Natural Gas Pipeline Profile

KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available.

^a Total does not sum from components due to the omission of a line from source table for depreciation and other noncash expenses. 

^b Figures obtained by addition / subtraction and may not appear directly in data source.

^c Industry total includes integrated and combination company totals in addition to distribution and transmission company totals.

^d Excludes service pipeline. Data are not adjusted to common diameter equivalent. Mileage as of...

Oil Pipeline Profile

KEY: FERC = Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available.

^a Includes companies whose pipelines carry crude petroleum, petroleum products, and nonpetroleum pipeline liquids.

^b Mileages of oil pipeline for years 1960-2000 include regulated and unregulated trunk and gathering crude lines, as well as refined oil trunk lines. Beginning in 2001, data include information for FERC-regulated oil pipeline companies only. For years 2001 and after, total miles of pipeline include both trunk...

Water Transport Profile

KEY:  N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available.

^a The international water freight operating revenues data was revised in Transportation in America 1998 for all years except 1994 and 1996. Therefore, the international water freight data for years 1994 and 1996 may not be comparable to other years.

^b Revenues paid by American travelers to U.S. and foreign flag carriers.

^c Data is based on NAICS classifications. Data for water transportation in 2002 includes NAICS categories 483100, 483200, 488300....

Personal Watercraft Safety Data

KEY: U = data are not available.

^a Total vessels involved.

Waterborne Transportation Safety and Property Damage Data Related to Vessel Casualties

KEY: U = data are not available; R = revised.

^aFatalities include the number of people who died or were declared missing subsequent to a marine accident.

^bAccidents in this table include the number of "marine casualty cases" reported to the U.S. Coast Guard in accordance with 46 CFR Part 4.05-1.

^c More than one Vessel may be involved in a marine Accident. Statistics from 1992 to 2011 include Vessels involved in pollution incidents, which the United States Coast Guard...

Rail Profile

KEY:  kWh = kilowatt-hour; N = data do not exist.

^a  Excluding Amtrak and all non-Class I railroads, except for Section IV.

^b  Operating expenses include equipment, joint facility rents, leased roads and equipment, and all taxes except Federal income.

^c  Data for 2003 indicates operating revenues and expenses instead of total revenues and expenses, the data source has changed.

^d  Safety figures from U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration are for...

Top U.S. Foreign Trade Freight Gateways by Value of Shipments

^a Total for 2022 are based on the top 50 freight gateways in 2022 and are not a summation of the gateways on the table.

Highway Profile

KEY:  N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available.

^a The Federal Highway Trust Fund was created with the enactment of the Highway Revenue Act of 1956. The total receipts shown for 1995 are overstated by approximately $1.59 billion due to a fiscal year (FY) 1994 error by the Treasury Department in reconciling estimated deposits to the actual tax revenue. The correction was made after the close of FY1994 and is shown in FY1995 receipts.

^b Figures obtained by addition/subtraction and may not appear directly in data source.

April 2017 North American Freight Numbers

Table 4. Value of Monthly U.S.-Mexico Freight Flows by Mode of Transportation, April 2017