Container shipments rose at Port Houston in April; while the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, and New Orleans recorded slight declines.
Port Houston records 5% rise in container flows in April
Port Houston handled 324,177 twenty-foot equivalent units in April, a 5% year-over-year (y/y) increase compared to the same month in 2023.
Year to date, the port has handled 1.4 million TEUs, an 18% y/y increase.
“For the first quarter, container volumes are very strong through March,” Roger Guenther, executive director at Port Houston, said during the port’s monthly commission meeting on Friday. “For the first three months [of 2024], TEUs are much stronger in both the import and export loaded containers.”
Loaded container TEU imports rose 4% y/y to 146,910 in April, while loaded container exports increased 8% y/y to 119,302 TEUs.
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