Largest container ports in the U.S. based on container throughput 2020

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Martin Placek,
Dec 8, 2023
The Port of Los Angeles was the largest container port in the United States in 2020, handling roughly 6.5 million TEUs worth of containers. The Port of Long Beach, ranking second, processed about 5.7 million TEUs of containers that year.

Largest container ports in the United States (U.S.) in 2020, based on container throughput (in TEUs)

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December 2022

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United States

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

The twenty-foot equivalent unit (often TEU or teu) is the shipping industry’s standard unit of measure.
Throughput is defined as the total volume of cargo handled.
Release date is set as the date of access.

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