waterway operations, and port performance measures. Users can interact with port capacity and throughput measures for the Nation’s largest tonnage, container, and dry bulk ports at https://www.bts.gov/ports. Bookmark this collection: https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/collection_bts_ports or https://doi.org/10.21949/1530821.

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Showing 1 - 20 of 34 results
  • Gulf Coast Ports Surrounding the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
    Gulf Coast Ports Surrounding the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
    Chambers, Matthew ;
    Menegus, Dominic
    2010-06-01 | BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs | PDF
    This fact sheet provides a snapshot of two major seaports (New Orleans, LA, and Mobile, AL) and summary tables of other Gulf coast seaports close to the Deepwater Horizon mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) explosion and oil spill. New Orleans is approximately 132 miles from the site, and Mobile is approximately 136 miles from the site.
  • Interdisciplinary Education Outreach with Traffic Sensor Build Kits
    Interdisciplinary Education Outreach with Traffic Sensor Build Kits
    Hernandez, Sarah ;
    Crews, Mariah B
    2020-07-01 | PDF
    The goal of this project was to attract K-12 students to transportation engineering careers through Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) outreach programs. To accomplish this goal, the object of the project was to design and implement maritime freight oriented educational outreach activities centered on traffic sensing technolog ...
  • Highlights of the 2008 National Census of Ferry Operators
    Highlights of the 2008 National Census of Ferry Operators
    Goldberg, Bruce ;
    Firestine, Theresa
    2010-12-01 | National Census of Ferry Operators (NCFO) | PDF
    In 2007, 190 ferry operators across the Nation provided service to an estimated 106 million passengers through nearly 500 terminals in 37 States and 3 U.S. Territories, using a fleet of almost 700 active vessels with capacity to carry as many as 6,000 passengers at a time, or as few as 2. Service was provided on nearly 350 different route segments, ...
  • US Ocean Passenger Terminals Serving Larger Vessels Closer to Home and Central Transit Connections
    U.S. Ocean Passenger Terminals: Serving Larger Vessels Closer to Home and Central Transit Connections
    Chambers, Matthew ;
    Menegus, Dominic
    2010-01-01 | BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs | PDF
    The ocean passenger industry has undergone substantial changes in recent years. In response to market conditions, passenger vessel operators are deploying larger vessels, cutting fares, changing destinations, and embarking from seaports closer to travelers in major metropolitan areas. In the United States, many new and renovated ocean passenger ter ...
  • Ocean Passenger Vessels Migrating South for the Winter
    Ocean Passenger Vessels: Migrating South for the Winter
    Chambers, Matthew
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    2010-01-01 | BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs | PDF
    In response to consumer demand, the passenger vessels that operate from seaports along the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts alternate between north and south. Passenger vessels that sail out of ports such as New York, Baltimore and Seattle in the summer, lift anchor and steam for departure ports such as Miami, Tampa and Los Angeles, or overseas m ...
  • Combining Truck and Vessel Tracking Data to Estimate Performance and Impacts of Inland Ports
    Combining Truck and Vessel Tracking Data to Estimate Performance and Impacts of Inland Ports
    Hernandez, Sarah V ;
    Asborno, Magdalena I
    2020-08-01 | PDF
    The purpose of this project is to estimate the performance of multi-modal supply chains that use inland waterway ports. This is accomplished by developing a method to fuse publicly available datasets including truck and marine vessel tracking data and lock performance data. The study builds on a growing body of research related to multi-modal freig ...
  • 2023 Port Performance Freight Statistics Program Annual Report to Congress
    2023 Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Report to Congress
    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2023-01-01 | Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Reports to Congress | PDF
    Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6018 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act; P.L. 114-94; Dec. 4, 2015; 49 USC 6314), the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has completed the 2023 annual report of the Port Performance Freight Statistics Program. The FAST Act requires BTS to report on the top 25 maritime ports as ...
  • Port Performance Freight Statistics Program Annual Report to Congress 2018
    Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Report to Congress 2018
    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2019-04-01 | Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Reports to Congress | PDF
    This is the third edition of the Port Performance Freight Statistics Program Annual Report, which builds on the foundation of the inaugural 2016 Annual Report. In the first edition, BTS published existing, nationally consistent measures of port capacity and throughput and explained the criteria used to define ports and the measures used to define t ...
  • Port Performance Freight Statistics in 2018 Annual Report to Congress 2019
    Port Performance Freight Statistics in 2018: Annual Report to Congress 2019
    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2020-01-01 | Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Reports to Congress | PDF
    The Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act established the Port Performance Freight Statistics Program (PPFSP) in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT). The FAST Act requires an annual report to Congress that includes statistics on capacity and throughput for selected maritime por ...
  • 2016 Highlights of Ferry Operations in the United States
    2016 Highlights of Ferry Operations in the United States
    McFadden, Janine ;
    Barrows, Andrew
    2017-10-01 | National Census of Ferry Operators (NCFO) | PDF
    This publication highlights data collected by the 2016 NCFO. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) conducted the NCFO from April through November 2016, collecting the operational characteristics of the 2015 calendar year ferry operations. Based on those ferry operations that responded to the 2016 National Census of Ferry Operators (NCFO), a ...
  • Port Performance Freight Statistics 2026 Annual Report
    Port Performance Freight Statistics: 2026 Annual Report
    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2026-01-01 | Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Reports to Congress | PDF
    U.S. ports are located throughout the country and are critical for the U.S. economy. In 2024, they accounted for 41 percent of all U.S. imports and exports, totaling over $2.1 trillion. Exports accounted for 34 percent of this value while imports accounted for 66 percent. In addition, waterborne transportation1 and its support activities employed 1 ...
  • Port Performance Freight Statistics 2025 Annual Report
    Port Performance Freight Statistics: 2025 Annual Report
    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2025-01-01 | Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Reports to Congress | PDF
    Section 6018 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act mandates BTS, within the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), establish a port performance statistics program. This program aims to provide nationally consistent performance measures for, at least, the nation’s top 25 ports, ranked by tonnage, twenty-foot equivalent units ...
  • Americas Container Ports Linking Markets at Home and Abroad
    America's Container Ports: Linking Markets at Home and Abroad
    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2011-01-01 | PDF
    This report provides an overview of the movement of maritime freight handled by the Nation's container ports in 2009 through mid-2010, based on the most current available data through that time period. It summarizes trends in maritime freight movement since 1995, especially during the last 5 years. It also covers the impact of the recent U.S. and g ...
  • Americas Container Ports Freight Hubs That Connect Our Nation to Global Markets
    America's Container Ports: Freight Hubs That Connect Our Nation to Global Markets
    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2009-06-01 | PDF
    The U.S. marine transportation system continues to handle large volumes of domestic and international freight in support of the nation's economic activities. The demand for freight transportation responds to trends in global economic activity and merchandise trade. When U.S. businesses produce more goods, the demand for freight transportation servi ...
  • Maritime Trade Transportation 2007
    Maritime Trade & Transportation 2007
    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2005-01-10 | PDF
    This latest edition of Maritime Trade and Transportation follows two prior reports released in 1999 and 2002. These reports reflect an ongoing effort by the Maritime Data Working Group to provide quality, timely, comprehensive, and relevant maritime-related data and information to federal, state, and local government and maritime industry stakehold ...
  • Measures of Freight Network Resiliency During the Covid19 Pandemic
    Measures of Freight Network Resiliency During the Covid-19 Pandemic
    Hernandez, Sarah V ;
    Balthrop, Andrew
    2020-07-01 | PDF
    Recent headlines depict significant shifts in operations within the freight community in particular, e.g., HOS laws suspended at a national level for the first time in 82 years; national carriers shifting operations completely to grocery supply chains; fleet operators laying off employees in response to manufacturing closures. As a result of the cu ...
  • 2024 Port Performance Freight Statistics Program Annual Report to Congress
    2024 Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Report to Congress
    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2024-01-01 | Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Reports to Congress | PDF
    Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6018 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act; P.L. 114-94; Dec. 4, 2015; 49 USC 6314), the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has completed the 2024 annual report of the Port Performance Freight Statistics Program. The FAST Act requires BTS to report on the top 25 maritime ports as ...
  • Maritime Trade Transportation 1999
    Maritime Trade & Transportation 1999
    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    1999-01-01 | PDF
    The marine transportation system contributes to U.S. economic growth, enhances global competitiveness, and supports national security objectives. This report is a cooperative effort of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), the Maritime Administration (MARAD), and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) in the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), ...
  • Highlights of the 2006 National Census of Ferry Operators
    Highlights of the 2006 National Census of Ferry Operators
    Roberto, Elizabeth
    2008-08-01 | National Census of Ferry Operators (NCFO) | PDF
    At the request of Congress, in 2006 the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, a branch of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Research and Innovative Technology Administration, conducted a Census of Ferry Operators. Selected findings are described, including: Nationwide, ferries transported a total of 108 million passengers in 2005; Travel by fe ...
  • Atlantic Coast US Seaports
    Atlantic Coast U.S. Seaports
    Chambers, Matthew ;
    Menegus, Dominic
    2010-10-01 | BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs | PDF
    This fact sheet highlights the major Atlantic container ports of New York/New Jersey, Virginia, Savannah, and Charleston. Containerships and containerized cargo comprise the bulk of vessel calls and most of the vessel value at these seaports along the eastern seaboard. Commodities transiting the canal to the Atlantic ports include auto parts, banan ...
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