Maritime Program

Quick Facts

Published in the National Transportation Statistics

• Summary: Water Transport Profile
• Cargos: U.S. Waterborne Freight
• Consumption: Energy, Fuel, and Gasoline
• Ports: U.S. Water Ports
• Safety: Related to Vessel Casualties, Not Related to Vessel Casualties, Recreational Boating
• Vessels: U.S. Vessels

Databases

Intermodal Passenger Connectivity Database
The Intermodal Passenger Connectivity Database includes records of passenger transportation terminals, with data on the availability of connections among the various scheduled public transportation modes at each facility. The database currently includes 1,494 intercity rail stations, airline airports, and ferry terminals.  Each record includes data for all scheduled transit and intercity modes serving each terminal.  Commuter rail station data will be added to the database during 2009.

National Census of Ferry Operators
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) manages the National Census of Ferry Operators (NFCO). BTS publishes operational data on ferry operators, routes and terminals, and vessel from, starting in 2006, a biennial survey, along with data from other sources such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Coast Guard.

National Transportation Atlas Database
The National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) is a set of nationwide geographic databases of transportation facilities, transportation networks, and associated infrastructure.

Publications

• America's Container Ports: Delivering the Goods
• Maritime Trade and Transportation | 2007 | 2002 | 1999
• National Transportation Statistics
• Pocket Guide to Transportation
• Transportation Statistics Annual Report
• State Transportation Statistics

Maps

Ferry Terminals and Passenger Routes: New York, NY | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA

Special and Technical Reports

BTS Special Report:

• 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
• Highlights of the 2006 National Census of Ferry Operators - August 2008
• U.S.-China Trade Growth and America's Transportation System - April 2008

BTS Technical Report:

• Multiple Imputation of Missing Passenger Boarding Data in the National Census of Ferry Operators - August 2008

Programs

Maritime Data Working Group
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) sponsors the interagency Maritime Data Working Group (Group), which holds quarterly meetings to talk about maritime data availability, collection, gaps, standardization, and quality.  In addition, the Group supports joint research projects and sponsors interagency publications.

Related Links

Marine Transportation System (MTS) Data Inventory
The Committee on the Marine Transportation System sponsors the MTS data inventory, which contains an overview of available marine transportation-related information that the Federal government either uses or produces.

MarView
The Maritime Administration hosts MarView, which provides the ability to fuse data together to create models and simulations for capacity planning, economic impact analysis, on-demand forecasting, plans for mitigating and reacting to emergencies.