February was a robust month for the Port of New York and New Jersey, with imports, exports, autos, and rail all posting positive numbers. February’s total volume of 699,240 TEUs (384,433 containers) represented a 10.6 percent increase from the 632,455 TEUs (349,792 containers) recorded in February 2024. This rise brings the yearly total volume to 1,419,987 TEUs (783,934 containers). 

Imports rose by 7.4 percent in February, totaling 356,918 TEUs (196,321 containers) versus 332,241 TEUs (183,665 containers) recorded the previous year. This increase brings the total imported loads for the first two months of 2025 to 735,550 TEUs (406,597 containers), a 9 percent increase from the 675,031 TEUs (373,364 containers) posted in the same period of 2024. 

The Port of New York and New Jersey exported 107,335 TEUs (57,474 containers) in February, a 5.6 percent increase from the 101,636 TEUs (54,505 containers) exported the previous year. A total of 206,041 TEUs (110,178 containers) were exported in January and February, a 2 percent decline from the 206,360 TEUs (110,395 containers) exported in the same period of 2024.

Export empties increased by 19.2 percent, totaling 233,839 TEUs in February versus 196,213 TEUs the previous year. A total of 475,590 TEUs moved through the Port of New York and New Jersey in the first two months of 2025, a 14.9 percent increase from the previous year’s 414,091 TEUs. Import empties fell by 35 percent from January through February 2025 compared to the same period in 2024.

A total of 53,673 containers were moved by rail in February at the Port of New York and New Jersey, representing a 1.4 percent increase from the previous year’s February figure. Rail volume from January through February was 0.2 percent greater than in the same period of 2024.

Autos had a strong February at the Port of New York and New Jersey, totaling 26,210, a 32.6 percent increase from the previous year. This figure boosted auto volume for January through February 2025 by 5.3 percent when compared to the same period of 2024.

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