Container volume
Long Beach container volume (TEU)
Monthly loaded imports, loaded exports and empties at the Port of Long Beach, in TEU
Data through Jun 2026 · source last checked Sep 1, 2026 · page revised Aug 18, 2026
Cite
- Loaded imports
About this data
- Source
- Port authority monthly container statistics, republished by BTS
- Series
- Monthly loaded imports, loaded exports and empties
- Geography
- Long Beach
- Unit
- TEU
- Calculation
- Monthly
- Last observation
- Jun 2026
- Update frequency
- Monthly
Loaded imports at Long Beach were 387,025 TEU in June 2026, up 11% year over year and up 17% 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.
Loaded imports at Long Beach reached 387,025 TEU in June 2026, up 11% year over year and up 17% versus June 2019. Loaded exports fell to 86,446 TEU, down 1.3% year over year and down 35% versus 2019. Month-on-month, imports eased 7.6% and exports declined 20.8%, while empty containers hit 291,384 TEU, up 14.3% year over year.
| Stream | Latest (June 2026) | MoM | YoY | vs 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loaded imports | 387,025 TEU | -7.6% | +11.0% | +16.7% |
| Loaded exports | 86,446 TEU | -20.8% | -1.3% | -35.4% |
| Empty containers | 291,384 TEU | -2.2% | +14.3% | +41.8% |
Previous weeks
Week of Aug 13, 2026
Long Beach loaded imports reached 418,851 TEU in May, up 40% year over year and up 44% versus May 2019. Loaded exports were 109,168 TEU, up 32.9% year over year though down 9.5% versus 2019. Empty containers moved 297,918 TEU, up 22.9% year over year and up 89% versus 2019. This is the latest month published, not the current week.
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.