Port of Los Angeles Sets October Cargo Record as Strike Threat and Rail Delays Loom

By Lori-Ann LaRocco

The Port of Los Angeles handled a record 1,026,872 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in October, marking its second-busiest month ever and extending the strongest five-month cargo run in the port’s 118-year history.

The October total followed September’s all-time record of 1,042,652 TEUs, marking the first time the nation’s busiest container port has surpassed 1 million units in consecutive months. Los Angeles has now crossed that threshold three times in 2026, another first.

“On the heels of September’s all-time record, October makes it our second-best month ever,” said Port Executive Director Gene Seroka during a media briefing. “No other