Container volume

New York/New Jersey container volume (TEU)

Monthly loaded imports, loaded exports and empties at the Port of New York/New Jersey, in TEU

Data through Jun 2026 · source last checked Sep 1, 2026 · page revised Aug 18, 2026

Cite
TEU
Embed chart
Free to republish with attribution. The chart updates automatically as new data lands.
About this data
Source
Port authority monthly container statistics, republished by BTS
Series
Monthly loaded imports, loaded exports and empties
Geography
New York/New Jersey
Unit
TEU
Calculation
Monthly
Last observation
Jun 2026
Update frequency
Monthly

Loaded imports at New York/New Jersey were 388,842 TEU in June 2026, up 12% year over year and up 29% versus the same month of 2019. Loaded imports are the import-demand read; empties are repositioned boxes. This is the latest month published, not the current week.

Loaded imports at New York/New Jersey totaled 388,842 TEU in June 2026, up 12 percent year over year and up 29 percent versus June 2019. Empty containers arrived at 263,537 TEU, up 21 percent year over year and 42 percent versus 2019. Loaded exports fell to 114,174 TEU, down 5 percent year over year. This is the latest month published, not the current week.

The numbers
StreamLatest (June 2026)MoMYoYvs 2019
Loaded imports388,842 TEU-3.0%+12.0%+28.9%
Loaded exports114,174 TEU-6.3%-5.0%-6.9%
Empty containers263,537 TEU-1.2%+20.5%+42.4%

Previous weeks

Week of Aug 13, 2026

Loaded imports at NY/NJ reached 400,995 TEU in May, up 4.9% year over year and 17.7% versus May 2019, with a month-over-month gain of 17.8%. Loaded exports fell 5.9% year over year and 7.9% versus 2019, while empty containers rose 2.1% year over year and 57.3% versus 2019. This is the latest month published, not the current week.

About New York/New Jersey container volume (TEU)

This page tracks monthly container volume at the Port of New York/New Jersey in TEU, twenty-foot equivalent units, split into loaded imports, loaded exports and empty containers. Loaded imports are the demand signal a US importer watches; empties are a tell about trade imbalance and equipment. The numbers are the port authority's own, re-published by BTS, and they land weeks after the month they cover, so a reading here is the latest month available rather than the current week.