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Cargo Statistics: PhiladelphiaPrint this Article | Send to Colleague The Port of Philadelphia in 2013 experienced its fourth consecutive year of double-digit cargo growth, and figures for January and February strongly point to a repeat performance in 2014. Philadelphia Cargo Growth Continues Despite Adverse Weather The Port of Philadelphia in 2013 experienced its fourth consecutive year of double-digit cargo growth, and figures for January and February strongly point to a repeat performance in 2014. Despite record snow in the northeast and particularly in Philadelphia this past winter, the facilities of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority operated in business-as-usual fashion and saw several big increases in cargo. Highlights include the following: Containerized cargo continued its upward trend; 60,713 TEUs were handled in January and February compared to the 45,517 TEUs handled during the same period of 2013, a 33 percent gain. Containerized cargo also increased, by 21 percent to 384,115 metric tons from 318,117 a year ago. Break bulk: 200,266 tons, up 17 percent, largely due to a jump in steel cargo from 17,480 to 73,115 tons. Automobiles: 25,718 mainly Hyundai and Kia autos imported from South Korea, up 50 percent from 17,143 autos in January-February 2013. Liquid bulk: 232,963 tons, up 8 percent from 215,434 tons. Total throughput for the two months amounted to 853,219 tons, a 17 percent increase from last year’s 728,309 tons. "Last year the Port of Philadelphia handled 5,100,385 tons of cargo, a big 15 percent gain over 2012’s figures," said Charles G. Kopp, chairman of board of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority. "That also marked the fourth consecutive year of double-digit growth at the port. And now, as we are well into 2014, it looks like this year will continue our trend of the current year building on the last."
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