Year-to-date, the port has handled 1,175,111 TEU vs. 1,110,983 TEUshandled during the same period last year, an increase of 5.8 percent.
“This past July was our best July ever on record for us, just as this past June and May were the best of those months, historically speaking,” said Virginia Port Authority Executive Director Jerry A. Bridges. “We saw increase in rail moves, barge moves, ship calls and containers handled at the Virginia Inland Port.”
Total rail containers handled in July were 32,941, a 22.5 percent increase when compared with last July. The year-to-date rail containers total is 212,689 vs. 186,900 for the same period last year; an increase of 13.8 percent.