The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA), a partnership between the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, handled 321,432 TEUs in June, representing a significant growth of 26.3% over the same month in 2023.
“Voyage consistency, increased vessel calls, and low import rail dwells continue to support strong container volumes in the gateway,” noted NWSA in a statement.
Full international exports continued a ten-month growth streak, increasing 12.6% over June 2023, while full international imports increased 42.5%, and total international volumes increased 32.5%.
Additionally, year-to-date, volumes are up 11.5% to 1,557,762 TEUs over last year, with full imports increasing 18% and full exports growing 15.5%.
Moreover, total breakbulk volume increased 2.1% for 243,569 metric tons year-to-date, while auto volumes were increased by 8.6% to 174,352 units year-to-date.
