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Facts and Figures

Facilities
Acreage: 7,500 acres (4,300 land/3,200 water)
Berths:

270 (including nine Alternative Maritime Power™ (AMP™) berths)
Container Cranes:

85 (including 36 Super Post-Panamax Plus cranes)
Marinas:

16 (3,795 recreational boat slips)
Terminals:

Automobile (1)
Breakbulk (2)
Container (9)
Dry Bulk (2)
Liquid Bulk (7)
Passenger (2)
Waterfront:

43 miles (water depth of -53 feet)

Cargo Statistics
Automobiles Handled:

206,865 (CY 2012)
195,643 (CY 2011)

Cargo Tonnage:
Million Metric Revenue Tons (MMRT)

175.2 MMRT (FY 2012)
160.9 MMRT (FY 2011)
Cargo Value: $283.6 billion (CY 2012)
$271.1 billion (CY 2011)

Container Volume:
Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs)

8.1 million TEUs (CY 2012)
7.9 million TEUs (CY 2011)

Container Volume Ranking:
Source: The JOC Top 50 World Container Ports, Journal of Commerce (2011)

1st in the U.S. (# 1 U.S. ranking since 2000)
16th in the world
8th in the world when combined with the neighboring Port of Long Beach
(San Pedro Bay Ports Complex)
Cruise Traffic:

426,093 passengers (CY 2012)
608,385 passengers (CY 2011)
Vessel Arrivals (Ship Calls):

2,180 (CY 2012)
2,181 (CY 2011)

Trade Statistics
Top Containerized Imports:
Top five, in TEUs, CY 2012

Furniture – 412,057
Apparel – 327,070
Auto Parts – 318,808
Electronic Products – 217,707
Footwear – 145,906
Top Containerized Exports:
Top five, in TEUs, CY 2012

Wastepaper –332,054
Animal Feeds – 197,013
Scrap Metal – 196,845
Cotton – 108,700
Resins – 68,309
Top Foreign Trade Routes: 
Top five, Percentage of Total Volume, CY 2012

Northeast Asia – 75.2%
Southeast Asia – 15.3%
India/Other Asia – 4.3%
Central America – 1.7%
Northern Europe – 1.1%

Top Trading Partners:
Top five, in Cargo Value, CY 2012

China/Hong Kong – $138 billion
Japan – $46 billion
South Korea – $17 billion
Taiwan – $13 billion
Vietnam – $10 billion

Financial Statistics
Bond Ratings:

Aa2 (Moody’s Investors Service)
AA (Standard & Poor’s)
AA (Fitch Ratings)
Net Income:

$101.9 million (FY 2012)
$96.1 million (FY 2011)
Total Operating Revenue:

$409.8 million (FY 2012)
$400.5 million (FY 2011)

Economic Impacts
Employment (Direct):

994 authorized positions at the City of Los Angeles Harbor Department
Employment (Related):

896,000 jobs throughout the Region
1.2 million jobs throughout California
3.6 million jobs throughout the U.S.
Market Share:
Total Loaded TEUs, CY 2012

41.4% West Coast
19.4% Nationwide

State and Local Tax Revenue:

$6 billion throughout California
$23 billion throughout the U.S.

Value of Trade to the Economy:

$63 billion throughout California
$260 billion throughout the U.S.


This page last updated on March 21, 2013 1:12 PM