In the shipping world, 2024 taught leaders to expect not just the unexpected, but the inconceivable, unprecedented and unbelievable. “Just as you think there’s nothing else that can go wrong and you’ve experienced it all, we get hit with something that we never even thought about in our wildest dreams,” said Bethann Rooney, the port director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, at the agency’s annual State of the Port event held in Newark, N.J., at the start of 2025. It had been a tumultuous year that saw a labor disruption for East Coast and Gulf ports, the temporary closure ofRead More →

On:
In: Events

The summer of 2013 was a breaking point for the Port of New York and New Jersey. “It was like Armageddon,” said Bethann Rooney, port director at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. “It was the worst cargo congestion we’ve ever seen.” The compounding causes – technological difficulties, a labor shortage, and lingering effects of Hurricane Sandy – couldn’t be fixed by any single entity at the port. It led Rooney, then the manager of port security, to propose something unprecedented for that time: truly linking the supply chain in ways it never had been before. The idea proved to be aRead More →

On:
In: Events

September followed in August’s footsteps at the Port of New York and New Jersey, revealing double-digit total volume percent increase from last year. Total volume for September, 779,388 TEUs (426,407 containers), was 18 percent higher than the 660,553 TEUs (363,853 containers) recorded in September 2023. It was the second-busiest September ever at the Port of New York and New Jersey, behind only the pandemic-driven cargo surge in 2022. This number brings the port’s year through September total to 6,586,947 TEUs (3,635,271 containers).  Imports rose by 12.5 percent in September 2024 compared to the previous year, totaling 381,440 TEUs (208,882 containers) compared to 339,033 TEUs (186,994Read More →

On:
In: Cargo Volumes

PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY SELECTED TO RECEIVE $347 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT ZERO EMISSION EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE, DEEPEN COMMUNITY COLLABORATION AT EAST COAST’S BUSIEST SEAPORT Funding Represents Largest Sustainability Award in Port Authority History Grants Through U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Ports Program to Jumpstart More Sustainable Trucks, Ships, Cargo Handling Equipment Portion Set Aside to Deepen Relationships with Key Community Partners Around Port Photos Available Here and Video Available Here from Announcement at Port Newark The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey today announced that it has been selected to receive $347 million in federal funding from the Biden-Harris administrationRead More →

On:
In: Environmental Initiatives

August was a strong month for the Port of New York and New Jersey, ending with a nearly 20 percent jump in total volume from the previous year. A total of 790,891 TEUs (431,782 containers) moved through the port in August compared to 662,740 TEUs (366,339 containers) in 2023. This 19.3 percent increase brings our year-through August total to 5,807,559 TEUs (3,208,864 containers) and marked the sixth consecutive month in which the port surpassed 700,000 TEUs handled.  Imports were up 13.4 percent in August, totaling 395,687 TEUs (216,946 containers) versus 348,921 TEUs (192,889 containers) in August 2023. From January through August, imported loads at theRead More →

On:
In: Cargo Volumes