Port of Los Angeles Sets All-Time Record with More Than 1 Million Containers Moved in July

Aug. 13, 2025 – The Port of Los Angeles marked the busiest month in its 117-year history this July, moving 1,019,837 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) — an 8.5% increase compared to July 2024. The surge was driven by retailers and manufacturers accelerating shipments in anticipation of potential tariff hikes later this year. “Shippers have been frontloading their cargo for months to get ahead of tariffs, and recent activity at America’s top port really tells that story,” said Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka. “Port terminals in July were jam-packed with ships loaded with cargo, processed without any delay — thanks to the hard work of our longshore workers, terminal and rail operators, truckers, and supply chain partners.” Joining Seroka at the monthly briefing, Dr. Zachary Rogers, Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management at Colorado State University and a lead author of the Logistics Managers Index, discussed how tariffs are impacting transportation, warehousing, and inventory across the industry. In July, loaded imports reached 543,728 TEUs, the highest monthly import total ever for the Port and 8% above last year. Loaded exports climbed 6% year-over-year to 121,507 TEUs, while empty containers totaled 354,602 TEUs, up 10%. Through the first seven months of 2025, the...