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July 28, 2026Federal Data

BTS port statistics measure throughput—not shipment delay

The federal program provides nationally consistent capacity and throughput measures for U.S. seaports, with datasets that differ in coverage and currency. Those facility-level measures do not establish what happened to a particular shipment.

8 minOfficial port-performance data analysis