Empties

The Port of Los Angeles reported that total September volume, at 748,440 TEU, was up 5% annually, marking its second consecutive month of annual growth. The Port of Long Beach reported that September marked its highest-volume September on record, with volume at 829,429 TEU, increasing 11.8% annually, and topping the previous September high in 2020 by 78,849 TEU.

Total May POLA volume—at 967,900 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units)—was off 4.36% annually, while still marking its third-highest-volume month on record. And total May POLB volume came in at 890,989 TEU, down 1.8% compared to May 2021, but representing the second-highest-volume month in the port's history.

Total January POLA volume—at 865,595 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units)—were up 3.6% annually, marking the highest-volume January in POLA’s 115 years of operations. And total January POLB data—at 800,943 TEU—saw a 4.8% annual increase, marking the first time the port processed more than 800,000 TEU in January and topping the previous record set in January 2021.

POLA reported that total July volume—at 890,800 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units)—was up 4% annually, topping June’s 876,430 TEU, and July volume at POLB saw a 4.2% annual increase, to 784,845 TEU, for a new July record, topping the previous record set in July 2020.

POLA reported that total April volume—at 946,966 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units)—marked a 37.4% annual increase, for its busiest April in the port’s 114-year history. And POLB reported that April volumes turned in its highest-ever levels for April, in the port’s history, coming in at 746,188 TEU, for a 43.6% annual increase, paced, in large part, by the cargo boom derived from e-commerce activity.