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 or https://doi.org/10.21949/1530821.
- Booklet/Pamphlet 1
- Brief 4
- Dataset 1
- Multipart 1
- Research Paper 8
- Statistical Report 11
- Tech Report 2
- Text 1
- Analysis 1
- Annual reports 9
- Boating 1
- Boating accidents 1
- Bulk cargo handling 2
- Capacity 2
- Cargo handling 3
- Census 2
- Commodities 10
- Container handling 3
- Containers 5
- Containerships 1
- Container terminals 1
- Container traffic 2
- COVID-19 2
- Data collection 1
- Data files 1
- Data quality 1
- Definitions 1
- Dwell time 1
- Dwell Times 2
- Economic indicators 2
- Environmental impacts 3
- Ferries 3
- Ferry service 5
- Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act 7
- Freight handling 2
- Freight security 1
- Freight traffic 9
- Freight traffic measurement 1
- Freight transportation 4
- Great Lakes 1
- I72: Traffic and Transport 1
- Intermodal transfer 2
- International trade 3
- Logistics 1
- Marine transit 3
- Marine Transportation 1
- Maritime computer applications 1
- Maritime industry 4
- Maritime safety 4
- Merchant vessels 1
- Multimodal transportation 2
- National security 3
- Navigational technologies 1
- Ocean shipping 2
- Oil spills 1
- Passenger ships 6
- Performance measurement 8
- Piracy 2
- Planning and Forecasting 1
- Port capacity 12
- Ports 10
- Port traffic 12
- Public transit 3
- Ridership 3
- Safety and security 1
- Seaports 2
- Seasons 1
- Service disruption 1
- Shipbuilding 3
- Shipments 2
- Ship navigational aids 2
- St. Lawrence Seaway 1
- Statistics 18
- Supply chain management 3
- Surveys 2
- Tables (Data) 7
- Terminals and Facilities 1
- Throughput 2
- Tonnage 4
- Trade 1
- Transit operators 4
- Trend (Statistics) 6
- Trip matrices 1
- Trip tables 1
- United States 2
- Waterborne trade 1
- Water traffic 11
- Water transportation 10
- Water transportation crashes 1
- Weather 1
- Analysis (1)
- Annual reports (9)
- Boating (1)
- Boating accidents (1)
- Bulk cargo handling (2)
- Capacity (2)
- Cargo handling (3)
- Census (2)
- Commodities (10)
- Container handling (3)
- Containers (5)
- Containerships (1)
- Container terminals (1)
- Container traffic (2)
- COVID-19 (2)
- Data collection (1)
- Data files (1)
- Data quality (1)
- Definitions (1)
- Dwell time (1)
- Dwell Times (2)
- Economic indicators (2)
- Environmental impacts (3)
- Ferries (3)
- Ferry service (5)
- Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (7)
- Freight handling (2)
- Freight security (1)
- Freight traffic (9)
- Freight traffic measurement (1)
- Freight transportation (4)
- Great Lakes (1)
- I72: Traffic and Transport (1)
- Intermodal transfer (2)
- International trade (3)
- Logistics (1)
- Marine transit (3)
- Marine Transportation (1)
- Maritime computer applications (1)
- Maritime industry (4)
- Maritime safety (4)
- Merchant vessels (1)
- Multimodal transportation (2)
- National security (3)
- Navigational technologies (1)
- Ocean shipping (2)
- Oil spills (1)
- Passenger ships (6)
- Performance measurement (8)
- Piracy (2)
- Planning and Forecasting (1)
- Port capacity (12)
- Ports (10)
- Port traffic (12)
- Public transit (3)
- Ridership (3)
- Safety and security (1)
- Seaports (2)
- Seasons (1)
- Service disruption (1)
- Shipbuilding (3)
- Shipments (2)
- Ship navigational aids (2)
- St. Lawrence Seaway (1)
- Statistics (18)
- Supply chain management (3)
- Surveys (2)
- Tables (Data) (7)
- Terminals and Facilities (1)
- Throughput (2)
- Tonnage (4)
- Trade (1)
- Transit operators (4)
- Trend (Statistics) (6)
- Trip matrices (1)
- Trip tables (1)
- United States (2)
- Waterborne trade (1)
- Water traffic (11)
- Water transportation (10)
- Water transportation crashes (1)
- Weather (1)
- :United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics2024-01-01 | Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Reports to CongressAbstract: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), ...
- :United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics2023-01-01 | Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Reports to CongressAbstract: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), ...
- :United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics2022-01-01Abstract: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), ...
- :United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics2022-01-01 | Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Reports to CongressAbstract: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...
- :United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics2021-01-01 | Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Reports to CongressAbstract:The Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act established the Port Performance Freight Statistics Program (PPFSP) in the Bureau of Transporta...
- :United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics2020-01-01 | Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Reports to CongressAbstract:The Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act established the Port Performance Freight Statistics Program (PPFSP) in the Bureau of Transporta...
- :United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics2019-04-01 | Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Reports to CongressAbstract:This is the third edition of the Port Performance Freight Statistics Program Annual Report, which builds on the foundation of the inaugural 2016 Annua...
- :United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics2018-02-13 | Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Reports to CongressAbstract:This is the second edition of the Port Performance Freight Statistics Program Annual Report, which builds on the foundation of the 2016 Annual Report....
- :United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics2018-02-13 | Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Reports to CongressAbstract:This is the second edition of the Port Performance Freight Statistics Program Annual Report, which builds on the foundation of the 2016 Annual Report....
- :McFadden, Janine ;Barrows, Andrew...2017-10-01 | National Census of Ferry Operators (NCFO)Abstract:This publication highlights data collected by the 2016 NCFO. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) conducted the NCFO from April through Novem...
- :United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics2017-01-01 | Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Reports to CongressAbstract:In Section 6018 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, Congress requires the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S....
- :Steve, Kenneth ;Parker, Julie...2016-05-01 | National Census of Ferry Operators (NCFO)Abstract:Based on information provided by operators who responded to the 2014 National Census of Ferry Operators (NCFO), the Bureau of Transportation Statistic...
- :Steve, Kenneth ;Parker, Julie2014-09-01 | National Census of Ferry Operators (NCFO)Abstract:Ferries provide links for commuters in major metropolitan areas and offer a means of transportation across bodies of water not easily served by bridge...
- :United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics2011-01-01Abstract: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 mo...
- :Goldberg, Bruce ;Firestine, Theresa...2010-12-01 | National Census of Ferry Operators (NCFO)Abstract: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...
- :Chambers, Matthew ;Menegus, Dominic2010-10-01 | BTS Special Reports and Issue BriefsAbstract:This fact sheet highlights the major Atlantic container ports of New York/New Jersey, Virginia, Savannah, and Charleston. Containerships and container...
- :Chambers, Matthew ;Menegus, Dominic2010-06-01 | BTS Special Reports and Issue BriefsAbstract: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 t...
- :Chambers, Matthew ;Menegus, Dominic2010-04-01 | BTS Special Reports and Issue BriefsAbstract:Pirates prey upon targets of opportunity. Given optimal conditions (e.g., calm weather, slow cruising speed, and daylight4) relatively small, fast ves...
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