December 24, 2025
Port of Long Beach achieved its second-busiest November
Goods moved before tariffs started earlier this year helped put the Port of Long Beach on course to have its all-time busiest year, exceeding the record-setting 9.6 million cargo containers moved in 2024.
The Port of Long Beach achieved its second-busiest November, when dockworkers and terminal operators moved 817,561 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo, down 7.5% from the record set in November 2024.
Imports declined 7.5% to 400,505 TEUs and exports decreased 7.5% to 110,122 TEUs. Empty containers moving through the Port were down 8.2% to 306,934 TEUs.
The Port has moved 9,047,477 TEUs through the first 11 months of 2025, up 2.9% from the same period last year.
Source: Port of Long Beach