Annual Bulk Cargo Volumes for the Port of New York and New Jersey, 2000 Onward

Annual bulk cargo volumes in metric tons moved through Port Authority of New York and New Jersey maritime terminals. The dataset includes columns for Year, Type of Cargo, and Bulk Cargo Volume, beginning in 2000. It is hosted on the Socrata platform by data.ny.gov and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term trends in bulk cargo trade using the Year and Bulk Cargo Volume columns.
• Compare import versus export volumes over time using the Type of Cargo and Year columns.
• Forecast future annual cargo volumes using historical Year and Bulk Cargo Volume data.

Strengths

• Time series begins in 2000, providing over two decades of historical data.
• Data is provided in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov

Time Range

Beginning 2000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-15 21:09:39; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Port of New York and New Jersey, specifically maritime terminals on Port Authority property.