California ports see the shipping wave while ships try to overcome the China tariff

A new wave of shipping from the oceans from China began to reach the Los Angeles and Long Beach Port, an increase in the flow of freight containers aimed at overcoming potential increases in customs tariffs. President Trump duty A final date on August 12 In order for the United States and China to agree to a trade agreement.

In recent days, the South California -Manager Tracking Service and Coast Guard showed an increase in the arrival of ships: Friday (64), Saturday (68), and Sunday (64).

Captain C. KIP Lottitt, CEO of MX Socal: “These are very strong expectations to increase the arrival of the container in the following week to two weeks.” He said he was the largest number of container ships on the way to the most crowded ports in the country since January 2025 (the previous highlands were in July and September 2024).

The expectations of the coming weeks include the average container ships coming from the maximum Asian novels, which are 16 days, those who come from Auckland and San Diego, which is one day, and others on their way from the Panama, South, Central America, Mexico, Hawaii and Alaska, with times of crossing between them.

It was expected to increase the containers, and their officials He stopped describing it as “an increase.” There is no expectation of high sustainable levels – Ocean shipping orders decreased two weeks after the increasing requests. There is no expectation to crowd in the western coast ports, due to the recent softness of the container movement. The trade war has prompted many American importers to stop the requests, and ships that reach the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports before the new wave were not full.

The stations in the Long Beach port work about 60 percent of the capacity. Mario Cordero, CEO of Port of Long Beach, tells CNBC that the port is well ready to deal with the expected height of traffic over the next few weeks and beyond.

Long Beach sailing – a lot has been canceled The trucks canceled the planned shipping ship Earlier this year during the initial stages of Trump’s trade war – heading down, from June 18 to Just 4 in July and August combined, Cordero said.

He added: “Coordination has been closely with the operators of the stations and work and our other partners to ensure that they need what they need and we look forward to increasing the flow of goods. We welcome the additional fading and look forward to solving commercial policy issues that led to a lot of uncertainty in the two trucks.”

The stations operate in the port of Los Angeles with 70 % of the capacity. Jin Seroka, CEO of Los Angeles Port, noticed in the monthly container update that the port would witness some marks of peak season orders in July. But he added: “Retail traders do not tell me that they are strengthening inventory levels to get wide choices on the products that start in the week of Thanksgiving Day and operate until the end of the year. So I don’t see it too.”

The stations in the Los Angeles port work with less than 30 % of the goods on the sidewalks today more than the peak during Covid. “We have a large space for goods management,” Seroka said in the update.

Ships that arrive now will be full. This increase in containers will serve as a boost for brazes, railways and warehouse companies that receive their salaries with a shipping load.

CNBC told CNBC that the rise in goods in recent weeks compared to “May” has restored more people to work on our sidewalks.

He added that the flow of goods is still less than the usual for the month of June, and “there are final dates looming on the trade negotiation in July and August will affect the size of the size of the rest of the year.”