The Port of Virginia handled 157,050 TEUs in February, an increase of 2.2 percent when compared with totals from February 2011. Year-to-date, the port has handled 311,350 TEUs vs. 312,911 TEUs handled during the same period last year.

Also in February breakbulk tonnage at the port was 25,422 tons, a 12.8 percent increase when compared with the same month last year. The year-to-date breakbulk tonnage comparison (2012 vs. 2011) is 62,376 tons vs. 45,080 tons.

Total rail containers handled in February totaled 27,047, a 13 percent increase when compared with last February. The year-to-date rail containers total is 54,218 vs. 51,445 for the same period last year.

The number of containers moved between the Port of Richmond and the Hampton Roads Harbor on the 64 Express barges increased 145 percent in February to 905 containers. The year-to-date total for the barge is up 121 percent: 1,441 containers vs. 651 containers handled during the same period in 2011.

Calendar year TEU totals, 2012 vs. 2011:

• February 2012 = 157,050

• February 2011 = 153,646

• January 2012 = 154,300

• January 2011 = 159,265