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Vessel Traffic*
Ports of Long Beach & Los Angeles
2010-2015

With Comparison Data for Years 1997, 2000, 2007

Container vessel entering Los Angeles Harbor. Los Angeles Almanac Photo.

Port of Long Beach

Year Inbound Vessels* Outbound Vessels*
Total Foreign Domestic Total Foreign Domestic
2015 10,860 2,024 8,836 10,890 2,078 8,812
2014 12,765 2,046 10,719 12,678 2,059 10,619
2013 11,828 1,934 9,894 11,874 2,008 9,866
2012 13,052 1,996 11,056 13,006 2,008 10,998
2011 12,956 2,216 10,740 13,090 2,260 10,830
2010 23,098 2,066 21,032 23,076 2,037 21,039
2007 27,621 2,639 24,982 27,996 2,919 25,077
2000 29,853 2,538 27,315 29,641 2,575 27,066
1997 27,393 2,165 25,228 27,501 2,237 25,264

Port of Los Angeles

Year Inbound Vessels* Outbound Vessels*
Total Foreign Domestic Total Foreign Domestic
2015 10,003 1,705 8,298 9,982 1,719 8,263
2014 10,034 1,860 8,174 9,990 1,853 8,137
2013 9,686 1,900 7,786 9,725 1,895 7,830
2012 12,591 1,838 10,753 12,621 1,852 10,769
2011 11,914 1,955 9,959 11,841 1,930 9,911
2010 10,743 1,919 8,824 10,710 1,962 8,748
2007 9,821 2,443 7,378 9,841 2,467 7,374
2000 24,411 2,721 21,690 24,434 2,789 21,645
1997 19,403 2,343 17,060 19,418 2,371 17,047

*Includes all Self/Non-Self Propelled Passenger, Dry Cargo, Tanker and Tow/Tug Vessels

Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers