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May 11, 2020
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- In the first quarter of this year, container traffic
In New York Harbor decreased by -2.0%
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- In March, a drop of -4.1%
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In the first quarter of this year, container traffic in the
Port of New York - New Jersey fell by -2.0% as
1.76 million teu compared to 1.79 million teu in the
first three months of 2019. Some of the flexion can be
accountable to the effect of reducing traffic with China
which, totaling more than 25% of the inbound and outbound containers
from the U.S. port, is the
U.S. port, which in 2018 received from China the
31.7% of the total number of full containers landed on the docks
new Yorkers and loaded 12.4% of the total of 12.4% of the total number of ships bound for China
total number of containers full. However -- announced the Port
Authority of New York and New Jersey -- were the measures of
emergency in the US to contain the Covid-19 pandemic
mainly led to the reduction in traffic
containerized by the port, measures that in New York are
have been applied more rigorously from the middle of
MARCH.-
- The Port Authority explained that by comparing
midweek rail and road traffic data to and from
New York Harbor - New Jersey registered in the period from 30
March to April 3, 2020 compared to midweek data for March
2019 transits through the PATH metro system are
results down by -94.3%, transits on bridges and
tunnels managed by the authority car traffic of -61.3%
and truck traffic fell by -27.6%. To this
in addition to a -95.9% contraction in passenger traffic
airports in the region.
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- In March 2020, container traffic moved by the port
fell -4.1% to 561,000
compared to 585 thousand teu in March 2019. Full containers
fell by -4.1% to 271,000 teu,
while full export ones increased by 5.2%
rising to 137 thousand teu. Empty containers on import are
increased by 41.1% to 2 thousand teu and empty ones on export
decreased by -11.8% to 151 thousand teu.
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- In the first three months of this year, containers full of
895 thousand teu (-1.2%) and those of
369 thousand teu (up 3.9%). Empty containers at landing are
5,000 teu (up 56.4%) and those boarding at 488 thousand teu
(-7,6%).
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