The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) has announced that full imports in September reached their greatest level since the pandemic, with seven consecutive months of increase.
According to NWSA, volumes climbed by 9.9 per cent compared to August 2024 and 0.9 per cent compared to September 2023.
Total overseas exports fell 7.4 per cent. Total international volumes rose 0.6 per cent compared to September 2023.
September container shipments were 334,518 TEUs, up 0.9 per cent from September 2023 and 5.9 per cent above August 2024.
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Year-to-date (YTD), volumes are up 12.1 per cent to 2.47 million TEUs, with complete imports up 19.1 per cent and full exports up 10.8 per cent.
Rail volumes remained strong, increasing 21.8 per cent YTD September. Since the service’s introduction in October 2020, Rail Modal Group has handled over 20,000 export loads of US agricultural products via our gateway.
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Wheat, dry distiller grains, soybeans, pulses, bagged lignite, and sugar beet pulp pellets are among the exports bound for overseas markets.
Domestic container shipments were down 0.6 per cent from YTD 2023. Alaska volumes rose 1 per cent, while Hawaii volumes fell 9 per cent.
In August, NWSA reported a 30.1 per cent rise in container volumes to 315,739 TEU.
