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Last year's tonnage growth at the Port of Corpus Christi has continued into this year, with the port logging record tonnage in the first quarter of 2023. In January, February and March of this year, the port saw 49.6 million tons of cargo move through its jurisdiction, beating the first quarter of 2022 by more than 6 million tons and moving past the previous quarterly record of 49.5 million tons, set in the fourth quarter of 2022. What's more, March was the best single month ever for the port, with more than 17.5 million tons of cargo moving through the Corpus Christi gateway. Crude oil in the first quarter of 2023 saw a 24.3 percent year-over-year increase, with daily export rates reaching 2.3 million barrels, also a record. Refined products in March were up 6.3 percent compared to last year. The port saw 4.2 million total tons of liquefied natural gas handled in the first quarter, which was a 1.8 percent increase over last year. However, the port noted, with Cheniere's Corpus Christi liquefaction facility undergoing a 12 million ton per year expansion, new LNG capacity will come online in late 2024 or early 2025. |