Port of Houston sees decline in volumes due to COVID-19

The Port of Houston’s container volume has slowed down due to COVID-19 with June’s volumes down 16% year-on-year while throughput for the first half of the year fell 2%.

For the full year so far, the port has handled approximately 40,000 teu less than 2019 – which was a record year – with a total of 1.4m teu. In June alone, Port Houston handled 210,932 teu down from the 251,488 teu handled last year.

Roger Guenther, executive director at Port Houston, said: “It is impossible to predict at this point how long these trends will continue. However, we continue to plan for the future.