Last month, container traffic in the port of Los Angeles Angeles rose +9.4% on April 2024 as it was equal to 843 thousand TEUs, an increase that was driven by the growth of +24.9% in the handling of empty containers that totaled 275 thousand TEUs. The full containers on disembarkation are amounted to 439 thousand TEUs (+5.3%) and full containers at embarkation at 128 thousand TEUs (-3.5%).

In the first four months of 2025, the Californian port of call handled a total of 3.35 million TEUs, with a Progression of +6.2% over the first four months of last year.

Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka, confirmed the boost to traffic given by the duties announced and introduced by US President Donald Trump that have induced operators to anticipate these tariff increases: "This growth - he explained - has been driven by an economy and high consumer confidence, while more recently - he specified - has been pushed by the importers who imported goods before the entry into force of duties. Looking to the future - continued Seroka - during This period of high tariffs and uncertainty will see a weakening of global trade".

Meanwhile, on the east coast of the USA, the port of New York - New Jersey closed the first quarter of 2025 with a traffic containerized at 2.20 million TEUs, up +10.0% on the first three months of last year, of which 1.12 million TEUs full at disembarkation (+8.5%), 341 thousand full TEUs at embarkation (+5.2%) and 745 thousand empty TEUs (+14.9%).