In 2024, the Port of Long Beach registered its new historical record of freight traffic as well as the new record history of containerized traffic alone, which have reached new peaks higher than the previous all-time high that in both cases had been marked in 2021. In particular, last year the Californian port of call has crossed the threshold for the first time of 200 million tons having handled 200.3 million, with an increase of +14.1% on 2023 and an increase of 3.9 million tons compared to the previous record in 2021.

In 2024, only containerized traffic was equal to a record 9.65 million 20' containers, with a growth of +20.3% over the previous year and an increase of more than 265 thousand TEUs compared to the previous historical peak in 2021. The new annual record was achieved thanks to volumes never before previously achieved by full containers on landing and by empty containers, traffic flows that were equal respectively to 4.73 million TEUs and 3.71 million TEUs, in increase of +24.3% and +26.6% over 2023. Traffic in full containers at embarkation amounted to 1.21 million TEU, down -5.9% on 2023.

Furthermore, 2024 has ended for the port of Long Beach very positively as the American airport marked In the last part of the year, the new absolute traffic records quarterly and half-yearly container reports as well as the in December of traffic handled in the month that was Result of 861 thousand TEUs, with an increase of +21.3% on December 2023. In fact, in the last quarter of 2024, the port A record traffic of 2.73 million TEUs was handled, growing by +24.4% on the fourth quarter of 2023. Also in this case the a new quarterly all-time high was achieved thanks to new maximum peaks of full containers at unloading, results equal to to 1.33 million TEUs (+26.7%), and empty containers, which stood at to 1.07 million TEUs (+26.7%). Full containers at embarkation have totaled 333 thousand TEUs (+10.0%).

In addition, in the second half of 2024, the U.S. port recorded its new all-time quarterly traffic record of containers, having handled a total of 5.36 million containers, TEU, with an increase of +25.0% over the second half of the previous year. New records were set by containers full at disembarkation and empty containers, results equal to 2.64 million TEUs (+28.4%) and 2.08 million TEUs (+27.1%). Containers Full volumes at embarkation amounted to 630 thousand TEUs (+7.3%).