Virginia Port’s October volumes break all-time record — The Port of Virginia moved 265,490 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in October, which is growth of more than 11 percent – for containers as well — when compared with the same month last year and an all-time record for the amount of cargo handled in a single month.
October’s TEU volume broke the previous record set in May 2017 by 18,619 units, or 7.5 percent.
“To process that amount volume in a month — 127,000 imports and nearly 139,000 export container loads — and do so safely and with efficiency is testament to the high level at which The Port of Virginia team and our labor partners are performing,” said John F. Reinhart, CEO and executive director of the Virginia Port Authority (VPA).
“The berth, gate, rail and barge operations are all flowing. Our strategic growth plan is firing on all cylinders. We continue to move containers more swiftly, safely and sustainably than ever before. Our breakbulk tonnage increased nearly 12 percent and automobile imports jumped nearly 103 percent. Next week we are going to put our new 40-plug mobile power unit to work on the Richmond Express and this development will help to build refrigerated cargo business moving across Richmond Marine Terminal.”