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Port Houston hit an all-time record for monthly container volumes in May, handling 335,000 twenty-foot equivalent units, a 16 percent increase over the same month last year. Roger Guenther, Port Houston's executive director, said during the port's monthly meeting June 28 that container tonnage set new records, and it seemed new records were being set "every day," according to the logistics publication Freightwaves. Total import tonnage was 2.8 million tons in May, a 32 percent year-over-year increase. Total export tonnage was 2.1 million tons, a 2 percent year-over-year decrease. Imports of steel increased 72 percent year-over-year in May to 401,587 tons. Imports of general cargo increased 83 percent to 840,351 tons. |