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BTS Maritime and Ports BTS Maritime and Ports
BTS Maritime and Ports

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.

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    2023 Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Report to Congress
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    Hu, Patricia S. ;
    Schmitt, Rolf R.
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    2023-01-01 | Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Reports to Congress
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    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), ...
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    2022 Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Supply-Chain Feature
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    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2022-01-01
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    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), ...
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    2022 Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Report and Dataset
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    United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    2022-01-01 | Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Reports to Congress
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    Given that the Nation's maritime ports moves more international cargo by weight and value than any other U.S. mode of transportation, the Fixing Ameri...
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    Port Performance Freight Statistics in 2019: Annual Report to Congress 2020
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    Hu, Patricia S. ;
    Schmitt, Rolf R.
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    2021-01-01 | Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Reports to Congress
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    The Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act established the Port Performance Freight Statistics Program (PPFSP) in the Bureau of Transporta...
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    Port Performance Freight Statistics in 2018: Annual Report to Congress 2019
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    Hu, Patricia S. ;
    Schmitt, Rolf R.
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    2020-01-01 | Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Reports to Congress
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    The Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act established the Port Performance Freight Statistics Program (PPFSP) in the Bureau of Transporta...
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    Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Report to Congress 2018
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    Chambers, Matthew ;
    Sprung, Michael J.
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    2019-04-01 | Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Reports to Congress
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    This is the third edition of the Port Performance Freight Statistics Program Annual Report, which builds on the foundation of the inaugural 2016 Annua...
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    Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Report to Congress 2017
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    Chambers, Matthew ;
    Mitchell, Ali
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    2018-02-13 | Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Reports to Congress
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    This is the second edition of the Port Performance Freight Statistics Program Annual Report, which builds on the foundation of the 2016 Annual Report....
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    Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Report to Congress 2017 [Supporting Datasets]
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    Chambers, Matthew ;
    Mitchell, Ali
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    2018-02-13 | Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Reports to Congress
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    This is the second edition of the Port Performance Freight Statistics Program Annual Report, which builds on the foundation of the 2016 Annual Report....
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    2016 Highlights of Ferry Operations in the United States
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    McFadden, Janine ;
    Barrows, Andrew
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    2017-10-01 | National Census of Ferry Operators (NCFO)
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    This publication highlights data collected by the 2016 NCFO. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) conducted the NCFO from April through Novem...
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    Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Report to Congress 2016
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    2017-01-01 | Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Reports to Congress
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    In Section 6018 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, Congress requires the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S....
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    2014 Highlights of Ferry Operations in the United States
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    Steve, Kenneth ;
    Parker, Julie
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    2016-05-01 | National Census of Ferry Operators (NCFO)
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    Based on information provided by operators who responded to the 2014 National Census of Ferry Operators (NCFO), the Bureau of Transportation Statistic...
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    Highlights of [the 2010 National Census of] Ferry Operators in the United States
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    Steve, Kenneth ;
    Parker, Julie
    2014-09-01 | National Census of Ferry Operators (NCFO)
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    Ferries provide links for commuters in major metropolitan areas and offer a means of transportation across bodies of water not easily served by bridge...
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    The Changing Tide of U.S.-International Container Trade: Differences Among the U.S. Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Coasts [Special Report]
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    Chambers, Matthew
    2011-12-01 | BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs
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    This BTS special report examines historical U.S. maritime trends, changes in U.S. trading partners, and current U.S. marine trade patterns. More speci...
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    Making Sense of Passenger Vessel Data
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    Chambers, Matthew
    2011-07-01 | BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs
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    The absence of legal definitions to describe waterborne passenger vessels, such as cruise ships and ferries, may pose a challenge for researchers atte...
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