Los Angeles and Long Beach Post Strong June as Retailers Frontload Imports

The nation’s two busiest container gateways continued to benefit from an early peak shipping season in June as importers rushed cargo into the United States ahead of potential new tariffs, with the Port of Los Angeles posting its busiest June on record and the Port of Long Beach recording double-digit growth.

The Port of Los Angeles handled 1,002,734 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in June, making it the busiest June in the port’s 118-year history and only the third time it has surpassed the 1 million TEU mark in a single month. According to the port, no other port in the Western Hemisphere has