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PACECO Group contributes to expansion and capacity increase at Yilport Gavle and Yilport Liscont As part of the final expansion phase of the Yilport Gävle terminal, PACECO GROUP (MITSUI E&S Engineering, PACECO Corp. and PACECO MOMENTUM) recently delivered three highly efficient and environmentally-friendly STS Portainer® cranes. The state-of-the-art cranes, manufactured at MITSUI E&S Engineering’s Oita (Japan) facility, were delivered fully erected to Yilport Gävle Container Terminal (Sweden). Another four similar cranes, which will expand the production capacity of the Yilport Liscont Container Terminal (Portugal), recently departed fully erected from the facilities in Oita, with arrival scheduled for the end of the year.
SC Ports’ capacity benefits retailers during record October South Carolina Ports had a record October for containers, marking the eighth consecutive month of record volumes at the Port of Charleston. SC Ports moved 234,923 TEUs at Wando Welch, North Charleston and Hugh K. Leatherman terminals in October, a 9% increase year-over-year. Fiscal-year-to-date, SC Ports has handled 919,440 TEUs, up 15% from the same time a year ago. Retail imports continue to drive sustained cargo growth as consumers buy more home goods.
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World Port Development November/December 2021
Volumes creep up in September at Port of New York and New Jersey For the first time in more than 13 months, cargo volume at the Port of New York and New Jersey rose at a slower pace in September. Total volume for September accounted for 724,418 TEUs (400,179 lifts), a 0.5% increase from the previous September’s 720,969 TEUs (399,803 lifts), bringing the 2021 total through September to 6,659,082 TEUs (3,694,087 lifts). The port had been experiencing more than a year of unprecedented double-digit monthly growth in cargo activity. While the number of vessel calls in the month of September was consistent with previous months, there was a notable decrease in vessels with a capacity of 9,000 TEUs or more that called the port that month. Imports were 379,190 TEUs versus 374,649 TEUs (207,778 lifts) in September 2020, a 1.2% increase. Exports decreased 12.9% in September 2021 compared to September 2020, totaling 99,893 TEUs versus 114,690 TEUs (62,926 lifts) the previous year.
