Container throughput at the Port of Virginia grew 24 percent in August on a yearly basis to 188,658 TEUs, the Virginia Port Authority said. The figure comes on the heels of three consecutive monthly records, including an 8 percent increase to 180,384 shipping units in July. Since January the port has processed 1.36 million TEUs compared to 1.26 million TEUs during the same period in 2011, an increase of 8 percent. Port officials point to their ...