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23 Apr

March Cargo Volumes Up at L.A., Long Beach Ports

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online Newscargovolumes, pola, polb, TEUs

The nation’s two busiest seaports each saw year-over-year cargo volumes rise in March, according to new data released by the Los Angeles and Long Beach seaports. The Port of LA announced April 17 that it processed 743,417 TEUs last month, a year-over-year growth of 19%. It was also the eighth month in a row of year-over-year growth. When compared to the same time last year, March loaded imports rose 19% at 379,542 TEUs and loaded exports soared 47% with 144,718 TEUs, the seaport’s busiest month for exports in more than four years. It also reflects 10 straight months of year-over-year…

02 Apr

Cargo Volumes Up at L.A., Oakland Ports

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online Newscargovolumes, pola, portofoakland, TEUs

Cargo volumes were up at the Los Angeles and Oakland seaports in February, a sign of stronger consumer spending, according to new data. The Port of L.A. saw a 60% spike in overall cargo year over year in February, when it handled 781,434 TEUs, marking seven straight months of year-over-year increases, according to data released by the port March 18. POLA imports in February rose 64% to 408,764 TEUs, while loaded exports jumped 61% to 132,755 TEUs when compared to the same time last year. Empties also spiked 54% to 239,916 TEUs year over year. Through the first two months…

19 Mar

Port of Long Beach Posts YOY Cargo Growth in February

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online Newscargovolumes, polb, TEUs

The Port of Long Beach saw a 24.1% year-over-year growth in overall cargo volumes last month with 674,723 TEUs, according to data released March 13 by the port. Imports rose 29.4% to 329,850 TEUs while exports tumbled 21.1% to 87,474 TEUs last month compared to February 2023. Meanwhile, empties spiked 44.8% to 257,400 TEUs year over year. During the two months of 2024, Long Beach processed 1,348,738 TEUs, about 20.7% more than the first two months of 2023, the data show. The port is attributing “cooling inflation, rising consumer confidence and an ongoing effort to recapture market share boosted cargo…

27 Feb

PMSA Report: Cargo Volumes Down at U.S. West Coast Ports in 2023

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In 2023, U.S. West Coast ports saw their loaded imports and exports fall from the previous year and the pre-pandemic levels of 2019, according to the latest West Coast Trade Report published Feb. 21 by Pacific Merchant Shipping Association. The seven U.S. West Coast seaports tracked by PMSA processed more than 10.3 million inbound loads last year. That’s 12.2% down from the previous year and down 5.4% from the pre-pandemic level of 2019. Meanwhile, the seven ports monitored by PMSA -- Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, San Diego and Hueneme in California and the Northwest Seaport Alliance gateway of Seattle…

27 Feb

USCG Sector Puget Sound Launches Effort to Curb Vessel Traffic’s Impact on Whales

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online Newscargovolumes, pmsa, pugetsound, trade, uscg, vts, whales

The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound is engaging in a four-year pilot program that is expected to help minimize the vessel traffic impact on endangered whales in the Salish Sea, the agency announced Feb. 21. Hosted in the Puget Sound Vessel Traffic Service (VTS), the program allows for the Coast Guard to get whale sighting reports from mariners and give close to real-time information on whale locations to mariners through a whale report alert system, according to the Guard. The Coast Guard said that it plans to work closely with international, federal, tribal and state entities as well as…

20 Feb

January Cargo Volumes Up at LA, Long Beach Ports

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online Newscargovolumes, pola, polb, TEUs

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach started 2024 strong with year-over-year double-digit increases in January, mainly a result of shippers rushing to stock shelves before the start of the Lunar New Year, according to both ports. The Port of Los Angeles posted its second-busiest January last month, moving 855,652 TEUs. That’s an 18% jump from January 2023 and represents six straight months of year-over-year growth, according to data released Feb. 14. LA handled 441,763 TEUs in loaded imports, a 19% increase, and processed 126,554 TEUs in loaded exports, a 23% spike from the same time last year. Empties…

30 Jan

Port of Oakland Sees YOY Cargo Bounce Back in December

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online Newscargovolumes, portofoakland, TEUs

The Port of Oakland’s overall cargo volumes were down sizably in 2023, but it saw loaded imports and exports rise by double-digits in December compared to the same month a year prior, according to data released by the Northern California seaport Jan. 22. Oakland moved 76,347 TEUs in full imports in December, a 16.4% jump from 65,566 TEUs in December 2022 and the largest monthly total since July 2023, according to the data. The port also handled 65,801 TEUs in full exports last month, a 12.9% increase from the 58,302 TEUs in December 2022. The new numbers signal to the…

28 Nov

Port of LA Monthly Cargo Up in October

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online Newscargovolumes, pola, TEUs, zim

For the third straight month, the Port of Los Angeles saw its cargo numbers rise year over year, according to statistics released by the port Nov. 17. Last month, Los Angeles handled 725,775 TEUs, jumping 7% from the same time in 2022, data show. Loaded imports rose 11% year over year with 372,455 TEUs, and loaded exports spiked 35% with 121,277 TEUs when compared to October 2022. Meanwhile, empties dipped 8% to 232,043 TEUs. Statistics show that through the first 10 months of 2022, the port moved more than 7.1 million TEUs, about 16.6% less than the same period of…

31 Oct

POLA Cargo Volumes Up for 2nd Straight Month

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Cargo volumes at the Port of Los Angeles rose 5.4% last month compared to September 2022, marking two straight months of year-over-year increases, according to new data released by the port Oct. 23. The POLA processed 748,440 TEUs last month, with imports up 14% at 392,608 TEUs and loaded exports soaring 55% to 120,635 TEUs compared to the same month last year. The port has seen fourth consecutive months of positive month of year-over-year volumes in exports. Meanwhile, empties fell 18.5% to 235,197 TEUs year over year. So far, the port is moving 18.6% less cargo volume this year than…

24 Oct

Port of Long Beach Reports Record Sept. Cargo

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After months of year-over-year declines, the Port of Long Beach saw an 11.8% year-over-year boost in cargo volumes last month, which is now considered the busiest September in the port’s history. According to data released by the port Oct. 19, Long Beach handled 829,429 TEUs, beating the previous record set in September 2020 by 78,849 TEUs. It’s the first time in 14 months that the port has seen a year-over-year rise in cargo. The port attributes the uptick in part to heightened holiday demand, a new labor contract for West Coast longshore workers and the port’s push to promote itself…