Monthly container throughput (TEU) at selected major U.S. ports

HONEST as published, with three limits a page must carry. (1) COVERAGE: nine ports only, out of the 117 in this directory — most port pages have no benchmark and must say so rather than imply zero. (2) VINTAGE: these two BTS releases end in 2023; this is not current-month data and the period is stored on every point. (3) LOS ANGELES / LONG BEACH: BTS reports them separately while this directory treats San Pedro Bay as one complex; both dims are attached to the complex, and any page that sums them must say it is summing two authorities. TEU counts boxes moved, loaded and empty; it is not a count of importers, shipments, or companies, and must not be divided by our listing count.

Government source · Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) · TEU

Observation range: 2019-01-012023-08-01. Source as of 2026-09-04. 504 observations.

Largest reported categories in 2023-08-01 (up to 15) · TEU
los-angeles828,016
long-beach682,313
new-york-new-jersey662,740
savannah413,294
houston307,624
norfolk-virginia287,233
charleston203,170
oakland179,162
seattle-tacoma169,359

Interpret this report

HONEST as published, with three limits a page must carry. (1) COVERAGE: nine ports only, out of the 117 in this directory — most port pages have no benchmark and must say so rather than imply zero. (2) VINTAGE: these two BTS releases end in 2023; this is not current-month data and the period is stored on every point. (3) LOS ANGELES / LONG BEACH: BTS reports them separately while this directory treats San Pedro Bay as one complex; both dims are attached to the complex, and any page that sums them must say it is summing two authorities. TEU counts boxes moved, loaded and empty; it is not a count of importers, shipments, or companies, and must not be divided by our listing count.

Use the publisher’s definitions and revision policy when comparing periods. This page reproduces the stored observations; the latest available source release may be newer.

Original source and definitions · Licence: Public Domain Mark 1.0 (declared by the publisher) · Directory methodology

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Monthly container throughput (TEU) at selected major U.S. portsTEU
PeriodCategoryValue
2019-01-01charleston205,689
2019-01-01houston214,952
2019-01-01long-beach657,286
2019-01-01los-angeles852,450
2019-01-01new-york-new-jersey622,531
2019-01-01norfolk-virginia240,111
2019-01-01oakland212,493
2019-01-01savannah430,079
2019-01-01seattle-tacoma326,228
2019-02-01charleston178,131
2019-02-01houston198,494
2019-02-01long-beach596,617
2019-02-01los-angeles705,307
2019-02-01new-york-new-jersey585,216
2019-02-01norfolk-virginia228,151
2019-02-01oakland185,685
2019-02-01savannah312,042
2019-02-01seattle-tacoma269,233
2019-03-01charleston214,113
2019-03-01houston280,721
2019-03-01long-beach552,821
2019-03-01los-angeles650,977
2019-03-01new-york-new-jersey585,098
2019-03-01norfolk-virginia240,035
2019-03-01oakland213,972
2019-03-01savannah410,326
2019-03-01seattle-tacoma336,828
2019-04-01charleston204,621
2019-04-01houston252,693
2019-04-01long-beach628,122
2019-04-01los-angeles736,466
2019-04-01new-york-new-jersey605,263
2019-04-01norfolk-virginia245,933
2019-04-01oakland216,003
2019-04-01savannah364,481
2019-04-01seattle-tacoma323,948
2019-05-01charleston204,457
2019-05-01houston263,061
2019-05-01long-beach573,623
2019-05-01los-angeles828,662
2019-05-01new-york-new-jersey643,706
2019-05-01norfolk-virginia260,894
2019-05-01oakland223,095
2019-05-01savannah373,394
2019-05-01seattle-tacoma315,792
2019-06-01charleston200,406
2019-06-01houston251,488
2019-06-01long-beach677,167
2019-06-01los-angeles764,777
2019-06-01new-york-new-jersey611,027
2019-06-01norfolk-virginia239,329
2019-06-01oakland203,730
2019-06-01savannah361,906
2019-06-01seattle-tacoma343,221
2019-07-01charleston210,542
2019-07-01houston259,993
2019-07-01long-beach621,780
2019-07-01los-angeles912,154
2019-07-01new-york-new-jersey662,994
2019-07-01norfolk-virginia265,559
2019-07-01oakland218,191
2019-07-01savannah387,024
2019-07-01seattle-tacoma326,515
2019-08-01charleston233,110
2019-08-01houston259,110
2019-08-01long-beach663,992
2019-08-01los-angeles861,081
2019-08-01new-york-new-jersey679,585
2019-08-01norfolk-virginia257,675
2019-08-01oakland224,535
2019-08-01savannah437,746
2019-08-01seattle-tacoma320,564
2019-09-01charleston194,948
2019-09-01houston251,524
2019-09-01long-beach706,955
2019-09-01los-angeles779,903
2019-09-01new-york-new-jersey624,961
2019-09-01norfolk-virginia241,416
2019-09-01oakland206,539
2019-09-01savannah369,999
2019-09-01seattle-tacoma347,278
2019-10-01charleston217,360
2019-10-01houston258,571
2019-10-01long-beach688,425
2019-10-01los-angeles770,189
2019-10-01new-york-new-jersey666,381
2019-10-01norfolk-virginia266,976
2019-10-01oakland204,880
2019-10-01savannah428,382
2019-10-01seattle-tacoma310,066
2019-11-01charleston184,928
2019-11-01houston245,738
2019-11-01long-beach599,985
2019-11-01los-angeles728,918
2019-11-01new-york-new-jersey599,626
2019-11-01norfolk-virginia226,982
2019-11-01oakland197,343
2019-11-01savannah362,964
2019-11-01seattle-tacoma271,178
2019-12-01charleston187,882
2019-12-01houston250,946
2019-12-01long-beach665,261
2019-12-01los-angeles746,750
2019-12-01new-york-new-jersey584,743
2019-12-01norfolk-virginia224,902
2019-12-01oakland193,963
2019-12-01savannah360,835
2019-12-01seattle-tacoma284,452
2020-01-01charleston211,020
2020-01-01houston268,773
2020-01-01long-beach626,829
2020-01-01los-angeles806,144
2020-01-01new-york-new-jersey617,024
2020-01-01norfolk-virginia227,234
2020-01-01oakland211,250
2020-01-01savannah377,672
2020-01-01seattle-tacoma219,245
2020-02-01charleston197,214
2020-02-01houston255,474
2020-02-01long-beach538,428
2020-02-01los-angeles544,037
2020-02-01new-york-new-jersey579,124
2020-02-01norfolk-virginia207,816
2020-02-01oakland180,226
2020-02-01savannah364,406
2020-02-01seattle-tacoma212,374
2020-03-01charleston185,632
2020-03-01houston248,840
2020-03-01long-beach517,664
2020-03-01los-angeles449,568
2020-03-01new-york-new-jersey560,830
2020-03-01norfolk-virginia219,315
2020-03-01oakland190,189
2020-03-01savannah335,789
2020-03-01seattle-tacoma201,914
2020-04-01charleston176,151
2020-04-01houston221,540
2020-04-01long-beach519,731
2020-04-01los-angeles688,999
2020-04-01new-york-new-jersey559,929
2020-04-01norfolk-virginia207,244
2020-04-01oakland201,918
2020-04-01savannah337,891
2020-04-01seattle-tacoma193,967
2020-05-01charleston169,706
2020-05-01houston222,250
2020-05-01long-beach628,206
2020-05-01los-angeles581,665
2020-05-01new-york-new-jersey537,412
2020-05-01norfolk-virginia201,837
2020-05-01oakland185,595
2020-05-01savannah337,360
2020-05-01seattle-tacoma183,430
2020-06-01charleston156,493
2020-06-01houston210,932
2020-06-01long-beach602,180
2020-06-01los-angeles691,475
2020-06-01new-york-new-jersey511,306
2020-06-01norfolk-virginia210,669
2020-06-01oakland199,011
2020-06-01savannah338,287
2020-06-01seattle-tacoma222,388
2020-07-01charleston176,974
2020-07-01houston234,737
2020-07-01long-beach753,082
2020-07-01los-angeles856,389
2020-07-01new-york-new-jersey607,463
2020-07-01norfolk-virginia221,029
2020-07-01oakland219,080
2020-07-01savannah360,696
2020-07-01seattle-tacoma206,272
2020-08-01charleston208,837
2020-08-01houston248,630
2020-08-01long-beach725,611
2020-08-01los-angeles961,833
2020-08-01new-york-new-jersey688,365
2020-08-01norfolk-virginia247,349
2020-08-01oakland225,489
2020-08-01savannah441,596
2020-08-01seattle-tacoma214,632
2020-09-01charleston195,101
2020-09-01houston254,405
2020-09-01long-beach795,580
2020-09-01los-angeles883,625
2020-09-01new-york-new-jersey720,969
2020-09-01norfolk-virginia256,439
2020-09-01oakland225,807
2020-09-01savannah412,138
2020-09-01seattle-tacoma246,854
2020-10-01charleston216,197
2020-10-01houston296,210
2020-10-01long-beach806,603
2020-10-01los-angeles980,729
2020-10-01new-york-new-jersey755,437
2020-10-01norfolk-virginia274,215
2020-10-01oakland216,665
2020-10-01savannah464,095
2020-10-01seattle-tacoma238,740
2020-11-01charleston207,067
2020-11-01houston262,930
2020-11-01long-beach753,524
2020-11-01los-angeles889,746
2020-11-01new-york-new-jersey738,885
2020-11-01norfolk-virginia279,868
2020-11-01oakland197,695
2020-11-01savannah464,805
2020-11-01seattle-tacoma249,319
2020-12-01charleston209,607
2020-12-01houston276,443
2020-12-01long-beach815,886
2020-12-01los-angeles879,186
2020-12-01new-york-new-jersey709,075
2020-12-01norfolk-virginia260,401
2020-12-01oakland208,340
2020-12-01savannah447,520
2020-12-01seattle-tacoma246,594
2021-01-01charleston216,265
2021-01-01houston255,039
2021-01-01long-beach764,007
2021-01-01los-angeles835,516
2021-01-01new-york-new-jersey721,284
2021-01-01norfolk-virginia270,969
2021-01-01oakland199,098
2021-01-01savannah459,607
2021-01-01seattle-tacoma239,185
2021-02-01charleston182,269
2021-02-01houston198,763
2021-02-01long-beach771,735
2021-02-01los-angeles799,315
2021-02-01new-york-new-jersey625,120
2021-02-01norfolk-virginia248,526
2021-02-01oakland190,489
2021-02-01savannah390,804
2021-02-01seattle-tacoma217,241
2021-03-01charleston248,797
2021-03-01houston297,397
2021-03-01long-beach840,386
2021-03-01los-angeles957,599
2021-03-01new-york-new-jersey789,776
2021-03-01norfolk-virginia279,514
2021-03-01oakland241,468
2021-03-01savannah498,065
2021-03-01seattle-tacoma275,483
2021-04-01charleston225,136
2021-04-01houston275,840
2021-04-01long-beach746,189
2021-04-01los-angeles946,966
2021-04-01new-york-new-jersey712,799
2021-04-01norfolk-virginia286,405
2021-04-01oakland221,838
2021-04-01savannah466,634
2021-04-01seattle-tacoma241,606
2021-05-01charleston230,871
2021-05-01houston288,127
2021-05-01long-beach907,216
2021-05-01los-angeles1,012,048
2021-05-01new-york-new-jersey796,423
2021-05-01norfolk-virginia314,941
2021-05-01oakland226,406
2021-05-01savannah478,621
2021-05-01seattle-tacoma270,678
2021-06-01charleston231,759
2021-06-01houston292,587
2021-06-01long-beach724,297
2021-06-01los-angeles876,430
2021-06-01new-york-new-jersey749,400
2021-06-01norfolk-virginia281,346
2021-06-01oakland222,483
2021-06-01savannah446,814
2021-06-01seattle-tacoma270,595
2021-07-01charleston244,822
2021-07-01houston297,621
2021-07-01long-beach784,846
2021-07-01los-angeles890,800
2021-07-01new-york-new-jersey758,810
2021-07-01norfolk-virginia293,127
2021-07-01oakland211,396
2021-07-01savannah449,915
2021-07-01seattle-tacoma246,556
2021-08-01charleston234,689
2021-08-01houston320,086
2021-08-01long-beach807,705
2021-08-01los-angeles954,377
2021-08-01new-york-new-jersey780,782
2021-08-01norfolk-virginia307,023
2021-08-01oakland220,052
2021-08-01savannah485,595
2021-08-01seattle-tacoma245,829
2021-09-01charleston205,008
2021-09-01houston281,500
2021-09-01long-beach748,473
2021-09-01los-angeles903,865
2021-09-01new-york-new-jersey724,418
2021-09-01norfolk-virginia306,217
2021-09-01oakland182,935
2021-09-01savannah472,062
2021-09-01seattle-tacoma267,622
2021-10-01charleston234,923
2021-10-01houston328,486
2021-10-01long-beach789,716
2021-10-01los-angeles902,644
2021-10-01new-york-new-jersey796,704
2021-10-01norfolk-virginia318,482
2021-10-01oakland173,310
2021-10-01savannah504,347
2021-10-01seattle-tacoma253,164
2021-11-01charleston250,711
2021-11-01houston314,576
2021-11-01long-beach745,489
2021-11-01los-angeles811,460
2021-11-01new-york-new-jersey759,390
2021-11-01norfolk-virginia290,760
2021-11-01oakland189,111
2021-11-01savannah495,749
2021-11-01seattle-tacoma263,861
2021-12-01charleston246,199
2021-12-01houston303,204
2021-12-01long-beach754,314
2021-12-01los-angeles786,589
2021-12-01new-york-new-jersey770,753
2021-12-01norfolk-virginia325,527
2021-12-01oakland169,661
2021-12-01savannah464,951
2021-12-01seattle-tacoma200,307
2022-01-01charleston226,516
2022-01-01houston323,427
2022-01-01long-beach800,944
2022-01-01los-angeles865,595
2022-01-01new-york-new-jersey765,050
2022-01-01norfolk-virginia262,020
2022-01-01oakland193,205
2022-01-01savannah476,713
2022-01-01seattle-tacoma223,443
2022-02-01charleston230,420
2022-02-01houston271,399
2022-02-01long-beach796,560
2022-02-01los-angeles857,764
2022-02-01new-york-new-jersey759,248
2022-02-01norfolk-virginia296,202
2022-02-01oakland194,388
2022-02-01savannah460,413
2022-02-01seattle-tacoma244,896
2022-03-01charleston264,334
2022-03-01houston308,557
2022-03-01long-beach863,156
2022-03-01los-angeles958,674
2022-03-01new-york-new-jersey862,117
2022-03-01norfolk-virginia314,698
2022-03-01oakland214,460
2022-03-01savannah444,690
2022-03-01seattle-tacoma266,261
2022-04-01charleston264,098
2022-04-01houston334,493
2022-04-01long-beach820,719
2022-04-01los-angeles887,357
2022-04-01new-york-new-jersey802,963
2022-04-01norfolk-virginia323,244
2022-04-01oakland188,495
2022-04-01savannah495,783
2022-04-01seattle-tacoma206,960
2022-05-01charleston255,105
2022-05-01houston335,366
2022-05-01long-beach890,989
2022-05-01los-angeles967,900
2022-05-01new-york-new-jersey845,305
2022-05-01norfolk-virginia341,611
2022-05-01oakland224,298
2022-05-01savannah519,388
2022-05-01seattle-tacoma253,883
2022-06-01charleston196,225
2022-06-01houston323,823
2022-06-01long-beach835,412
2022-06-01los-angeles876,611
2022-06-01new-york-new-jersey859,953
2022-06-01norfolk-virginia316,250
2022-06-01oakland215,953
2022-06-01savannah494,107
2022-06-01seattle-tacoma240,942
2022-07-01charleston216,098
2022-07-01houston328,498
2022-07-01long-beach785,843
2022-07-01los-angeles935,424
2022-07-01new-york-new-jersey776,167
2022-07-01norfolk-virginia317,691
2022-07-01oakland160,356
2022-07-01savannah530,800
2022-07-01seattle-tacoma194,193
2022-08-01charleston223,412
2022-08-01houston382,842
2022-08-01long-beach806,940
2022-08-01los-angeles805,315
2022-08-01new-york-new-jersey843,191
2022-08-01norfolk-virginia340,925
2022-08-01oakland211,123
2022-08-01savannah575,515
2022-08-01seattle-tacoma216,018
2022-09-01charleston226,808
2022-09-01houston353,524
2022-09-01long-beach741,823
2022-09-01los-angeles709,873
2022-09-01new-york-new-jersey842,219
2022-09-01norfolk-virginia312,230
2022-09-01oakland184,729
2022-09-01savannah436,279
2022-09-01seattle-tacoma215,599
2022-10-01charleston256,879
2022-10-01houston371,994
2022-10-01long-beach658,428
2022-10-01los-angeles678,429
2022-10-01new-york-new-jersey792,548
2022-10-01norfolk-virginia318,452
2022-10-01oakland202,487
2022-10-01savannah552,806
2022-10-01seattle-tacoma211,781
2022-11-01charleston213,073
2022-11-01houston348,950
2022-11-01long-beach588,743
2022-11-01los-angeles639,344
2022-11-01new-york-new-jersey723,069
2022-11-01norfolk-virginia285,944
2022-11-01oakland184,607
2022-11-01savannah464,883
2022-11-01seattle-tacoma188,586
2022-12-01charleston219,350
2022-12-01houston288,027
2022-12-01long-beach544,105
2022-12-01los-angeles728,872
2022-12-01new-york-new-jersey613,011
2022-12-01norfolk-virginia273,966
2022-12-01oakland163,028
2022-12-01savannah440,760
2022-12-01seattle-tacoma186,986
2023-01-01charleston215,239
2023-01-01houston319,990
2023-01-01long-beach573,773
2023-01-01los-angeles726,014
2023-01-01new-york-new-jersey645,430
2023-01-01norfolk-virginia288,380
2023-01-01oakland179,228
2023-01-01savannah421,714
2023-01-01seattle-tacoma164,683
2023-02-01charleston201,419
2023-02-01houston313,452
2023-02-01long-beach543,676
2023-02-01los-angeles487,846
2023-02-01new-york-new-jersey571,177
2023-02-01norfolk-virginia256,967
2023-02-01oakland153,837
2023-02-01savannah394,793
2023-02-01seattle-tacoma176,119
2023-03-01charleston193,085
2023-03-01houston300,589
2023-03-01long-beach603,879
2023-03-01los-angeles623,231
2023-03-01new-york-new-jersey574,425
2023-03-01norfolk-virginia248,815
2023-03-01oakland170,266
2023-03-01savannah367,880
2023-03-01seattle-tacoma178,658
2023-04-01charleston214,101
2023-04-01houston307,879
2023-04-01long-beach656,050
2023-04-01los-angeles688,110
2023-04-01new-york-new-jersey648,462
2023-04-01norfolk-virginia256,414
2023-04-01oakland174,482
2023-04-01savannah408,686
2023-04-01seattle-tacoma174,371
2023-05-01charleston198,824
2023-05-01houston300,482
2023-05-01long-beach758,226
2023-05-01los-angeles779,140
2023-05-01new-york-new-jersey676,311
2023-05-01norfolk-virginia265,875
2023-05-01oakland178,513
2023-05-01savannah400,511
2023-05-01seattle-tacoma163,947
2023-06-01charleston203,092
2023-06-01houston315,983
2023-06-01long-beach597,076
2023-06-01los-angeles833,035
2023-06-01new-york-new-jersey624,512
2023-06-01norfolk-virginia263,998
2023-06-01oakland155,827
2023-06-01savannah381,826
2023-06-01seattle-tacoma185,139
2023-07-01charleston208,134
2023-07-01houston344,163
2023-07-01long-beach578,250
2023-07-01los-angeles684,291
2023-07-01new-york-new-jersey725,479
2023-07-01norfolk-virginia298,202
2023-07-01oakland181,555
2023-07-01savannah447,587
2023-07-01seattle-tacoma162,273
2023-08-01charleston203,170
2023-08-01houston307,624
2023-08-01long-beach682,313
2023-08-01los-angeles828,016
2023-08-01new-york-new-jersey662,740
2023-08-01norfolk-virginia287,233
2023-08-01oakland179,162
2023-08-01savannah413,294
2023-08-01seattle-tacoma169,359

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