Freight data · Sources

Freight Data Sources

Every source behind a published dataset or research report, and the sources RapidShips checked but did not publish, with the reason.

By RapidShips Dock OperationsLast reviewed 2026-09-30

Sources behind published data

Sources behind the published datasets
SourcePublisherClassUsed forChecked
Facts and Figures (monthly cargo volumes table)Port Authority of New York and New JerseyPort authorityMonthly container volume (TEUs), Annual container volume (TEUs)September 30, 2026
Total Volume Remains Steady in August at the Port of NY & NJPort Authority of New York and New Jersey, Breaking WavesPort authorityMonthly container volume (TEUs)September 30, 2026
Port of NY and NJ Ends 2025 as the Nation's Second-busiest Port for Loaded ContainersPort Authority of New York and New Jersey, Breaking WavesPort authorityAnnual container volume (TEUs)September 30, 2026
PPI industry data for General freight trucking, long-distance TL, not seasonally adjusted (series PCU484121484121)U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPrimary official statisticsTrucking producer price indexesSeptember 30, 2026
PPI industry data for General freight trucking, long-distance LTL, not seasonally adjusted (series PCU484122484122)U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPrimary official statisticsTrucking producer price indexesSeptember 30, 2026
PPI industry data for General freight trucking, local, not seasonally adjusted (series PCU484110484110)U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPrimary official statisticsTrucking producer price indexesSeptember 30, 2026
BLS Public Data API, version 2 (timeseries data)U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPrimary official statisticsTrucking producer price indexes, Warehousing producer price index, New Jersey freight jobsSeptember 30, 2026
Release schedule: Producer Price IndexU.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPrimary official statisticsTrucking producer price indexes, Warehousing producer price indexSeptember 30, 2026
PPI industry data for General warehousing and storage, not seasonally adjusted (series PCU493110493110)U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPrimary official statisticsWarehousing producer price indexSeptember 30, 2026
State and Area Employment: New Jersey, Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities, all employees, not seasonally adjusted (series SMU34000004300000001)U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPrimary official statisticsNew Jersey freight jobsSeptember 30, 2026
State and Area Employment: New Jersey, Truck Transportation, all employees, not seasonally adjusted (series SMU34000004348400001)U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPrimary official statisticsNew Jersey freight jobsSeptember 30, 2026
State and Area Employment: New Jersey, Warehousing and Storage, all employees, not seasonally adjusted (series SMU34000004349300001)U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPrimary official statisticsNew Jersey freight jobsSeptember 30, 2026
State and Metro Area Employment, Hours, and Earnings (next release dates)U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPrimary official statisticsNew Jersey freight jobsSeptember 30, 2026
North American Industry Classification System: 493 Warehousing and Storage (2022)U.S. Census BureauPrimary official statisticsNew Jersey freight jobs, NJ warehousing by county (2023)September 30, 2026
Transportation Services Index and Seasonally-Adjusted Transportation Data (column TSI_Freight)U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation StatisticsPrimary official statisticsFreight Transportation Services IndexSeptember 30, 2026
The July 2026 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Fell 0.7% from June 2026 and Fell 2.0% from July 2025 (BTS 26-68)U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation StatisticsPrimary official statisticsFreight Transportation Services IndexSeptember 30, 2026
County Business Patterns: 2023U.S. Census BureauPrimary official statisticsNJ trucking and warehousing establishments, NJ warehousing by county (2023)September 30, 2026
County Business Patterns datasets (state and county flat files, 2021 to 2023)U.S. Census BureauPrimary official statisticsNJ trucking and warehousing establishments, NJ warehousing by county (2023)September 30, 2026
County Business Patterns county record layout, 2020 to 2023 (noise flag definitions)U.S. Census BureauPrimary official statisticsNJ trucking and warehousing establishments, NJ warehousing by county (2023)September 30, 2026

Checked but not published

These were checked for the Data Center and left out. No values from them are stored or shown.

  • Import and export value through the New York/Newark customs district and port · U.S. Census Bureau. Not retrieved. On September 30, 2026 the Census international trade API redirected keyless requests to a Missing Key page, and USA Trade Online requires a login. No value is stored. Next step: request a free Census API key and fetch port 4601 monthly general imports (GEN_VAL_MO) and vessel values.
  • Top 25 U.S. container ports by TEU (BTS) · U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Rejected by the missing-period rule: the data.bts.gov table (sn74-xpkp, updated June 2026) has columns for port, foreign imports, foreign exports and domestic TEUs but does not state which year they cover. RapidShips will not publish figures without a period.
  • Waterborne tonnage, Port of New York and New Jersey (USACE) · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center. Not retrieved in the Day 5 pass: the tonnage files were not opened and checked, so nothing is stored.
  • Freight flows to, from and within New Jersey (Freight Analysis Framework) · U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics and Federal Highway Administration. Not retrieved. FAF5 mixes observed base-year flows with modelled annual estimates and forecasts; publishing it needs the ESTIMATE and FORECAST labels applied figure by figure, which was not done in this pass.
  • Container vessel dwell times, top 25 U.S. container ports (BTS) · U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Stale for current use: the BTS table ends in June 2023. It would be flagged stale by the build, and RapidShips does not publish port congestion indicators it cannot keep current.