In the first quarter of 2025, the Port of Long Beach set a new record for this time of year, while the other main Californian port of call of Los Angeles, while totaling substantial volumes of cargoes containerized, has reached a total that, relative to the first quarter, is lower than those marked in 2022 and 2021.

In the period January-March of this year, the port of Long Beach handled a total of 2.53 million TEUs, with a growth of +26.6% over the same period in 2024. Handling of full containers on disembarkation and that of empty containers have both reached record levels for this time of year having stood at 1.22 million TEUs (+27.5%) and 1.02 million TEUs TEU (+33.4%). Shipments of full containers amounted to 293 thousand TEUs (+4.9%).

In the first three months of 2025, the Port of Los Angeles handled a total traffic of 2.50 million TEUs (+5.2%), of which 1.28 million full TEUs at landing (+4.3%), 345 thousand full TEUs at boarding (-14.5%) and 876 thousand empty TEUs (+17.4%).

Commenting on the trend of traffic in the first quarter of This year, the Port of Los Angeles Chief Operating Officer, Gene Seroka, announced that in the second half of the year a decrease of at least -10% over the same period of 2024 in consideration of the impact of the duties applied and those announced by the U.S. government and counter-tariffs introduced by the nations affected by the new American trade tariffs. "This - he explained - because many importers have already bought their goods in advance and, when the Prices will start to rise, consumers will think twice before making any purchases".