New York - New Jersey container throughput down 18.8 percent in June
Containerized cargo traffic at the Port of New York and New Jersey fell 18.8 percent in June as an accelerating decline in exports offset slight improvement in imported business, the Port Authority said in a report released Thursday.
Loaded container imports, measured in TEUs, fell 15.6 percent in June compared to the same month a year ago. But the container imports edged up 2.5 percent in June from May, the third straight month-to-month improvement in imported containers, and the 186,985 loaded TEUs were the most the Port Authority has seen on the import side so far in 2009.
But exports fell 22.9 percent compared to last June, the sharpest year-over-year decline since February and loaded exported containers slipped 4.2 percent from May to June.
That left overall loaded container traffic at the Port Authority’s ocean terminals down 17.1 percent in the first half of 2009 compared to the same period a year ago. Imports, which make up more than 60 percent of the Port Authority container business, were off 14.4 percent in that period.
Loaded container imports, measured in TEUs, fell 15.6 percent in June compared to the same month a year ago. But the container imports edged up 2.5 percent in June from May, the third straight month-to-month improvement in imported containers, and the 186,985 loaded TEUs were the most the Port Authority has seen on the import side so far in 2009.
But exports fell 22.9 percent compared to last June, the sharpest year-over-year decline since February and loaded exported containers slipped 4.2 percent from May to June.
That left overall loaded container traffic at the Port Authority’s ocean terminals down 17.1 percent in the first half of 2009 compared to the same period a year ago. Imports, which make up more than 60 percent of the Port Authority container business, were off 14.4 percent in that period.