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On Wednesday December 10, 2014, the Port Authority Board of Commissioners adopted a fiscally responsible $2.9 billion Operating Budget and a $3.6 billion Capital Budget that funds critical infrastructure at the agency’s port facilities, airports, tunnels, bridges, PATH system, and World Trade Center site. Combined, the agency’s budget for 2015 totals $7.8 billion, which includes debt service. The overall Capital Budget will support 7,320 direct job-years and direct payroll wages of $674.7 million. Including indirect and induced effects, the total economic activity impact amounts to 16,730 total job-years, $1.1 billion in wages, and $4.7 billion in economic activity. Some additional noteworthy points: The $2.9 billionRead More →

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On Friday, December 5, the Port of New York and New Jersey announced that it hit an all-time record for monthly cargo volume in October 2014. During that month, the port handled 306,805 shipping containers, up 1 percent from the previous monthly record of 306,051 containers set in August 2013. The increase was driven by a hike in import-loaded containers. October 2014 stats also showed annual growth for cargo shipped on the port’s ExpressRail system, with 42,950 containers transported on rail, up 14.2 percent over October 2013. Currently, more than 14 percent of the all port traffic is transported by rail. Figures like these indicateRead More →

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In: Cargo Volumes, Industry News/Advisory, Terminal News

Three Hanjin ships made their first calls on the Port of New York and New Jersey this past June and July. The Hanjin Dallas first docked at Maher Terminals at the Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal on June 16, 2014. The Dallas’ weekly service string, AW8, calls at ports in China and Singapore before turning to the Port of New York and New Jersey, which is the Dallas’s first port of call inbound. The AW8 service line operates as part of the CKYHE Vessel Sharing Agreement shared by COSCO, K Line, Yang Ming, Hanjin, and Evergreen. Hanjin contributes three of the string’s eleven ships. The twoRead More →

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On Thursday, August 14, the Hanjin Baltimore made its inaugural port call to the Port of New York and New Jersey at Maher Terminals. The Hanjin Baltimore is a 7,471 TEU vessel built by Hyundai Heavy Industries Ltd. at their South Korean shipyard in 2005. As part of the AW8 weekly service string, the Baltimore will call on ports in China and Singapore before transiting the Suez Canal reaching the Port of New York and New Jersey in only 24 days. New York is the first port of call inbound. She then continues to Norfolk and Savannah before returning to China. The AW8 service operatesRead More →

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In: Maiden Voyage/Inaugural Port Call, Terminal News
apl mexico city

On Thursday, August 14, staff from The Port Authority’s Port Commerce Department presented a plaque to the captain of the APL Mexico City to commemorate her maiden voyage. Newly delivered from Daewoo’s Okpo shipyard in South Korea June 30th, the APL Mexico City docked at Global Terminals as part of the China East Coast (CEC) service. At 9,200 TEU’s, the vessel is equal to the largest ships that call the Port. It arrived at Global with ocean containers stacked eight tiers high on deck. The CEC service deploys vessels between 8,700 and 9,300 TEUs and calls Vietnam direct, transits to China and Singapore, and makesRead More →

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