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Port of Long Beach Nears Container Record

[ January 8, 2026   //   Gary Burrows ]

The Port of Long Beach said goods moved before tariffs started earlier in 2025 helped put the port on course to have its all-time busiest year, exceeding the record-setting 9.6 million cargo containers moved in 2024.

The San Pedro port achieved its second-busiest November, when dockworkers and terminal operators moved 817,561 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo, down 7.5 percent from the record set in November 2024. Imports declined 7.5 percent to 400,505 TEUs and exports decreased 7.5 percent to 110,122 TEUs. Empty containers moving through the port were down 8.2 percent to 306,934 TEUs.

“Cargo moved at a steady rate with no congestion or disruptions at the Port of Long Beach as consumers, businesses and supply chain partners endured an extraordinary amount of uncertainty caused by shifting trade policies throughout 2025,” said Port of Long Beach CEO Mario Cordero.

The port has moved 9.05 million TEUs through the first 11 months of 2025, up 2.9 percent from the same period last year.

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