Importers Stock Up Amid Strike Threat and Tariff Concerns
The busiest container complex in the U.S. continues to churn through near-record import volumes as businesses bring goods in ahead of potential tariff increases and the threat of a dockworker strike hangs over alternate ports.
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which account for roughly a third of all U.S. container imports, have seen a surge this summer just shy of an all-time high reached in May 2021. Back then, a wave of inbound consumer goods caused supply bottlenecks on land and a queue of cargo ships waiting for a berth offshore was getting longer by the day.
