Last month, container traffic handled by the port of Los Angeles remained stable having amounted to 956 thousand TEUs compared to 958 thousand in August 2025. The +4.2% increase in empty containers, which amounted to 340 thousand TEUs, made it possible to to make up for the decrease in the volumes of full containers on unloading and at embarkation respectively stood at 500 thousand TEUs (-0.8%) and 116 thousand TEUs (-9.3%).

In the first eight months of 2026, the Californian port of call handled a total of 7.04 million TEUs, with a An increase of +1.5% over the same period last year. I Full containers on landing totaled 3.68 million TEUs (+2.2%), 942 thousand TEUs (-2.9%) and containers full at embarkation 2.42 million TEUs (+2.2%) empty.

Highlighting that the total traffic handled in the June, July and August was equal to over 2.9 million TEUs, making the quarter the busiest of all time, being higher than the quarterly record of 2.86 million TEU marked in the third quarter of 2025, the Executive Director of the Port of Los Angeles, Gene Seroka, explained that in the June-August quarter of 2026 traffic was stimulated by resilient consumer demand, shipping anticipated in anticipation of the holidays and by a mix diversified of goods. «We are facing the last months of the year - he added - with good momentum. September is also shaping up to be a very active month and Los Angeles is well positioned for respond to the constant evolution of trade dynamics global charter." Seroka pointed out that if transpacific freight rates for goods bound for the west coast of the USA favor Rather, the routes directed to the east coast, however the speed with which goods transit through the port of Los Angeles and are placed on rail can make the passage through the most economically economically beneficial for importers serving markets in all United States.