“As the largest ports on the East Coast and the second largest in the US, the Port of New York and New Jersey is a passageway to one of the largest and most important consumer markets in the world.”
Through July 2025
Key Statistics for July 2025
- Total TEUs: The port handled 794,268 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units).
- Comparison to July 2024: The total was a 1.5% decrease compared to the record-setting July 2024.
- Comparison to pre-pandemic 2019: The July 2025 volume represents a 19.8% increase over July 2019.
- U.S. port ranking: The port maintained its position as the second-busiest in the U.S. for loaded containers.
Year-to-Date (January–July 2025) Performance
- Total TEUs: The port moved 5,211,550 TEUs during the first seven months of the year.
- Comparison to January–July 2024: This figure marks a 3.9% increase over the same period in 2024.
- Comparison to pre-pandemic 2019: The year-to-date total is an impressive 20.1% increase compared to
the first seven months of 2019.
Factors influencing volume in 2025:
- Supply chain resilience: The PANYNJ highlighted the port’s resilience through its diversified supply lines, despite ongoing tariff related uncertainties.
- Trade policy shifts: Some analyses point to “frontloading” by companies to get ahead of impending trade policy shifts, such as the expiration of a U.S.–China tariff truce and changes to trade exemptions.
Source: PANY&NJ
Port Resources
Drayage Cost Analysis
As of March 31, 2025
COST PER CONTAINER AVERAGE (BASE + FUEL ONLY) WITH AVERAGE ONE-WAY MILEAGE
Drayage cost estimates provided by DRAYAGE.COM. Drayage.com is owned and operated by LoadMatch Inc. ®
| CITY | SUBMARKET | COST PER CONTAINER | FROM PORT NEWARK/ELIZABETH |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlstadt | Meadowlands | $558.00 | 16 Miles |
| Secaucus | Meadowlands | $517.00 | 12 Miles |
| Newark | Newark | $484.00 | 6 Miles |
| Port Newark / Elizabeth | Linden / Elizabeth | $462.00 | 0 Miles |
| Elizabeth | Linden / Elizabeth | $488.00 | 5 Miles |
| Linden | Linden / Elizabeth | $498.00 | 12 Miles |
| Bayonne | Hudson Waterfront | $574.00 | 9 Miles |
| Carteret / Exit 12 | Carteret / Avenel | $540.00 | 14 Miles |
| Edison | Route 287 / Exit 10 | $583.00 | 19 Miles |
| Perth Amboy | Route 287 / Exit 10 | $600.00 | 20 Miles |
| Staten Island | Staten Island | $874.00 | 11 Miles |
| Cranbury | Exit 8A | $634.00 | 40 Miles |
| Robbinsville | Exit 7A | $680.00 | 42 Miles |
| Allentown, PA | Lehigh Valley | $924.00 | 81 Miles |
| Harrisburg, PA | Central Pennsylvania | $1,135.00 | 160 Miles |
