Port of NY/NJ box volumes skyrocket in September

The North Atlantic port handled 573,458 TEUs in September, a 15.2 percent increase from 12 months prior, back when 18,000-TEU ships were not able to sail beneath the Bayonne Bridge.    The Port of New York and New Jersey handled 573,458 TEUs in September, a 15.2 percent year-over-year jump, the port authority reported.
   Auto units handled at the port totaled 45,832 units for the month, up 17.9 percent from last September.
   Meanwhile, for the first nine months of 2017, the port handled 5.01 million TEUs, up 7.6 percent year-over-year, while auto units surged 12.5 percent to 415,091 units.
   Broken down by container type for the first nine months of 2017, compared to the corresponding 2016 period:
     • Import loads rose 6.5 percent to 2.53 million TEUs;
     • Export loads rose 3.4 percent to 1.04 million TEUs;
     • Import empties fell 19.1 percent to 15,556 TEUs;
     • And export empties rose 13.6 percent to 1.42 million TEUs.
   In June of this year, the port authority completed the Bayonne Bridge Navigational Clearance Project, allowing 18,000-TEU ships to sail beneath the bridge.
   Currently, the port is routinely frequented by 43 liner services connecting it to regions outside of North America, according to ocean carrier schedule and capacity database BlueWater Reporting’s Port Dashboard tool. Thirty-four of these services deploy fully cellular containerships; eight deploy either pure car/truck carriers or roll-on/roll-off vessels; and one service deploys conro vessels.