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Port of New York and New Jersey Container Volume

Monthly container volume for 2025 and 2026 and annual totals since 2016 for the whole Port of New York and New Jersey, as published by the Port Authority. This is the RapidShips Freight Data Center page for port container data.

By RapidShips Dock OperationsLast reviewed 2026-09-304 sources

Dataset · Port authority

Port of New York and New Jersey monthly container volume, 2025 to 2026

In short: Total TEUs handled each month at the Port of New York and New Jersey, loaded and empty, January 2025 to August 2026, as published by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Latest: Total TEUs (loaded and empty), August 2026: 789,875 TEUs, published by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

  • Fact789,875 TEUsTotal TEUs (loaded and empty)August 2026
  • RapidShips analysis−5.5%Change from August 2025(789,875 ÷ 835,845) − 1
  • CoverageJan 2025 to Aug 2026Port of New York and New Jersey (all terminals)Monthly data
Port of New York and New Jersey monthly container volume, 2025 to 2026Line chart comparing Total TEUs (loaded and empty) by month for 2025, 2026. Latest: 789,875 in August 2026. Exact values are in the table.500k600k700k800k900kJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPort of New York and New Jersey monthly container volume, 2025 to 2026Line chart comparing Total TEUs (loaded and empty) by month for 2025, 2026. Latest: 789,875 in August 2026. Exact values are in the table.500k600k700k800k900kJanMarMayJulSepNov
  • 2025
  • 2026

Monthly TEUs, 2025 and 2026, same months side by side. Source: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Series are not told apart by colour alone: each has its own line style and end marker. The table below has every value.
Data table: all 12 months
Total TEUs (loaded and empty) by month, 2025 and 2026. Source: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Month2025 TEUs2026 TEUsChange RapidShips analysis
January720,747749,906+4.0%
February699,240589,795−15.7%
March783,732837,993+6.9%
April751,194688,163−8.4%
May774,698791,880+2.2%
June687,671769,422+11.9%
July794,268766,276−3.5%
August835,845789,875−5.5%
September740,254Not yet published
October727,059Not yet published
November730,352Not yet published
December652,471Not yet published
Date range
January 2025 to August 2026
Last verified
September 30, 2026 (values re-checked against the source by the build)
Update frequency
Monthly. Next expected: no date announced.
Geography
Port of New York and New Jersey (all terminals)
Unit
twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), loaded and empty
Licence
Published by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. No open-data licence is stated, so RapidShips shows the figures with attribution and a link and does not offer file downloads or an embeddable chart.

Cite this data

RapidShips. "Port of New York and New Jersey monthly container volume, 2025 to 2026." Data period January 2025 to August 2026. Source: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Facts and Figures (monthly cargo volumes) and Breaking Waves cargo releases (https://www.panynj.gov/port/en/our-port/facts-and-figures.html). RapidShips Freight Data: https://rapidships.com/port-newark/data/#ds-panynj-monthly-teu. Retrieved September 30, 2026; last updated September 30, 2026.

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No file download. Published by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. No open-data licence is stated, so RapidShips shows the figures with attribution and a link and does not offer file downloads or an embeddable chart. Get the figures from the source.

How the figures were collected

  • January 2025 to July 2026 come from the monthly tables on the Port Authority's Facts and Figures page (column Total TEUs, Total). August 2026 comes from the Port Authority's Breaking Waves release of September 25, 2026, because the Facts and Figures table had not been extended to August when we checked.
  • Figures are copied exactly. Where the page shows a figure twice, RapidShips uses the newest table. The build re-checks every value against the saved copy of the source.

Limitations

  • Covers the whole Port of New York and New Jersey, all terminals combined. The Port Authority does not publish these monthly figures for Port Newark alone.
  • TEUs count container capacity, not boxes or weight: a 40-foot container is two TEUs. Empty containers are included.
  • Volume is not congestion. Dwell time, turn time and gate conditions are not measured here.
  • The Port Authority can revise figures; the Facts and Figures page is the current record.

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Dataset · Port authority

Port of New York and New Jersey annual container volume, 2016 to 2025

In short: Total TEUs handled each year at the Port of New York and New Jersey from 2016 to 2025, with loaded imports, loaded exports and empty containers, as published by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Latest: Total TEUs, 2025: 8,897,531 TEUs, published by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

  • Fact8,897,531 TEUsTotal TEUs2025
  • RapidShips analysis+2.3%Change from 2024(8,897,531 ÷ 8,698,526) − 1
  • Coverage2016 to 2025Port of New York and New Jersey (all terminals)Annual data
Port of New York and New Jersey annual container volume, 2016 to 2025Bar chart, 2016 to 2025, starting at zero. Exact values are in the table.02.5M5M7.5M10M20166.25195M20176.71082M20187.17979M20197.47113M20207.58582M20218.98593M20229.49366M20237.80984M20248.69853M20258.89753MPort of New York and New Jersey annual container volume, 2016 to 2025Bar chart, 2016 to 2025, starting at zero. Exact values are in the table.02.5M5M7.5M10M20162018202020222024
  • Total TEUs

Total TEUs per year, 2016 to 2025. Source: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The table below has every value.
Data table: all 10 years
Port of New York and New Jersey annual container volume, 2016 to 2025. Unit: twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), loaded and empty. Source: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
YearTotal TEUsLoaded import TEUsLoaded export TEUsEmpty TEUs (import and export)
20258,897,5314,513,9661,441,8322,941,733
20248,698,5264,439,6131,354,4212,904,492
20237,809,8423,990,1071,284,9762,534,759
20229,493,6644,804,4361,299,0703,390,158
20218,985,9314,586,9881,358,7303,040,213
20207,585,8193,920,6861,321,0432,344,090
20197,471,1313,770,9711,460,4472,239,713
20187,179,7923,676,1131,476,7802,026,899
20176,710,8173,396,4691,415,3221,899,026
20166,251,9533,202,6901,356,1271,693,136
Date range
2016 to 2025
Last verified
September 30, 2026 (values re-checked against the source by the build)
Update frequency
Annual. Next expected: no date announced.
Geography
Port of New York and New Jersey (all terminals)
Unit
twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), loaded and empty
Licence
Published by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. No open-data licence is stated, so RapidShips shows the figures with attribution and a link and does not offer file downloads or an embeddable chart.

Cite this data

RapidShips. "Port of New York and New Jersey annual container volume, 2016 to 2025." Data period 2016 to 2025. Source: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Facts and Figures (monthly cargo volumes, year-to-date December) (https://www.panynj.gov/port/en/our-port/facts-and-figures.html). RapidShips Freight Data: https://rapidships.com/port-newark/data/#ds-panynj-annual-teu. Retrieved September 30, 2026; last updated September 30, 2026.

Open the original source (opens in a new tab)

No file download. Published by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. No open-data licence is stated, so RapidShips shows the figures with attribution and a link and does not offer file downloads or an embeddable chart. Get the figures from the source.

How the figures were collected

  • Each year's total is the Year-to-date December row of the Port Authority's Facts and Figures tables. When a year appears in two tables (its own and the next year's comparison), RapidShips uses the newer table, because the Port Authority revises figures. For example 2024 is 8,698,526 TEUs in the 2025 table and 8,697,767 in the 2024 table; this dataset uses 8,698,526.
  • Empty containers are the sum of the two empty columns the Port Authority publishes (import empties and export empties); the page states that total itself, and the build checks it.

Limitations

  • All terminals of the Port of New York and New Jersey combined; not Port Newark alone.
  • Loaded imports and exports are counted in TEUs, not dollars or tons.
  • Figures before 2016 are on the Port Authority page as downloadable sheets and are not reproduced here.

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Context from the Port Authority

The Port Authority reported 8,897,531 TEUs for all of 2025, and described the port as the nation's second-busiest for loaded containers that year.[3] The February 2026 drop followed a blizzard that shut port facilities for three days, according to the Port Authority.[4] The August 2026 release put the year-through-August total at 5,983,310 TEUs.[2]

Left out on purpose: rail lift figures, because the rail numbers in the January to March 2026 releases do not match the Port Authority's own monthly table. Not measured here: congestion, dwell time or turn times. For today's conditions, use where to check Port Newark status.

More freight data, including trucking price indexes and New Jersey warehouse jobs, is in the RapidShips Freight Data Center.

Sources

  1. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, “Facts and Figures (monthly cargo volumes table),” Port authority data release. Accessed September 30, 2026.
  2. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Breaking Waves, “Total Volume Remains Steady in August at the Port of NY & NJ,” Port authority cargo release. Published September 25, 2026. Accessed September 30, 2026.
  3. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Breaking Waves, “Port of NY and NJ Ends 2025 as the Nation's Second-busiest Port for Loaded Containers,” Port authority cargo release. Published February 11, 2026. Accessed September 30, 2026.
  4. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Breaking Waves, “Rail Volume Increases. Overall Volume Slows due to February Snow at the Port.,” Port authority cargo release. Published April 17, 2026. Accessed September 30, 2026.

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