Record volumes at New Jersey ExpressRail terminals

Record volumes at New Jersey ExpressRail terminals    ExpressRail terminals, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s ship-to-rail terminals in New Jersey, saw record container handling volume of 283,529 containers in 2004 a 22 percent increase over the previous record of 232,867 containers handled in 2003.
   “The substantial growth in rail traffic at the port was due to growth in containerized trade with Asia, combined with the opening of the ExpressRail Newark facility in 2003 and the first phase of the new ExpressRail Elizabeth facility in October 2004,” the port authority said in a statement.
   “Today, about 13 percent of our rail traffic is transported off the port by rail, and our goal is to see that number grow to as much as 30 percent in the future,” said port authority chairman Anthony R. Coscia.
   In addition to the New Jersey terminals, a new rail terminal is under construction at the New York Container Terminal on Staten Island, due to be opened in early 2006.