Year-to-date, the port has handled 1,546,087 TEUs vs. 1,427,008 TEUs handled during the same period last year, an increase of 8.3 percent.
“That’s eight consecutive months of growth for the port. In addition, we have had the best month in our history in four of the last five months,” said Rodney W. Oliver, the Virginia Port Authority’s interim executive director. “The first-in and last-out vessel calls, expanding rail services and our effort to grow market share is really paying dividends.”
Total rail containers handled in September were 33,802, which is a 15.6 percent increase when compared with last September. The year-to-date rail containers total is 281,019 vs. 244,254 for the same period last year; an increase of 15 percent.
The number of containers moved between the Port of Richmond and the Hampton Roads Harbor on the 64 Express barge service in September was 490, which is an increase of 333 percent when compared with last September. The year-to-date total for the barge is up 113 percent: 6,468 containers vs. 3,028 containers handled during the same period in 2011.