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Container Volumes Hit Highest August on Record, Second Highest Month Ever

August container volumes at the Port of New York and New Jersey reached 335,537 lifts (585,327 TEUs). This represents an increase of 2.0 percent over August 2015, the highest August on record, and the second highest month the port has ever logged. August volumes historically average 288,000 total lifts. But August 2016 saw 174,419 import containers loaded, an increase of 6.6 percent over the same category in August 2015. Loaded export containers totaled 66,042 units, an increase of 2.9 percent over the previous year, while export empty containers fell by 6.2 percent at 93,737 units. Year-to-date volumes totaling 2,400,981 units (4,159,051 TEUs) fell behind 2015Read More →

2016-09-28
On: September 28, 2016
In: Cargo Volumes

Port NY & NJ Sets New Cargo Volume Record in 2015

  Annual cargo volumes at the Port of New York and New Jersey beat the previous record by more than 10 percent according to figures released today. The port handled 6,371,720 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) (or 3,664,013 cargo containers) in 2015, an increase of 10.4 percent over the previous record set in 2014. The record volumes allowed the port to maintain its position as the busiest on the East Coast with nearly 30 percent of the nation’s total market share. Despite the increases in cargo, the Port of New York and New Jersey has experienced a 33 percent reduction in port emissions pollutants since 2006Read More →

2016-02-08
On: February 8, 2016
In: Cargo Volumes, Events
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