New York container volume slips 17%

New York container volume slips 17%    The Port of New York and New Jersey handled 1,714,107 loaded TEUs in the first six months of the year, 17.1 percent fewer than in the first half of 2008, according to statistics published by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
   Exports in the period amounted to 658,921 TEUs, down 21.2 percent from the same 2008 period. Imports were down 14.4 percent to 1,055,186 million TEUs.