The record-breaking August numbers brought the total volume for the year to 4,995,420 TEUs. Import loads (TEUs) rose by 2.7 percent in August 2019 versus the previous year, totalling 342,541 TEUs (193,116 lifts) versus 333,567 TEUs (189,383 lifts) in August 2018. For the period of January through August 2019, imported loads at the Port of New York and New Jersey reached 2,525,575 TEUs (1,434,532 lifts), a 4.7 percent increase over the same period of 2018, which posted 2,413,228 TEUs (1,378,207 lifts). Export loads (TEUs) increased by 1.7 percent in August 2019 compared to August 2018. Export loads for August totalled 127,237 TEUs (70,605 lifts) versus 125,115 TEUs (69,733 lifts) in August 2018, a 1.7 percent increase in TEU volume. From January through August 2019, exported loads at the Port of New York and New Jersey decreased by 1.1 percent, reaching 986,770 TEUs (546,219 lifts) versus 997,945 TEUs (553,653 lifts) for the same period of 2018. Export empties increased by 8.5 percent in August, totalling 207,875 TEUs versus 191,521 TEUs for August 2018. Export empties totalled 1,471,678 TEUs for January through August 2019 versus 1,302,572 TEUs in the same period of 2018, a 13 percent increase. Rail volume at the Port of New York and New Jersey rose by 4.3 percent from the previous year’s August figure, totalling 60,212 containers for August 2019. Year to date rail volume also rose by 4.3 percent compared to the same period of 2018. Autos moved through the Port of New York and New Jersey totalled 52,764 in August, a decrease of 8.3 percent compared to August 2018. Total auto volume for January through August 2019 posted a 3.7 percent gain compared to the same period of 2018.
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