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USMX PORT ASSOCIATION MEMBERS 42 2 0 1 7 A N N U A L R E P O R T PORT OF NEW YORK & NEW JERSEY New York Shipping Associa on John J. Nardi, President OVERALL PORT CONTAINER VOLUME In 2017, overall port container volume for our fiscal year was up a very strong 6.03% growing over 217,000 units and autos were up over 8%. All of this growth came without an increase in work hours which is a tribute to the ongoing effort of management and labor to improve productivity. While we still have a way to go, the processes are in place to ensure that we work towards achieving production levels required to turn ultra large containers vessels fast enough to keep New York & New Jersey as the preferred port for incremental inland cargo. ULTRA LARGE THEODORE ROOSEVELT INAUGURATES THE BAYONNE BRIDGE On the morning of September 7, 2017, with a capacity of 14,414 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) and a length of 1,200 feet, the CMA CGM THEODORE ROOSEVELT passed beneath the Bayonne Bridge on her way to berth in Elizabeth, New Jersey. For this vessel to enter into Newark/ Elizabeth section of the Port, decades of preparation was required. To name some of these projects, there was the channel deepening, marine terminal investments, port infrastructure development, berth deepening, labor force expansion and training, and lastly, the innovative Bayonne Bridge Raise the Roadway Project, all to accept the Ultra Large Container Vessels transiting the expanded Panama Canal. The foresight of our predecessors came together at this one point in time. Billions and billions of dollars of investment to ensure that the Port of New York & New Jersey remains the preeminent East Coast gateway and continues to be the fuel that feeds the region's economic engine.

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