Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA)
Congress passed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA 22) in June 2022. Section 16 of the congressional mandate requires the Bureau of Transportation Statistics to produce statistics on "the total street dwell time from all causes of marine containers and chassis and the average out of service percentage of chassis."
OSRA 22 grants BTS authority to collect data from “each port, marine terminal operator, and chassis owner or provider with a fleet of over 50 chassis that supply chassis for a fee” as deemed necessary to produce statistics. The results from the initial data collection will be published by February 10, 2023, and every month thereafter until the sunset of the program in December 2026.
Announcement!
BTS has released the second OSRA 22 statistics on chassis street dwell time and out of service rates. BTS is endeavoring to improve the granularity and usefulness of the statistics. We are pleased to announce that this release includes national statistics separated by chassis size and statistics for the Los Angeles market. The statistics include the average, median, and quartiles. To view the data release, please click here.
BTS is exploring avenues to provide statistics on chassis street dwell times and out of service by location without compromising the confidentiality of respondents to the data collection. Limitations of the current program do not enable statistics for most individual markets that assure confidentiality. BTS will offer statistics by market when confidentiality can be assured.
This is an experimental data product. BTS experimental data may not meet all of our quality standards. We are seeking feedback from data users and stakeholders on the quality and usefulness of this new product.
January 2023 Webinar: Your organization’s roles and responsibilities to fulfil the Ocean Shipping and Reform Act of 2022
January 2023 Webinar Slides | Bureau of Transportation Statistics (bts.gov)
January 2023 OSRA webinar transcript | Bureau of Transportation Statistics (bts.gov)
OSRA Data Portal
Congress passed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA 22) in June 2022. Section 16 of the congressional mandate requires the Bureau of Transportation Statistics to produce statistics on "the total street dwell time from all causes of marine containers and chassis and the average out of service percentage of chassis."
OSRA 22 grants BTS authority to collect data from “each port, marine terminal operator, and chassis owner or provider with a fleet of over 50 chassis that supply chassis for a fee” as deemed necessary to produce statistics. The results from the initial data collection will be published by February 10, 2023, and every month thereafter until the sunset of the program in December 2026.
If you are providing data for OSRA 22, use the following link to access the OSRA Data Portal for data submissions: OSRA Data Portal (bts.gov)
If you need assistance accessing the data portal, please contact the OSRA Program Manager at OSRA@dot.gov
If you would like more information about how BTS maintains data privacy and how your data will be protected, please visit the BTS Confidentiality webpage
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