Another month of falling container traffic, the thirteenth consecutive, for the port of Long Beach that in August has enlivened 682 thousand container teu, with a bending of the -15,4% on August 2022. "We predicted - commented the CEO of the Port of Long Beach, Mario Cordero - a seasonal peak content since our quantity of loads continues to stabilize at pre-pandemic levels". A stabilization which seems to be essentially about the flow of full containers to the landing, which last month were pairs to 325 thousand teu, in decrease of -15.4% on August 2022 and in reduction respectively -20.1% and -10.8% on the months of August 2021 and 2020 when the global health crisis had a strong impact on harbour activities and in slight increase of +0.8% on August 2019 before the spread of the pandemic. The number of containers full boarding, however, continues to suffer a significant contraction having been in August 2023 pairs to 93 thousand teu, with decreases of -23.1%, -21.8%, -26.0% and -25.3% on the months of August of 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019. Negative trend that, at least with reference in the pre-pandemic period, it was offset by volumes of empty containers handled from the Californian port of call that Last month they were pairs to 263 thousand teu, with variations percentages of -12.5%, -6.2%, +12.3% and +21.8% on the months of August of the previous four years. The total traffic data of August 2023 represents decreases of -15.5% and -6.0% on total of 2021 and 2020 and an increment of +2.8% on traffic enlivened in August 2019.

In the first eight months of this year the port has enlivened Globally 4,99 million teu, with a decrease of -24,4% on the same period of 2022, of which 2,34 million teu full to the landing (- 27.2%), 879 thousand teu full boarding (- 6.7%) and 1,77 million Teu empty (-27.4%).