Container traffic at port down
First
time since 2001.
The Associated Press
WFLS News
Date published: 1/14/2009
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - The Virginia Port Authority says container
traffic at the Port of Hampton Roads has declined for the first
time since 2001.
The authority said Wednesday that container traffic dropped by
2.1 percent in 2008, compared to the previous year.
Authority spokesman Joe Harris says the port handled 2,083,278
20-foot-equivalent units in 2008, compared to 2,128,366 in 2007.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Date published: 1/14/2009
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