Oct. 9, 2026 \u2013 The Port of Los Angeles handled 1,042,652 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in September, the busiest month in its 118-year history and more than 20,000 units more than the previous monthly record set in July 2025.<\/p>\n
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The record month also capped the busiest quarter in Port history, with nearly 3 million TEUs moving across its docks from July through September. From June through September, the Port handled nearly 4 million TEUs, the strongest four-month stretch on record.<\/p>\n
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\u201cAfter its best month in history, the Port of Los Angeles remains an incredible economic engine both locally and nationally, creating good-paying, union jobs for Angelenos and maintaining Los Angeles\u2019 status as a global competitor for trade and commerce,” said Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. “I want to thank Port Executive Director Gene Seroka for his leadership and give special recognition to the hardworking men and women of the ILWU for their continued commitment to the Port’s success. Los Angeles is strong because our Port is strong, and none of this would be possible without our talented, dedicated, and skilled workforce.”<\/p>\n
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\u201cSeptember was a month for the record books, and it was part of an extraordinary run for the Port of Los Angeles,\u201d said Seroka. \u201cConsumer demand remains resilient, importers are replenishing inventories and more cargo is being allocated to Los Angeles as shippers navigate continued challenges along other global trade routes.<\/p>\n
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\u201cOur waterfront workforce and supply chain partners have done a tremendous job handling these record volumes while keeping cargo moving,\u201d Seroka added. \u201cAfter the best month, quarter and four-month stretch in Port history, our focus is simple: finish the year strong and keep delivering for our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n
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During the Port\u2019s monthly media briefing, Seroka said tariffs are lower than levels seen earlier this year, giving importers more certainty on costs and allowing them to replenish inventories. He also pointed to continued consumer spending and challenges along the Suez and Panama Canal routes as factors contributing to the Port\u2019s historic cargo run.<\/p>\n
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Joining Seroka for the briefing was Harvard Business School Professor Willy Shih, a leading expert on global supply chains, manufacturing and innovation. Shih discussed how companies are adapting their sourcing and manufacturing strategies amid changes in trade policy, tariffs and global supply chains.<\/p>\n
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\u201cCompanies are moving from purely optimizing for cost to optimizing for options,\u201d Shih said. “With so much uncertainty in global trade, businesses are looking for greater flexibility in where they source, manufacture and move their goods.”<\/p>\n
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Loaded imports reached 545,696 TEUs in September, up 19% compared with last September. Loaded exports totaled 125,751 TEUs, up 10% compared with last September. Empty containers totaled approximately 371,206 TEUs, the highest monthly total in Port history.<\/p>\n
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During the first nine months of 2026, the Port handled nearly 8.1 million TEUs, more than 3% ahead of the same period last year.
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\nCurrent and historical cargo data, including fiscal year-end totals, are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oct. 9, 2026 \u2013 The Port of Los Angeles handled 1,042,652 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in September, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-490727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490727","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=490727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}