Overview
- The port handled 10.2 million containers in 2025—its third‑best year—and kept its 26‑year run as the nation’s busiest gateway, with sharp month‑to‑month swings linked to President Trump’s shifting tariff policies.
- The port advanced capacity plans, including an October request for proposals to study a new Pier 500 terminal and development of a Maritime Support Facility on Terminal Island.
- California’s transportation agency rejected raising the Vincent Thomas Bridge during a redecking project in November, and port officials are now working with the governor’s office to evaluate alternatives, including a potential new crossing.
- Officials reported the lowest per‑container emissions of any port globally and highlighted zero‑emission efforts backed by a $412 million EPA Clean Ports grant plus $230 million in non‑federal funding.
- Cruise traffic set a record with 1.6 million passengers on 241 calls, and a new Outer Harbor Cruise Center is planned by Pacific Cruise Terminals as the port also prepares to host 2028 Olympic sailing events.