A rare record for Rio Grande

The majority of containers are handled at the Wilson,Sons Tecon Rio Grande container terminal where in June this year, container volumes hit a monthly high of 64,372 teu which was up 30% from a year ago and which beat the previous record of 64,319 teu set in July 2005.

Volumes for the first six months to June were 293,946 teu, up 7.4% compared to the first half in 2008 with reefers up by 7.7% to 37,642 teu. Exports and empties accounted for all of the increase.

Leading container cargoes included frozen chicken (21,042 teu), resins (18,868 teu), tobacco (18,557 teu), rice (13,565 teu), frozen meat (6,154 teu), apples (4,886 teu), and furniture (4,886 teu).