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Supply Chain Indicators - November 2026

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Each month, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) develops timely information, statistics, and data on the Nation’s Supply Chain and Freight Indicators.

This BTS freight information is organized into four sections:

This line chart shows the weekly capacity of containerships calling at U.S. ports over time. The x-axis represents time, from 2019 to present (September 2026) and the y-axis represents capacity ranging from 0 to 2.5 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). Current capacity is around 2.0 million TEUs.

Notes & Sources

This month, BTS updated the following indicators:

  • Capacity of Containerships Calling at U.S. Ports
  • Loaded Import Containers
  • Loaded Export Containers
  • Empty Export Containers
  • Number of Containerships Anchored off U.S. Ports
  • Number of Containerships Awaiting Berths at all U.S. Ports
  • Average Train Speed
  • Rail Cars Online
  • Average Terminal Dwell Time
  • Average Dwell Time at Major Terminals 
  • Average Dwell Time at Class I Railroad Terminals 
  • Rail Non-Intermodal Carloads
  • Rail Intermodal Units
  • Containers on Rail Flat Cars
  • Trailers on a Rail Flat Car
  • Average Truck Speed at 10 Bottleneck Locations
  • Average Planning Time Index at 10 Bottleneck Locations
  • Average Truck Speed Around Port of LA/LB
  • Average Planning Time Index Around Port of LA/LB
  • Average Truck Speed Around Port of NY/NJ
  • Average Planning Time Index Around Port of NY/NJ
  • Average Truck Speed Around Port of LA/LB by Time of Day
  • Average Planning Time Index Around Port of LA/LB by Time of Day
  • Freight Rates from U.S. to Shanghai
  • Freight Rates from Shanghai to LA
  • Freight Transportation Services Index
  • Producer Price Index for Trucking
  • Personal Consumption Expenditures
  • Total Business Inventory to Sales Ratio
  • New Carriers Added to MCMIS
  • U.S. Diesel Sales Prices
  • Producer Price Index for Diesel Fuel
  • Downbound Grain Barge Rates

BTS began tracking supply chain indicators in 2020, at the direction of the White House. The Department of Transportation (DOT) convened this interagency working group, which includes relevant DOT modes and the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Energy, Commerce and Labor.

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