Port's container trade increases 54.6% in fiscal 2020

Container throughput has more than doubled over the course of two years.


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Courtesy. Port Manatee’s containerized cargo trade increased nearly 55% in the just-ended fiscal year.
Courtesy. Port Manatee’s containerized cargo trade increased nearly 55% in the just-ended fiscal year.
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PALMETTO — Port Manatee’s containerized cargo trade increased nearly 55% in the just-ended fiscal year.

In the year ended Sept. 30, an all-time-high of 88,466 20-foot-equivalent container units crossed Port Manatee docks, up 54.6% from the preceding 12-month period, when the port saw moves of 57,239 TEUs, according to a press release. That figure was up 49.2% over fiscal 2018, when 38,361 TEUs moved through the port.

 

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