The folks down at the Port of Baltimore are grinding hard, and they’re accruing the awards and data to show for it. According to newly released figures, the port broke a quarterly record already this year for general cargo.

The exact number was 2,560,065 tons of general cargo, which primarily comprises shipping containers, farm and construction equipment and forest products like paper and pulp. Those 2.56 million tons marked a 4.8 percent increase over the first three months of 2016.

The port, officially named the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore, announced its achievement in a series of tweets. According to this one, the boost was due in part to a 6 percent bump in cars and 8 percent increase in containers.

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