Port of Long Beach

Total POLA volume, at 781,434 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units), saw a 60% annual gain, and POLB reported that total February volume, at 674,723 TEU, increased 24.1% annually.

POLA volume came in at 855,652 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units), for an 18% annual increase, and POLB reported that January volume, at 674,015 TEU, increased 17.5% annually.

The Port of Los Angele reported that total November volume, at 763,262 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units), posted a 19% annual gain, and the Port of Long Beach reported that total November volume, at 731,033 TEU, saw a 24.2% annual increase.

Total POLA volume, at 684,291 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units), saw a 26.85% annual decline compared to the record-setting July 2022, at 935,423 TEU. The Port of Long Beach reported that total volume came in at 578,249 TEU, down 26.4% annually, compared to July 2022, which POLB said was its highest-volume July in its history.

Total POLA volume, at 833,045 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units), was down 4.97% annually, but, despite the decline, this marked the highest-volume month going back to July 2022, which was an all-time record month for POLA. The Port of Long Beach reported that total volume came in at 597,076, down 28.5% compared to June 2022, its highest-volume June on record.

POLA reported that total May volume came in at 779,140 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units), representing a 19.5% annual decline. And the Port of Long Beach reported that May volume fell 14.9% annually, coming in at 758,225 TEU.

In early 2022, the Port of Long Beach (POLB) was dealing with a long queue of inbound vessels waiting to be unloaded and waiting offshore, with the tally, at one point, up to 109 vessels, observed POLB Executive Director Mario Cordero on a recent media conference call. By the end of 2022, though, that queue, he said, “was long gone," as the import surge had abated, coupled with United States supply chain activity returning to more normal levels of activity and, in some...

Total POLA volume—at 688,110 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units) fell 22% compared to April 2022, which marked the second highest-volume month on record for POLA. And he Port of Long Beach reported that total April volume—at 656,049 TEU—was down 20.1% compared to April 2022, the port’s highest-volume April on record.

The Port of Los Angeles reported that February volume—at 487,846 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units)—were down 43% compared to February 2022. The Port of Long Beach reported that total February volume—at 543,675 TEU—dropped 31.7% annually

POLA reported that total January volumes—at 726,014 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units)—were down 16% compared to January 2021, an all-time record for the month. January POLB volume—at 573,772 TEU—was also down compared to a record January 2022, falling 28.4%.

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Total October POLA volume—at 678,429 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units)—fell 25% annually, and total October POLB volume fell16.6% annually, to 658,428 TEU.

This follows previous joint announcements by POLA and POLB, whom collectively account for roughly 40% of United States-bound import volumes, indicating that consideration of the fee would be pushed back each week. Going back to when the fee was initially rolled out on October 25, 2021, POLA and POLB said that the ports have seen a cumulative 69% decline in the amount of aging cargo on their docks.

Total September POLA volume—at 709,873 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units)—marked a 21.5% annual decline up against September 2021, POLB’s all-time high for the month of September. The Port of Long Beach reported that September volume slipped 0.9% annually in September, to 741,823 TEU. I