July's numbers up 8% compared with '04

Since Jan. 1, The Port of Virginia has handled more than 1.1 million teus, a 10.2% jump over the same period in 2004.

In July, Virginia Port Authority's (VPA) three marine terminals ' Newport News Marine Terminal, Portsmouth Marine Terminal and Norfolk International Terminals -- handled 137,259 teus, which is an eight percent increase when compared with the same month last year. The rolling 12 month average has spiked to 19.9%.

"As we approach peak season, we can expect container volumes to continue to increase," said Thomas Capozzi, the VPA's senior managing director of marketing. "We've forecast this port will have a record-setting year this year - as far as container volume -- and I don't see any reason to adjust that forecast."

Activity highlights

  • NIT had a strong July for container throughput, with an increase of more than 17% for the month. Year-to-date, the terminal is up 16.9%.
  • PMT's year-to-date breakbulk traffic remains at an increase of 39.4%.
  • NNMT in July increased container throughput by 11.3%. Year-to-date volumes remain strong with an increase of more than 21%.
  • The Virginia Inland Port surpassed the 20,000 teu-mark during the first seven months of 2005. Since Jan.1, the VIP has increased throughput 25.9% and July was up 42.8% when compared with the same month last year.
  • Combined, the VPA's three marine terminals had 26,143 moves through their truck gates and 4,984 moves by rail in July.