Port of Long Beach Smashes January Cargo Record Amid Pre-Tariff Surge
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Port of Long Beach sets new record for January 2025
The Port of Long Beach started 2025 with its busiest January ever and the second-highest monthly cargo volume in its history. This surge was driven by retailers rushing to move goods ahead of expected tariffs on imports from China, Mexico, and Canada. In January, dockworkers and terminal operators handled 952,733 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), marking
The port of Long Beach began 2025 with its strongest registered January and its second busiest month in history, driven largely by retailers who moved the cargo before the advance tariffs on products from China, Mexico and Canada. The port mobilized 952,733 20-foot containers (TEU) in January, 41.4% more than in the same month last year and surpassing the previous record, set in January 2022, by 18.9 percent. Imports increased 45% to 471,649 TEU…
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