In the first half of 2024, container traffic in the port of Los Angeles was 4.73 million TEUs, with a increase of +14.4% over the same period last year, which is generated mainly in the first three months of 2024 when a year-on-year increase of +29.6% was recorded, while in the following quarter, growth slowed down as was +2.2%.

In the first six months of this year, moreover, unlike of the other main Californian port of Long Beach where this The flow of containers has marked a decline, in Los Angeles, the largest half-yearly increase was marked by full containers at embarkation which amounted to 785 thousand TEUs (+35.1%). In sensitive Full containers on landing also increased with 2.47 million TEUs (+15.8%), while the growth of empty containers totaled 1.48 million TEUs (+3.7%).

In the second quarter of 2024 alone, of the 2.35 million TEUs handled overall, the full containers at unloading are 1.24 million TEUs (+4.1%), those full at embarkation 381 thousand TEUs (+28.0% and empty containers 733 thousand TEUs (-10.0%).