SoCal ports cleared 6.49 million TEUs in 2026's first four months

Pacific Merchant Shipping Association: The Port of Los Angeles moved 3,279,704 TEUs YTD through April — up 11.4% over the same span in 2019. Long Beach added 3,208,217 TEUs, up 31.8% over 2019.

The National Retail Federation's May 8 forecast had projected April volumes at the 13 ports it tracks would fall 3.6% year-over-year; Descartes Systems Group pegged the all-US April falloff at 5.5%. Actual April figures diverged at the two SoCal ports: LA inbound loads rose 4.7% YoY, while Long Beach inbound fell 7.1%. Puget Sound, by contrast, ran 25.7% below its 2019 baseline through April.