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The port of New York has set its new records for quarterly and semi-annual container traffic
New peak also of the traffic handled in June
August 9, 2021
In the second quarter of 2021, the U.S. port has recorded its new historical record of quarterly traffic of containers having handled a total of 2.26 million teu, with a growth of +40.4% on the second quarter of last year year and an increase of over 55 thousand teu compared to the previous peak historical obtained in the last quarter of 2020. The new record historical was achieved thanks to a volume of containers voids never handled before, which was equal to 747 thousand teu (+48.3%). Containers filled on disembarkation and embarkation amounted to 1.14 million teu (+40.3%) and respectively 369 thousand teu (+27.0%).
In the early part of this year the American port established also its own new historical record of half-yearly traffic of the containers having handled in the first six months of 2021 more of 4.39 million teu, with an increase of +30.6% on the first half of last year and an increase of 175 thousand teu on the previous historical peak achieved in the second half of the 2020. The new record was achieved thanks to the records historical full containers landed, which totaled 2.24 millions of teu (+31.2%), and empty containers handled, amounted to 1.45 million teu (+45.9%). Full containers at boarding they amounted to 699 thousand teu (+6.0%).
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