Yearly totals for rail and exports grew, while overall volume and imports remained
steady.
In December, total volume fell by 5.2 per cent year on year, reaching 652,471 TEUs, compared with 688,386
TEUs in December 2024.
Imports fell 5.4 per
cent in December 2025 compared with December 2024, totalling 329,914 TEUs compared with
348,564 TEUs in December 2024.
In 2025, the Port of
New York and New Jersey imported 4.5 million TEUs, a 1.7
per cent increase from the 4.4 million TEUs recorded in 2024.
Exports totalled 105,438
TEUs in December, representing a 6.3 per cent drop in
TEU volume from the previous year’s 112,485 TEUs. In 2025, the Port of New York
and New Jersey exported 1.4 million TEUs, a 6.5 per cent
increase from the previous year’s 1.35 million TEUs. Export
empties decreased 4.7 per cent in December, totalling 215,360 TEUs
in 2025 compared with 225,928 TEUs in 2024. The yearly total of export empties
was 2.9 million TEUs,
a 1.4 per cent increase from
the 2.8 million TEUs recorded in 2024. Import empties for 2025 fell by 17.7 per cent versus 2024.
Rail volume continued
to rise in December, with 55,113 containers moving through the
Port of New York and New Jersey, a 12.8 per cent increase from
the previous year. Rail volume across 2025 was 12.4 per cent greater than
in 2024.