Year-to-date, the port has handled 1,363,769 TEUs vs. 1,262,957 TEUs handled during the same period last year, an increase of 8 percent.
“We continue to set new thresholds on container volumes and that is exciting to see,” said Michael Quillen chairman of the Virginia Port Authority Board of Commissioners. “What is more significant is that the market, I believe, is beginning to respond to all that we have prepared for: we have big ships calling that need our 50-foot draft, an increasing demand on rail and we’re expanding our market.”
Total rail containers handled in August were 34,528, which is a 22.8 percent increase when compared with last August. The year-to-date rail containers total is 247,217 vs. 215,013 for the same period last year; an increase of 15 percent.