Last month, the Port of Los Angeles handled a container traffic of 961 thousand TEUs, with an increase of +16.0% on August 2023, of which 509 thousand full TEUs landed (+17.6%), 122 thousand full TEUs embarked (-2.6%) and 329 thousand empty TEUs (+22.1%).

Explaining the reasons for the positive trend in container flow, Port of Los Angeles General Manager Gene Seroka noted that "the American consumer is continuing to and this is helping to fuel our economy. Part of the goods that are arriving now - he specified - are replenishing the warehouses also in anticipation of the period after the end-of-year holidays. Also thanks combined with a constant flow of parts and components to production activities, in the short term we will have to continue to record high volumes".

In the first eight months of 2024, the Californian airport handled a total of 6.63 million TEUs, with a increase of +17.4% over the same period last year, of which 3.48 million full TEUs at landing (+18.8%), 1.02 million full TEUs at embarkation (+25.2%) and 2.13 million empty TEUs (+11.9%).

If in Los Angeles, as in the other main container port of the U.S. West Coast of Long Beach ( of 16 September 2024), container traffic is growing, This has also been the case for several months in the two main ports containers on the East Coast, with ports of call in New York and Savannah which last July handled 806 thousand TEUs and 489 thousand TEUs, with increases of +11.1% and +9.3%.