Monthly loaded import container volumes (TEUs) at the Port of Los Angeles — the largest US container gateway and the earliest, most-watched read on national import demand. Loaded imports flow into drayage and intermodal trucking within 2–6 weeks of vessel discharge, making this a leading indicator for spot-rate and contract-bid activity.
Loaded imports — 2026-06
530.6k
▲ 81.2k TEU MoM
Loaded import TEUs, latest month
Source: Port of Los Angeles
Loaded import container volume at the Port of Los Angeles is one of the earliest demand signals available to trucking fleets and dealers. Each loaded import container becomes a drayage move off the terminal within days and, if routed inland by truck or intermodal rail, becomes a long-haul load within weeks. As the largest US container gateway, LA is the national bellwether. The 2026-06 reading is 530,558 loaded import TEUs, up 12.8% year over year. Because these flows convert to trucking demand with a 30–60 day lag, dealers and fleet planners use port volumes to time equipment orders, driver hiring, and contract-bid posture. Figures are read directly from the Port of Los Angeles official monthly statistics table.
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TEU stands for twenty-foot equivalent unit, the standard container measurement. One 20-foot container equals 1 TEU; one 40-foot container equals 2 TEUs. The figures on this page are loaded import TEUs only — they exclude empty containers and US exports, which don't generate the same inbound trucking demand.
The Port of Los Angeles is the largest container port in the United States and, with neighboring Long Beach, handles roughly a third of all US containerized imports. Its monthly loaded-import figure is the most-watched, earliest-published port volume in the industry, which makes it a clean bellwether for national import demand.
Loaded imports typically convert to drayage moves within 5 to 15 days of vessel discharge, and long-haul capacity gets pulled from the port within 2 to 6 weeks as inland distribution runs. A sustained surge in loaded imports usually shows up in contract bid pricing and spot rates 30 to 60 days later.
The Port of Los Angeles publishes its container statistics for the prior month during the second half of the following month. TruckRadar reads the figures directly from the Port's official monthly statistics table and refreshes weekly.
Empty containers and US exports don't produce new inbound trucking demand the way loaded imports do. Focusing on loaded imports gives the cleanest, most comparable signal for fleets and dealers tracking intermodal and drayage demand.
TruckRadar previously tracked five ports, but four of them stopped publishing machine-readable monthly statistics (their pages moved to interactive dashboards with no structured data feed). Rather than show modeled or stale numbers, this page now reports only the Port of LA, which still publishes a clean, verifiable monthly table. We'll add other ports back if a reliable source becomes available.