THE Port of virginia has surpassed the 300,000 TEU mark for another month, having already broken the August monthly record with 307,000 TEU, a year-on-year increase of 19 per cent, reports Jacksonville's Container News.
Loaded imports were the main factor of this volume uptrend, completing 152,197 TEU and an increase of 26 per cent compared to last September, the month when the port began seeing a considerable rebound in its volumes from the Covid period. In the meantime, exports also grew by almost seven per cent, surpassing 80,690 TEU.
'Last September is when volumes began coming back and since then we have posted growth each month' highlighted the CEO and executive director of the Virginia Port Authority, Stephen Edwards, who went on to note that 'the growth is not artificial and the movement of loaded and empty containers is up for both exports and imports.'
Furthermore, Mr Edwards attributed this container traffic growth to smooth port operations. 'There is no congestion here and ocean carriers and cargo owners are taking notice of our track record and what we are doing to ensure consistency in our operation,' he said.
Additionally, the port in the US east coast moved 53,405 rail containers, 110,452 boxes via trucks, and 7,141 boxes through barges, representing a year on year increase of 21.6 per cent, 25.2 per cent and 9.4 per cent, respectively.
From January until September, the seventh-busiest port in the country has handled 2.58 million TEU, which represents a 30 per cent growth over the corresponding period of 2020.
Mr Edwards is not expecting a slowdown in volumes before the year's end. 'We may see a dip as the retail season comes to its end, but this is normal and any fall-off in volumes will be small. Looking into 2022, we see nothing that leads us to believe that there is going to be a drop in volumes,' he commented.
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Loaded imports were the main factor of this volume uptrend, completing 152,197 TEU and an increase of 26 per cent compared to last September, the month when the port began seeing a considerable rebound in its volumes from the Covid period. In the meantime, exports also grew by almost seven per cent, surpassing 80,690 TEU.
'Last September is when volumes began coming back and since then we have posted growth each month' highlighted the CEO and executive director of the Virginia Port Authority, Stephen Edwards, who went on to note that 'the growth is not artificial and the movement of loaded and empty containers is up for both exports and imports.'
Furthermore, Mr Edwards attributed this container traffic growth to smooth port operations. 'There is no congestion here and ocean carriers and cargo owners are taking notice of our track record and what we are doing to ensure consistency in our operation,' he said.
Additionally, the port in the US east coast moved 53,405 rail containers, 110,452 boxes via trucks, and 7,141 boxes through barges, representing a year on year increase of 21.6 per cent, 25.2 per cent and 9.4 per cent, respectively.
From January until September, the seventh-busiest port in the country has handled 2.58 million TEU, which represents a 30 per cent growth over the corresponding period of 2020.
Mr Edwards is not expecting a slowdown in volumes before the year's end. 'We may see a dip as the retail season comes to its end, but this is normal and any fall-off in volumes will be small. Looking into 2022, we see nothing that leads us to believe that there is going to be a drop in volumes,' he commented.
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