Cargo traffic has remained strong at the Port of New York and New Jersey (NYNJ) during August with its total volumes exceeding 780,000TEU, which reflects an increase of 13.4% compared to August 2020.
Both imports and exports have risen in August at the NYNJ Port, as import loads completed 399,716TEU, representing a growth of almost 9% over the same month of 2020, while exports reached 103,886TEU, a slight year on year increase of 0.8%.
Additionally, during August, export empties grew by 27.3%, exceeding 275,000TEU.
From the beginning of the year until August, the US port has reached a total of 5,934,664TEU. During this eight-month period, imports rose by 26.4% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, with 3,034,841 TEU entering the port. Exported loads in the US port totalled 914,296TEU, representing a 5.6% increase over the first eight months of 2020.
Moreover, from January through August, export empties totalled 1,968,237 TEU, a significant 42.7% increase compared to the same period of 2020. As for import empties during the same period, they also saw an increase of 15.3%.
Rail was the only sector that recorded a decrease, while volumes transferred by box trains lowered by 9.2% from the previous year’s August figure, according to the port authority, totalling 58,931 containers.
However, from January through August, rail volumes have noted a growth of 6.8% over the same period of 2020.
