Container volume
Long Beach container volume (TEU)
Monthly loaded imports, loaded exports and empties at the Port of Long Beach, in TEU
Data through May 2026 · page updated Jul 10, 2026
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- Loaded imports
Loaded imports at Long Beach were 418,851 TEU in May 2026, up 40% year over year and up 44% versus the same month of 2019. Loaded imports are the import-demand read; empties are repositioned boxes. This is the latest month published, not the current week.
| Stream | Latest (May 2026) | MoM | YoY | vs 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loaded imports | 418,851 TEU | +7.4% | +40.0% | +44.1% |
| Loaded exports | 109,168 TEU | -8.2% | +32.9% | -9.5% |
| Empty containers | 297,918 TEU | +2.1% | +22.9% | +89.0% |
About Long Beach container volume (TEU)
This page tracks monthly container volume at the Port of Long Beach in TEU, twenty-foot equivalent units, split into loaded imports, loaded exports and empty containers. Loaded imports are the demand signal a US importer watches; empties are a tell about trade imbalance and equipment. The numbers are the port authority's own, re-published by BTS, and they land weeks after the month they cover, so a reading here is the latest month available rather than the current week.
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