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3 C’s see Port of New York and New Jersey through 2020

30 December 2020

It’s been a year like no other for everyone everywhere, and resiliency has been a word used perhaps more in 2020 than any other year. It’s a fitting word for U.S. ports, which saw huge numbers of canceled sailings when factories shut down in China and then record import surges when manufacturing restarted and supply chains were rebooted.

“As our industry navigates the ongoing economic and market impacts of COVID-19, which now includes record cargo volume, we must be resilient facing and...

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Ocean cargo ‘lone bright spot’ for Port Authority of NY/NJ

5 November 2020

The Port of New York and New Jersey reported Thursday that it was continuing its recovery to 2019 levels and had surpassed its all-time monthly volume record.

The port said it handled 720,969 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in September, a 15.4% increase from the 624,961 TEUs moved in the same month last year. From Jan. 1 to Sept. 30, the port handled 5,382,422 TEUs.

A statement from the port attributed September’s volume record to U.S. retailers stocking up for the holiday season as well as...

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Port Authority of New York and New Jersey performance worst ever

5 August 2020

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) did not sugarcoat the news. The headline on its press release read: “COVID-19-RELATED VOLUME DECLINE CAUSES SINGLE WORST QUARTER ON RECORD.”

Between March, when the full force of the coronavirus pandemic hit the New York area, and the end of June, the port authority’s revenue miss totaled nearly $800 million — about $200 million per month below budget.

PANYNJ Chairman Kevin O’Toole called it “an unprecedented number.”

“This region has been...

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