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The Port of Los Angeles reported that total volume, at 883,053 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEU), fell 7.5% annually, and the Port of Long Beach reported that total September volume, at 797,537 TEU, was off 3.9% annually.

POLA reported that total June volume, at 892,340 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEU), posted an 8% annual gain, marking the highest-volume June in the port’s 117 years of operation. June Port of Long Beach volume, at 704,703 TEU, fell 16.4% annually.

Total May volume, at 639,160 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units), fell 8.2% annually, reported POLB. Imports, at 299,116, fell 13.4% annually, and exports, at 82,149 TEU, were off 18.6%. Empty containers saw a 3.2% annual increase, to 257,895 TEU.

Total volume, at 716,619 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units) saw a 5% annual decline, with the port noting that the lower tally reflects the impact of tariffs on imports and exports.

POLA reported that total volume, at 801,938 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units), marked a 2.5% annual increase. The Port of Long Beach reported that total February volume, at 765,385 TEU, increased 13.4% annually.

POLA reported that total January volume, at 924,245 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units), increased 8% annually. And the Port of Long Beach reported that total January volume, at 952,733 TEU, rose 41.4% annually.

The Port of Los Angeles reported that total December volume, at 921,616 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units), posted a 24.12% annual increase. The Port of Long Beach reported that total December volume, at 861,006 TEU, increased 21.3% annually, setting a new December record, topping December 2020 by 5.5%.

The Port of Long Beach reported that total November volume, at 884,315 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units), increased 16% annually, snapping a four-month stretch of monthly volumes topping the 900,000 TEU mark. The Port of Long Beach reported that total November volume, at 884,154 TEU, increased 20.9% annually, marking POLB’s highest-volume November tally on record

POLA reported that total October volume, at 905,026 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units), marked a 25% annual increase, for a new all-time monthly high, while also being the fourth straight month the port has topped the 900,000 TEU mark, for the first time in POLA history. The Port of Long Beach reported total October volume of 987,191 TEU, a 30.7% annual increase, the highest-volume month in its history, topping the previous record set in August by 8%, and up for the fifth consecutive month.

POLA reported that September volume came in at 954,706 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units), representing a 27% annual increase, hitting a new September record. The Port of Long Beach reported that September volume, at 829,499 TEU, topped September 2023 by a mere 70 TEU, topping September 2023 for a new record for the month.

Total August volume came in at 913,873 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units), marking a 33% annual gain, and topping the previous all-time monthly high of 907,216 TEU by 6,657 TEU or less than 1%. What’s more, this tally represented only the second time that total monthly volume topped the 900,000 TEU mark.

POLA reported that total July volume, at 939,600 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units), increased 37% annually, marking the port’s best July in its 116-year history, as well as its highest-volume month in more than two years. July POLB volume, at 882,376 TEU, saw a 52.6% annual increase, setting a new July record in the process, supplanting the previous July record, set in 2022, by 12.4%.

POLA volume came in at 855,652 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units), for an 18% annual increase, and POLB reported that January volume, at 674,015 TEU, increased 17.5% annually.

The Port of Los Angele reported that total November volume, at 763,262 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units), posted a 19% annual gain, and the Port of Long Beach reported that total November volume, at 731,033 TEU, saw a 24.2% annual increase.

POLA reported that total October volume, at 725,775 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units), was up 7% annually. The Port of Long Beach reported that total October volume, at 755,150 TEU, was up 14% annually.