Freight Data and Statistics
- America's Container Ports (2011)
- Freight Transportation: Global Highlights 2010
- America's Freight Transportation Gateways (2009)
- Freight in America (2006)
- U.S.-North American Trade and Freight Transportation Highlights (2005)
- Freight Shipments in America (2004)
- Commodity Flow Survey
- National Transportation Statistics
- International
- GeoFreight Intermodal Freight Display Tool (CD-ROM)
- Browse the Bookstore - Freight and National Transportation Library - Freight
- See our working paper, Improvements in BTS Estimation of Ton-Miles
- TranStats: online tools, downloadable data, tables
- Other BTS Freight-Related Data
Special and Technical Reports
- International Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea Hindering Maritime Trade and Water Transportation Around the World - April 2010
- Motorcycle Trends in the United States - May 2009
- Maritime Vessels Carry More Than Half of Growing U.S.-East Africa Trade - March 2009
- Making Connections: Intermodal Links Between Scheduled Passenger Ferries and Other Public Transportation Modes - February 2009
- North American Trade Growth Continued in 2007 - February 2009
- Ocean Passenger Vessels: migrating south for the winter - January 2010
- U.S. Ocean Passenger Terminals: serving larger vessels closer to home and central transit connections - January 2010
- U.S. Freight on the Move: Highlights from the 2007 Commodity Flow Survey Preliminary Data - September 2009
Quick Facts
- What is shipped: commodities, hazardous materials shipments
- Top commodities by: value, weight, ton-miles
- Mode of transport: air, truck, air/truck, rail, pipeline, water, multimodal
- Where: domestic freight, TransBorder, international, state transportation profiles, commodity flow survey state profiles
- Trends: shipment size, modal shares, length of haul, 2002 vs.1993 trends
- Economic impact: of shipment choices, on transportation, of freight
Related Links
- All modes – DOT - Freight Transportation and American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials - Freight Transportation Network
- Air freight – BTS Airline data, and Federal Aviation Administration
- Hazardous materials and pipeline movement – Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- Modeling - Freight Model Improvement Program
- Rail freight – Federal Railroad Administration
- Shippers and businesses – U.S. Census Bureau
- Trucking – Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and Federal Highway Administration
- Waterborne freight – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers