PANYNJ April volume resumes steady pace after leading the nation in March

After a volume surge that drove the Port of New York and New Jersey to claim the top spot as the nation’s busiest cargo gateway in March, volume numbers at the Port of New York and New Jersey resumed a steady pace in April. Total volume was 688,163 TEUs (377,105 containers), down 8.4% from 751,194 TEUs (413,896 containers) in April 2025. This number brings our year-to-date total through April to 2,865,857 TEUs (1,568,745 containers).

By The Numbers

Import loads for April totaled 340,365 TEUs (188,037 containers), down 12% from 386,727 TEUs (214,054 containers) in April 2025. From January through April, the Port of New York and New Jersey import loads reached 1,439,610 TEUs (791,252 containers), a 4.3% decrease from the 1,504,068 TEUs (831,367 containers) imported in the same period of 2025.

Exports loads decreased slightly by .4% in April totaling 121,258 TEUs (64,579 containers) versus 121,770 TEUs (65,117 containers) in April 2025. For the first four months of 2026, the Port of New York and New Jersey export loads reached 475,438 TEUs (253,736 containers), a 2.7% increase compared to the 462,777 TEUs (247,492 containers) exported in the same period of 2025.

Export empties fell 6.7% in April from the previous year, totaling 225,182 TEUs compared to 241,289 TEUs in April 2025. Export empties totaled 944,750 TEUs from January through April, a 3.8% decrease from the 982,372 TEUs recorded in 2025. Import empties rose by 6.4% from January through April compared to the same period in 2025.

Rail volume decreased 8.5% in April 2026 from the April 2025 figure, totaling 54,538 containers. Rail volume, January through April, was 2.4% greater than in the same period of 2025.

A total of 28,013 autos moved through the Port of New York and New Jersey in April, a 7.0% decrease from April 2025. Auto volume for January through April was 8.2% less than in the same period of 2025.

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