Port of New York and New Jersey
East Coast Ports Continue to Assess Damage From COVID-19
Trucks at the Port of New York and New Jersey. The port processed 16.3% less TEUs in June of this year than in June 2019. (Port Authority of New York and New Jersey)
The nation’s East Coast ports continued to be battered by lower imports from overseas in June because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
August 5, 2020Port Authority of New York, New Jersey Gets Congressional Support for Aid Request
Cargo containers sit at the Port Newark Container Terminal in Port Newark, N.J. (Emile Wamsteker/Bloomberg News)
Twenty-seven members of Congress representing the states of New York and New Jersey are asking leaders in the House and Senate to include $3 billion in relief funds for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in a future coronavirus financial aid package.
May 27, 2020Ports Seek Emergency Aid as Business Plummets
Leadership at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey say cargo volume could fall by 30% compared with last year. (Port of New York and New Jersey via YouTube)
The leadership of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is seeking $1.9 billion in federal assistance, joining the growing list of ports asking Washington for aid as the coronavirus wreaks havoc on business at those facilities.
March 22, 2020Bayonne Bridge Expansion Pays Big Dividends for Port of N.Y.-N.J.
Bayonne Bridge by Julio Cortez/AP
Nearly a year after the Port of New York and New Jersey rededicated the raised Bayonne Bridge over the Kill Van Kull tidal strait connecting Bayonne, N.J., with Staten Island, N.Y., officials say the project is paying big economic dividends.
March 3, 2020New York Looking to Extend Port Authority to Buffalo
Port of New York and New Jersey (Getty Images)
Instead of unloading the containers at the New York port and putting them on trucks there, the idea is to unload the containers onto a train that would take them to Buffalo.
April 16, 2019Container Volumes Up at Port of New York and New Jersey
A Neopanamax ship going under the recently rebuilt Bayonne Bridge. (New York New Jersey Port Authority)
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Business is booming for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
September 12, 2018Older Trucks at North Jersey Ports Prompt Rep. Payne to Call for Roundtable Talks
Containers are loaded onto trucks at the Port Newark Container Terminal. (Julio Cortez/Associated Press)
A federal representative from New Jersey’s largest city intends to bring together freight stakeholders for a discussion about his push to reduce the number of older trucks in operation at the state’s northeast ports.
April 12, 2018Containership to Honor Bayonne Bridge Renovation With Sept. 7 Call to N.Y.-N.J. Port
The Theodore Roosevelt berthed at the Port of Virginia. (Port of Virginia)
The Port of New York and New Jersey will receive its first Neopanamax vessel from the Asia to U.S. South Atlantic Express Service on Sept. 7 when the CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt arrives.
August 28, 2017APM Terminal Cyber Attack Costs Drivers Time, Wages
A global cyberattack that hit shipping behemoth A.P. Moller-Maersk is creating enormous stress at the APM Terminal in Elizabeth, N.J.
July 12, 2017