Dubai-based terminal operator group DP World has agreed on the exclusive negotiations with the Texas port of Corpus Christi in order to build and manage a container terminal in the US stopover under a Design contract, Build and Operate. The CEO of Port of Corpus Christi, Kent Britton, pointed out that the extension to the sector of the port's activities, which until now has been focused on liquid and solid bulk cargo, is due to "the completion in June 2025 of the important project for the improvement of the Corpus Christi navigable canal, thanks in Much of it is to the investments of the federal government, which has opened up new perspectives for the port's current customers by enabling them to meet the growing demand of the global market and in the to further diversify the types of goods eventful".

Meanwhile, as happened in the port of Long Beach ( of 15 June 2026), container traffic also in May 2026 in the Port of Los Angeles recorded a significant increase on the same month last year having amounted to 840 thousand TEUs (+17,2%). The growth was generated both by the rise in Full containers at unloading, which amounted to 449 thousand TEUs (+26.2%), and empty containers, which amounted to 283 thousand TEUs (+17,7%). Full containers at loading decreased by -10.4% to 108 thousand TEUs.

In the first five months of 2026, the Californian port of call handled a total of 4.12 million TEUs, with a an increase of +1.4% over the same period of last year, of which 2.14 million full TEUs at landing (+3.3%), 588 thousand TEUs full at embarkation (-1.1%) and 1.39 million empty TEUs (-0.4%).