U.S. West coast ports report – December

At the Port of Los Angeles, inbound loads last month (384,619) were up 25.3% over a year earlier, but were only 3.6% ahead of pre-pandemic November of 2019. Outbound loads (111,755) were up 24.0% from a year ago, but down 19.3% from November 2019. Year-to-date, total container traffic through the port amounted to 7,887,162 loads and empties, down 14.1% from this point last year and down 8.2% from the first eleven months of 2019.