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Port of NY/NJ posts record box throughput of 547,013 TEU in April
THE Port of New York and New Jersey handled 547,013 TEU of containerised cargo in April 2017, 11.8 per cent more than in the same month last year and the best April for the port ever.
However, the port said its share of total US containerised cargo slipped to 14.8 per cent in the first four months of 2017, compared with 15.5 per cent in the first four months of 2016. But it may have a chance to gain market share once again with larger ships now able to call container terminals in Newark and Elizabeth New Jersey and Staten Island because of the removal of the lower deck of the Bayonne Bridge.
Larger containerships will be able to call the container terminals of APM Terminals, Maher Terminals, Port Newark Container Terminal, and GCT Global terminals when restrictions are lifted at the end of June.
Besides being a record for the month, April's container volumes also were one of the top 10 best months ever recorded in the history of the port, said the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
During April, loaded import containers jumped 14 per cent year over year to 278,868 TEU, while export loads were up 4 per cent to 119,415 TEU.
In the first four months of the year, the port has handled 2.08 million TEU, 4.8 per cent more than in the first four months of 2016.
Cargo shipped via the port authority's on-dock intermodal system, ExpressRail, was up 4.6 per cent in April 2017 to 47,043 containers of all sizes. Year-to-date ExpressRail volumes remain ahead of 2016's pace by 2.5 per cent, American Shipper reported.
However, the port said its share of total US containerised cargo slipped to 14.8 per cent in the first four months of 2017, compared with 15.5 per cent in the first four months of 2016. But it may have a chance to gain market share once again with larger ships now able to call container terminals in Newark and Elizabeth New Jersey and Staten Island because of the removal of the lower deck of the Bayonne Bridge.
Larger containerships will be able to call the container terminals of APM Terminals, Maher Terminals, Port Newark Container Terminal, and GCT Global terminals when restrictions are lifted at the end of June.
Besides being a record for the month, April's container volumes also were one of the top 10 best months ever recorded in the history of the port, said the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
During April, loaded import containers jumped 14 per cent year over year to 278,868 TEU, while export loads were up 4 per cent to 119,415 TEU.
In the first four months of the year, the port has handled 2.08 million TEU, 4.8 per cent more than in the first four months of 2016.
Cargo shipped via the port authority's on-dock intermodal system, ExpressRail, was up 4.6 per cent in April 2017 to 47,043 containers of all sizes. Year-to-date ExpressRail volumes remain ahead of 2016's pace by 2.5 per cent, American Shipper reported.
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