Monday, January 23, 2012

Virginia’s box business up 1.2 percent last year

The Virginia Port Authority announced its containerized cargo volume at Hampton Roads grew 1.2 percent in 2011 over the previous year, handling 1,918,029 TEUs.

“We posted growth in all core areas including container volume, in our rail, breakbulk and auto operations and at VIP (Virginia Inland Port),” said Jerry A. Bridges, executive director of the VPA, in a statement on the authority’s blog as reported by the Virginian-Pilot.

For the Virginian-Pilot story: hamptonroads.com

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