August 2017 became the best month for cargo volumes in the long and busy history of the Port of New York and New Jersey. The monthly total of 361,565 lifts (631,404 TEUs) crushed the previous monthly high of 339, 601 lifts (588,918 TEUs) logged in July 2015. August 2017 also fared 7.8% better than the previous  year’s volumes (August 2016). At close of August 2017, the port beat 2016 overall lifts by 6.2%. Also worth noting: at 51,115 lifts, August 2017 rail volumes were 3.0% better than August 2016, qualifying August 2017 as the best rail month in Port history. Year-to-date rail volumes are 2.7%Read More →

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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 →

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  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 →

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