Port of New York and New Jersey surpassed all the other US ports in terms of loaded TEUs, while auto, rail and total volume all posted double-digit gains.
The American port handled 516,757 loaded TEUs in March, a 9.7% increase from the same month last year.
March’s total volume of 783,732 TEUs rose by 11.7% year-on-year, bringing the first quarter total to 2,203,719 TEUs, representing a 10% increase from the same period of 2024.
March imports rose 8.1% to 381,791 TEUs, while exports jumped 14.5% to 134,966 TEUs. In the first quarter, the port of New York and New Jersey imported 1,117,341 TEUs, an 8.7% growth over 2024 Q1, and exported 341,007 TEUs, a 5.2% increase.
March rail volume rose 11.9% from the previous year’s March figure, totaling 61,411 containers, while rail volume from January through March was 4.2% greater than the same period of 2024.
Moreover, a total of 37,198 autos moved through the Port of New York and New Jersey in March, representing a 17% increase from March 2024. However, auto volume for the first three months of 2025 declined 10% from the first quarter of 2024.
