Container volume

Virginia container volume (TEU)

Monthly loaded imports, loaded exports and empties at the Port of Virginia, in TEU

Data through May 2026 · page updated Jul 10, 2026

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Loaded imports at Virginia were 147,936 TEU in May 2026, up 10% year over year and up 24% 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.

The numbers
StreamLatest (May 2026)MoMYoYvs 2019
Loaded imports147,936 TEU+20.0%+9.8%+23.7%
Loaded exports95,983 TEU+1.8%+2.8%+9.0%
Empty containers48,209 TEU+12.3%-16.5%-5.8%

About Virginia container volume (TEU)

This page tracks monthly container volume at the Port of Virginia 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.