{"id":405088,"date":"2026-07-20T09:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T09:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/405088\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T09:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T09:46:09","slug":"port-of-long-beach-cargo-up-at-years-midpoint-driven-by-consumer-demand-smi-digital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/405088\/","title":{"rendered":"Port of Long Beach cargo up at year\u2019s midpoint driven by consumer demand \u2014 SMI DIGITAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\">Trade moving through the Port of Long Beach saw double-digit growth in June, running just ahead of last year\u2019s record-setting pace halfway into 2026, Port CEO Dr. Noel Hacegaba announced last week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\">Dockworkers and terminal operators processed 779,331 TEUs last month, up 10.6% from June 2026, marking the Port\u2019s third-busiest June on record.<\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\">Imports increased 11% to 387,025 TEUs, exports were down 1.3% to 86,446 TEUs and empty containers moving through the Port were up 14.1% to 305,860 TEUs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\">Year-to-date, the Port of Long Beach has moved 4,829,578 TEUs, up 1.7% compared to the first half of 2025, just ahead of the Port\u2019s busiest year on record.<\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\">\u201cThese results demonstrate the continued confidence cargo owners and supply chain partners have in us, the resilience of the supply chain and the continued demand for goods moving through our gateway,\u201d Hacegaba said. \u201cBusinesses across the shipping and logistics industry continue planning for a range of scenarios as they work to build more resilient and diversified supply chains.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\">\u201cOur skilled labour workforce and terminal operators are delivering top-notch customer service by promptly processing cargo during the busy summer shipping season,\u201d said Long Beach Harbor Commission President Frank Colonna. \u201cOver the long term, we\u2019re continuing to invest in infrastructure projects to keep us as a competitive gateway for trans-Pacific trade.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trade moving through the Port of Long Beach saw double-digit growth in June, running just ahead of last&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-405088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}