Cargo Business Newswire

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

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Port of NY/NJ sets container volume record in 2015

Annual cargo volumes at the Port of New York and New Jersey beat their previous record by more than 10 percent, according to a port authority statement.

The port handled 6,371,720 TEUs in 2015, an increase of 10.4 percent over the previous record set in 2014.

The port said the numbers allow it to maintain its position as the busiest on the East Coast with nearly 30 percent of the nation’s total market share.

The statement said ExpressRail, the port authority’s ship-to-rail system serving New York and New Jersey marine terminals, also set a new record, handling 522,244 containers for an increase of 12.2 percent over the previous annual record set in 2014.

The port’s rail projects – along with road and security infrastructure work at the port – are funded by port wide Cargo Facility Charges.

On the labor front, the statement says that 181 new longshoremen, 44 checkers and 62 mechanics were hired in 2015 to work at port facilities, supplementing the 568 dockworkers hired in 2014 for a total of 855 new dockworkers over the last two years.