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Northwest Seaport Alliance — Monthly Container Volume
Total container volume handled by The Northwest Seaport Alliance, the joint cargo operation of the Ports of Seattle and Tacoma, in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) per month. Includes international imports and exports, loaded and empty, and domestic trade with Alaska and Hawaii.
265,692
TEUs · Sep 2026
▼ 8.1% y/y
Maritime shipping →
- Port Klang — Daily Port CallsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund31Oct 9, 2026
▼ 10.1% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Port Klang — Daily Cargo Handled (Estimated)Metric tons · Daily · International Monetary Fund278,000Oct 9, 2026
▼ 7.8% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Yucatán Channel — Daily Ship TransitsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund66Oct 11, 2026
▼ 1.0% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Windward Passage — Daily Ship TransitsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund18Oct 11, 2026
▲ 0.8 ships y/y, 28-day avg.
- Tsugaru Strait — Daily Ship TransitsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund58Oct 11, 2026
▲ 13.1% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Torres Strait — Daily Ship TransitsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund5Oct 11, 2026
▼ 8.0% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Taiwan Strait — Daily Ship TransitsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund246Oct 11, 2026
▲ 1.0% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Sunda Strait — Daily Ship TransitsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund34Oct 11, 2026
▲ 12.2% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Suez Canal — Daily Ship TransitsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund43Oct 11, 2026
▲ 7.3% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Suez Canal — Daily Cargo in Transit (Estimated)Metric tons · Daily · International Monetary Fund1,300,000Oct 11, 2026
▲ 18.5% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Strait of Magellan — Daily Ship TransitsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund2Oct 11, 2026
▲ 2.7 ships y/y, 28-day avg.
- Strait of Hormuz — Daily Ship TransitsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund2Oct 11, 2026
▼ 77 ships y/y, 28-day avg.
- Strait of Hormuz — Daily Cargo in Transit (Estimated)Metric tons · Daily · International Monetary Fund77,400Oct 11, 2026
▼ 2,634,787 metric tons y/y, 28-day avg.
- Strait of Gibraltar — Daily Ship TransitsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund130Oct 11, 2026
▼ 4.8% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Strait of Gibraltar — Daily Cargo in Transit (Estimated)Metric tons · Daily · International Monetary Fund3,460,000Oct 11, 2026
▲ 4.3% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Port of Singapore — Daily Port CallsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund118Oct 9, 2026
▼ 9.6% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Port of Singapore — Daily Cargo Handled (Estimated)Metric tons · Daily · International Monetary Fund1,800,000Oct 9, 2026
▼ 10.7% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Port of Shanghai — Daily Port CallsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund71Oct 9, 2026
▼ 43 ships y/y, 28-day avg.
- Port of Shanghai — Daily Cargo Handled (Estimated)Metric tons · Daily · International Monetary Fund1,770,000Oct 9, 2026
▼ 639,009 metric tons y/y, 28-day avg.
- Port of Santos — Daily Port CallsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund17Oct 9, 2026
▼ 0.7 ships y/y, 28-day avg.
- Port of Santos — Daily Cargo Handled (Estimated)Metric tons · Daily · International Monetary Fund604,000Oct 9, 2026
▲ 8,815 metric tons y/y, 28-day avg.
- Port of Rotterdam — Daily Port CallsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund77Oct 9, 2026
▲ 7.9% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Port of Rotterdam — Daily Cargo Handled (Estimated)Metric tons · Daily · International Monetary Fund614,000Oct 9, 2026
▼ 8.1% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Port of Ningbo — Daily Port CallsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund45Oct 9, 2026
▼ 12 ships y/y, 28-day avg.
- Port of Ningbo — Daily Cargo Handled (Estimated)Metric tons · Daily · International Monetary Fund2,030,000Oct 9, 2026
▲ 63,643 metric tons y/y, 28-day avg.
- Port of New York and New Jersey — Daily Port CallsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund7Oct 9, 2026
▼ 1.2 ships y/y, 28-day avg.
- Port of New York and New Jersey — Daily Cargo Handled (Estimated)Metric tons · Daily · International Monetary Fund190,000Oct 9, 2026
▼ 48,355 metric tons y/y, 28-day avg.
- Port of Jebel Ali — Daily Port CallsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund4Oct 9, 2026
▼ 20 ships y/y, 28-day avg.
- Port of Jebel Ali — Daily Cargo Handled (Estimated)Metric tons · Daily · International Monetary Fund95,500Oct 9, 2026
▼ 516,138 metric tons y/y, 28-day avg.
- Port of Hong Kong — Daily Port CallsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund36Oct 9, 2026
▼ 4.5 ships y/y, 28-day avg.
- Port of Hong Kong — Daily Cargo Handled (Estimated)Metric tons · Daily · International Monetary Fund561,000Oct 9, 2026
▲ 90,611 metric tons y/y, 28-day avg.
- Port of Hamburg — Daily Port CallsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund18Oct 9, 2026
▲ 10.3% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Port of Hamburg — Daily Cargo Handled (Estimated)Metric tons · Daily · International Monetary Fund329,000Oct 9, 2026
▼ 1.7% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Port of Busan — Daily Port CallsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund36Oct 9, 2026
▼ 0.3% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Port of Busan — Daily Cargo Handled (Estimated)Metric tons · Daily · International Monetary Fund479,000Oct 9, 2026
▲ 31.7% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Port of Antwerp — Daily Port CallsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund59Oct 9, 2026
▲ 21.1% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Port of Antwerp — Daily Cargo Handled (Estimated)Metric tons · Daily · International Monetary Fund571,000Oct 9, 2026
▲ 46.9% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Panama Canal — Daily Ship TransitsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund32Oct 11, 2026
▼ 10.2% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Panama Canal — Daily Cargo in Transit (Estimated)Metric tons · Daily · International Monetary Fund893,000Oct 11, 2026
▼ 11.0% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Øresund Strait — Daily Ship TransitsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund38Oct 11, 2026
▼ 25.7% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Ombai Strait — Daily Ship TransitsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund11Oct 11, 2026
▼ 16.3% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Mona Passage — Daily Ship TransitsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund8Oct 11, 2026
▼ 13.0% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Mindoro Strait — Daily Ship TransitsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund40Oct 11, 2026
▲ 59.1% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Malacca Strait — Daily Ship TransitsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund223Oct 11, 2026
▼ 5.0% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Malacca Strait — Daily Cargo in Transit (Estimated)Metric tons · Daily · International Monetary Fund8,240,000Oct 11, 2026
▼ 2.2% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Makassar Strait — Daily Ship TransitsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund55Oct 11, 2026
▲ 18.4% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Luzon Strait — Daily Ship TransitsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund110Oct 11, 2026
▲ 22 ships y/y, 28-day avg.
- Lombok Strait — Daily Ship TransitsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund35Oct 11, 2026
▼ 3.9% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Korea Strait — Daily Ship TransitsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund192Oct 11, 2026
▼ 8.2% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Kerch Strait — Daily Ship TransitsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund2Oct 11, 2026
▼ 19 ships y/y, 28-day avg.
- Dover Strait — Daily Ship TransitsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund185Oct 11, 2026
▼ 7.2% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Dover Strait — Daily Cargo in Transit (Estimated)Metric tons · Daily · International Monetary Fund4,180,000Oct 11, 2026
▲ 7.6% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Cape of Good Hope — Daily Ship TransitsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund90Oct 11, 2026
▼ 18.8% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Bosporus Strait — Daily Ship TransitsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund54Oct 11, 2026
▼ 36 ships y/y, 28-day avg.
- Bosporus Strait — Daily Cargo in Transit (Estimated)Metric tons · Daily · International Monetary Fund449,000Oct 11, 2026
▼ 678,732 metric tons y/y, 28-day avg.
- Bohai Strait — Daily Ship TransitsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund149Oct 11, 2026
▲ 3.1% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Bering Strait — Daily Ship TransitsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund5Oct 11, 2026
▲ 0.8 ships y/y, 28-day avg.
- Balabac Strait — Daily Ship TransitsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund11Oct 11, 2026
▲ 1.1 ships y/y, 28-day avg.
- Bab el-Mandeb Strait — Daily Ship TransitsShips · Daily · International Monetary Fund31Oct 11, 2026
▼ 15.4% y/y, 28-day avg.
- Bab el-Mandeb Strait — Daily Cargo in Transit (Estimated)Metric tons · Daily · International Monetary Fund1,140,000Oct 11, 2026
▼ 18.6% y/y, 28-day avg.
- San Pedro Bay Ports — Monthly Container VolumeTEUs · Monthly · CK Economics calculation from Port of Los Angeles Historical TEU Statistics and Port of Long Beach TEUs archive1,875,899Aug 2026
▲ 0.8% y/y
- San Pedro Bay — Weekly Containerships Awaiting BerthsVessels · Weekly · U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics3Oct 13, 2026
- Port of Oakland — Monthly Container VolumeTEUs · Monthly · Port of Oakland188,517Sep 2026
▲ 5.4% y/y
- Port of Los Angeles — Monthly Container VolumeTEUs · Monthly · Port of Los Angeles1,042,652Sep 2026
▲ 18.1% y/y
- Port of Long Beach — Monthly Container VolumeTEUs · Monthly · Port of Long Beach919,992Aug 2026
▲ 2.0% y/y
- Marine Cargo Handling — Monthly Producer Price IndexIndex (Dec 1991=100) · Monthly · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics191.3Sep 2026
▲ 1.3% y/y
- Los Angeles Customs District — Monthly Seafood ImportsUS$ millions · Monthly · NOAA Fisheries346.2Aug 2026
▲ 20.8% y/y
- Deep Sea Freight — Monthly Producer Price IndexIndex (Jun 1988=100) · Monthly · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics534.8Sep 2026
▲ 36.8% y/y
- Port of Oakland — Monthly Loaded Container ImportsTEUs · Monthly · Port of Oakland82,975Sep 2026
▲ 9.6% y/y
- Port of Oakland — Monthly Loaded Import-to-Export RatioRatio · Monthly · Port of Oakland1.31Sep 2026
▲ 4.1% y/y
- Port of Oakland — Monthly Loaded Container ExportsTEUs · Monthly · Port of Oakland63,299Sep 2026
▲ 5.3% y/y
- Port of Oakland — Monthly Loaded Container SharePercent · Monthly · Port of Oakland77.6Sep 2026
▲ 1.7 pp y/y
- Port of Los Angeles — Monthly Loaded Container ImportsTEUs · Monthly · Port of Los Angeles545,696Sep 2026
▲ 18.6% y/y
- Port of Los Angeles — Monthly Loaded Import-to-Export RatioRatio · Monthly · Port of Los Angeles4.34Sep 2026
▲ 8.2% y/y
- Port of Los Angeles — Monthly Loaded Container ExportsTEUs · Monthly · Port of Los Angeles125,751Sep 2026
▲ 9.6% y/y
- Port of Los Angeles — Monthly Loaded Container SharePercent · Monthly · Port of Los Angeles64.4Sep 2026
▼ 0.7 pp y/y
Trucking & road →
- Long-Distance Truckload Freight — Monthly Producer Price IndexIndex (Dec 2003=100) · Monthly · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics219.4Sep 2026
▲ 17.9% y/y
- Diesel — Daily Spot Price (New York Harbor)US$ per gallon · Daily · U.S. Energy Information Administration5.07Oct 14, 2026
▲ 125.2% y/y
- California — Weekly Diesel Retail PriceUS$ per gallon · Weekly · U.S. Energy Information Administration8.09Oct 12, 2026
▲ 63.8% y/y
Air cargo
Pressure points
- Suez Canal
- Panama Canal
- Strait of Malacca
- Port congestion