The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach handled 1.88 million TEUs in August 2026, up 0.8% from a year earlier. 956,402 came in loaded and 215,315 went out loaded. Last 12 months: 20.3 million TEUs.
Updated Oct 11, 2026 · newest month August 2026 (first count)
Containers, Aug 2026
1.88M
+0.8%vs a year earlier
Los Angeles and Long Beach together, in TEUs.
First count, may be revised
Loaded imports
956K
+0.3%loaded, vs a year earlier
Full containers that came in by ship.
August 2026
Loaded exports
215K
704K empty containers moved too.
August 2026
Last 12 months
20.31M
-2.1%vs the year before
Sep 2025 to Aug 2026.
All containers, TEUs
TEUs handled each month
TEUs handled each month. Oct 2021 to Sep 2026. Hover a month for the numbers.
Each port's newest month
| Port | Containers | vs year ago | Imports | Exports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los AngelesSeptember 2026, first count | 1.04M | +18.1% | 546K | 126K |
| Long BeachAugust 2026, first count | 920K | +2.0% | 456K | 100K |
Last 12 months: Los Angeles 10.50M (-0.2%), Long Beach 9.97M (-1.9%).
Los Angeles and Long Beach together
| Month | Imports | Exports | Empty | Total | vs year ago |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 956K | 215K | 704K | 1.88M | +0.8% |
| Jul 2026 | 967K | 217K | 705K | 1.89M | -3.8% |
| Jun 2026 | 918K | 213K | 652K | 1.78M | +11.6% |
| May 2026 | 868K | 217K | 597K | 1.68M | +24.1% |
| Apr 2026 | 850K | 247K | 613K | 1.71M | -0.1% |
| Mar 2026 | 755K | 237K | 536K | 1.53M | -4.3% |
| Feb 2026 | 802K | 214K | 576K | 1.59M | +1.6% |
| Jan 2026 | 831K | 204K | 625K | 1.66M | -11.6% |
| Dec 2025 | 817K | 211K | 599K | 1.63M | -8.8% |
| Nov 2025 | 807K | 224K | 569K | 1.60M | -9.5% |
| Oct 2025 | 831K | 224K | 633K | 1.69M | -10.8% |
| Sep 2025 | 848K | 200K | 633K | 1.68M | -5.8% |
TEU = twenty-foot equivalent unit; a 40-foot container counts as 2. Loaded imports came in by ship full, loaded exports went out full; empties are empty containers moved in or out. The newest month is the port's first count and can still be revised. Official public data, updated monthly.
DataPorium shows the monthly container volumes of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the largest container gateway in the US, from official public data up to August 2026: loaded imports, loaded exports, empty containers and totals, with the change from a year earlier.
A TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) is the size of one standard 20-foot container; a 40-foot container counts as 2. Loaded imports are a common early sign of US consumer demand and retail stocking, because most goods from Asia for the US West Coast arrive here. The same numbers are in the DataPorium API (/port-volumes).
1,875,899 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units), up 0.8% from August 2025: 956,402 loaded imports, 215,315 loaded exports and 704,182 empty containers. The newest month is a first count and can still be revised.
Los Angeles handled 1,042,652 TEUs in September 2026 and Long Beach 919,992 in August 2026. Together they are the busiest container gateway in the US.
The US imports far more goods by container than it exports, so many containers go back to Asia empty. In August 2026, 704,182 empty TEUs moved through the two ports, against 215,315 loaded exports.