Port Houston recorded another month of steady growth in May, handling 381,640 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), a 5% increase year-over-year. Year-to-date container volumes reached 1,837,813 TEUs, up 4% over last year.

In May, both loaded container imports and loaded container exports increased by 1%, reflecting an ongoing balance in containerized trade activity in Houston. Beyond containers, Port Houston's general cargo is up 12% and steel imports are up 11% year-to-date.

Total tonnage across all public facilities is up 2% so far this year, reaching 22,940,997 tons through the end of May.

Port Houston's container terminals have grown faster than any other major U.S. container terminal in the past 10 years. In addition, the Houston Ship Channel remains the No. 1 waterway in the U.S., as ranked by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers based on 2023 tonnage. In that year, more than 309 million short tons of cargo moved through the Channel, far more than any other port.

Source: Port Houston