U.S. BTS Releases October 2026 Supply Chain Indicators

The U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), since 2020 under White House direction, has formed an interagency working group with the Department of Transportation, Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy, Department of Commerce, and Department of Labor to continuously track supply chain and freight data. On October 14, 2026, BTS released the October 2026 supply chain indicators update, covering four major sections: ports, rail, freight, labor, and rates, specifically involving container ship capacity and anchorage counts at U.S. ports, average train speed, railcars online, dwell time at terminals, trucking and warehousing employment, freight rates to and from Shanghai, and diesel prices, among other indicators.