December 2023 TEUs

Facts and FiguresPort VolumesEconomic Growth and CompetitivenessMaritime Operations
Written By Natasha Villa

December Inbound Loaded

PortDecember 2023December 2022December 2019 Change from 2022Change from 2019
Los Angeles 364,661 352,046 373,511 3.6%-2.4%
Long Beach 333,329 241,643 323,231 37.9%3.1%
San Pedro Bay Total 697,990 593,689 696,742 17.6%0.2%
Oakland 76,347 65,566 81,281 16.4%-6.1%
NWSA 88,101 85,183 105,823 3.4%-16.7%
Hueneme 9,908 11,310 5,141 -12.4%92.7%
San Diego 5,788 5,406 6,988 7.1%-17.2%
USWC Total 878,134 761,154 895,975 15.4%-2.0%
Boston 10,383 8,669 11,409 19.8%-9.0%
NYNJ 326,412 303,596 288,964 7.5%13.0%
Virginia 121,630 125,725 103,711 -3.3%17.3%
South Carolina 103,556 104,336 81,779 -0.7%26.6%
Georgia 208,382 217,628 172,124 -4.2%21.1%
Jaxport 30,184 26,776 24,513 12.7%23.1%
Port Everglades 27,715 30,316 27,133 -8.6%2.1%
Miami 43,691 42,075 39,238 3.8%1.3%
USEC Total 871,953 859,121 748,871 1.5%16.4%
New Orleans 9,459 8,356 11,916 13.2%-20.6%
Houston 150,648 136,301 100,274 10.5%50.2%
USGC Total 160,107 144,657 112,190 10.7%42.7%
Vancouver 144,504 98,438 140,560 46.8%2.8%
Prince Rupert 32,217 43,045 61,796 -25.2%-47.9%
British Columbia Total 176,721 141,483 202,356 24.9%-12.7%
U.S. Totals 1,910,194 1,764,932 1,757,036 8.2%8.7%

December Outbound Loaded

PortDecember 2023December 2022December 2019 Change from 2022Change from 2019
Los Angeles 121,575 96,518 130,229 26.0%-6.6%
Long Beach 103,688 115,782 125,395 -10.4%-17.3%
San Pedro Bay Totals 225,263 212,300 255,624 6.1%-11.9%
Oakland 65,801 58,302 74,643 12.9%-11.8%
NWSA 67,622 46,781 75,868 44.6%-10.9%
Hueneme 1,412 3,638 1,285 -61.2%9.9%
San Diego 478 738 308 -35.2%55.2%
USWC Totals 360,576 321,759 407,728 12.1%-11.6%
Boston 6,313 4,564 5,664 38.3%11.5%
NYNJ 104,278 102,866 110,768 1.4%-5.9%
Virginia 91,758 90,838 78,285 1.0%17.2%
South Carolina 58,544 63,320 61,903 -7.5%-5.4%
Georgia 113,197 107,724 111,373 5.1%1.6%
Jaxport 40,703 43,785 38,013 -7.0%7.1%
Port Everglades 33,273 33,831 31,995 -1.6%4.0%
Miami 21,397 22,812 35,034 -6.2%-38.9%
USEC Totals 469,463 469,740 473,035 -0.1%-0.8%
New Orleans 20,687 14,973 24,304 38.2%-14.9%
Houston 119,970 108,510 109,721 10.6%9.3%
USGC Totals 140,657 123,483 134,025 13.9%4.9%
Vancouver 70,649 53,397 86,892 32.3%-18.7%
Prince Rupert 12,123 12,274 17,344 -1.2%-30.1%
British Columbia Totals 82,772 65,671 104,236 26.0%-20.6%
U.S. Totals 970,696 914,982 1,014,788 6.1%-4.3%

December Year-to-Date TEUs

PortDecember 2023December 2022December 2019 Change from 2022Change from 2019
Los Angeles 8,629,681 9,911,159 9,337,632 -12.9%-7.6%
Long Beach 8,018,668 9,133,657 7,632,032 -12.2%5.1%
NYNJ 7,810,051 9,493,664 7,471,131 -17.7%4.5%
Georgia 4,927,654 5,892,131 4,599,172 -16.4%7.1%
Houston 3,824,600 3,976,718 2,990,175 -3.8%27.9%
Virginia 3,287,546 3,703,230 2,937,962 -11.2%11.9%
Vancouver 3,126,559 3,557,294 3,398,860 -12.1%-8.0%
NWSA 2,974,416 3,384,018 3,775,303 -12.1%-21.2%
South Carolina 2,482,080 2,792,313 2,436,185 -11.1%1.9%
Oakland 2,065,709 2,337,607 2,500,461 -11.6%-17.4%
Montreal 1,538,464 1,722,704 1,745,245 -10.7%-11.8%
JaxPort 1,298,010 1,323,805 1,336,263 -1.9%-2.9%
Miami 1,088,538 1,184,776 1,148,935 -8.1%-5.3%
Port Everglades 1,006,980 1,091,288 1,033,460 -7.7%-2.6%
Prince Rupert 704,248 1,035,642 1,210,776 -32.0%-41.8%
Philadelphia 743,899 755,980 593,241 -1.6%25.4%
New Orleans 481,590 430,215 646,608 11.9%-25.5%
Hueneme 240,555 266,958 122,594 -9.9%96.2%
Boston 236,975 173,926 300,762 36.3%-21.2%
San Diego 150,646 160,513 143,472 -6.1%5.0%
Portland, Oregon 116,063 171,481 26 -32.3%∞
U.S. Ports Total 49,383,661 56,183,439 49,005,414 -12.1%0.8%

USWC Ports Shares of Worldwide U.S. Mainland Container Trade

Shares of U.S. Mainland Ports Containerized Import Tonnage

December 2023December 2022December 2019December 2013
USWC35.0%32.8%37.4%43.7%
LA/LB26.0%23.5%26.9%32.5%
Oakland3.4%3.8%4.3%4.1%
NWSA3.7%3.5%4.9%5.1%

Shares of U.S. Mainland Ports Containerized Import Value

December 2023December 2022December 2019December 2013
USWC40.0%37.6%44.8%52.2%
LA/LB31.0%29.2%33.7%41.0%
Oakland3.2%2.8%3.8%3.7%
NWSA4.5%4.5%6.5%6.6%

Shares of U.S. Mainland Containerized Export Tonnage

December 2023December 2022December 2019December 2013
USWC33.5%31.9%35.3%44.0%
LA/LB20.4%19.6%20.6%27.7%
Oakland5.8%5.5%6.2%6.1%
NWSA6.6%5.7%7.7%8.6%

Shares of U.S. Mainland Containerized Export Value

December 2023December 2022December 2019December 2013
USWC28.1%26.7%33.5%38.2%
LA/LB18.3%17.0%21.0%26.7%
Oakland6.2%5.7%7.5%5.9%
NWSA3.2%3.3%4.5%5.0%

Major USWC Ports' Shares of U.S. Container Trade with East Asia

Shares of U.S. Mainland Ports Containerized Import Tonnage

December 2023December 2022December 2019December 2013
USWC51.7%51.1%55.3%64.7%
LA/LB41.2%39.8%43.0%50.2%
Oakland4.1%4.2%4.8%4.4%
NWSA5.5%5.8%7.2%8.4%

Shares of U.S. Mainland Ports Containerized Import Value

December 2023December 2022December 2019December 2013
USWC59.6%57.2%64.4%73.7%
LA/LB47.5%45.7%49.7%59.1%
Oakland4.1%3.3%4.6%4.2%
NWSA6.7%6.9%9.5%9.5%

Shares of U.S. Mainland Containerized Export Tonnage

December 2023December 2022December 2019December 2013
USWC53.2%52.2%59.9%67.7%
LA/LB33.6%33.1%36.6%45.8%
Oakland7.7%7.9%9.1%8.0%
NWSA11.0%9.8%13.4%13.1%

Shares of U.S. Mainland Containerized Export Value

December 2023December 2022December 2019December 2013
USWC54.6%52.9%62.1%68.7%
LA/LB36.7%34.8%41.3%51.1%
Oakland10.3%9.5%11.1%8.4%
NWSA6.9%7.4%8.7%8.6%
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