Container volume
Oakland container volume (TEU)
Monthly loaded imports, loaded exports and empties at the Port of Oakland, in TEU
Data through Jun 2026 · source last checked Sep 1, 2026 · page revised Aug 18, 2026
Cite
- Loaded imports
About this data
- Source
- Port authority monthly container statistics, republished by BTS
- Series
- Monthly loaded imports, loaded exports and empties
- Geography
- Oakland
- Unit
- TEU
- Calculation
- Monthly
- Last observation
- Jun 2026
- Update frequency
- Monthly
Loaded imports at Oakland were 78,114 TEU in June 2026, up 11% year over year and down 3% versus the same month of 2019. Loaded imports are the import-demand read; empties are repositioned boxes. This is the latest month published, not the current week.
Loaded imports at Oakland were 78,114 TEU in June, up 11% year over year but down 3% from June 2019. Loaded exports moved 65,140 TEU, up 9% year over year and down 13% versus 2019, while empty containers ran 26,969 TEU, down 4% year over year and down 23% from 2019. June is the latest month available, not the current week.
| Stream | Latest (June 2026) | MoM | YoY | vs 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loaded imports | 78,114 TEU | -6.8% | +11.1% | -3.4% |
| Loaded exports | 65,140 TEU | -6.0% | +9.3% | -13.0% |
| Empty containers | 26,969 TEU | +1.0% | -4.1% | -23.2% |
Previous weeks
Week of Aug 13, 2026
Loaded imports at Oakland reached 83,809 TEU in May, up 5.7% year over year but still 2.5% short of May 2019. Loaded exports gained 2.9% year over year to 69,284 TEU yet lag 11.3% below 2019. Empty container volumes dropped to 26,699 TEU, off 37% from 2019, reflecting the east-west trade imbalance. This is May data, the latest month published.
About Oakland container volume (TEU)
This page tracks monthly container volume at the Port of Oakland in TEU, twenty-foot equivalent units, split into loaded imports, loaded exports and empty containers. Loaded imports are the demand signal a US importer watches; empties are a tell about trade imbalance and equipment. The numbers are the port authority's own, re-published by BTS, and they land weeks after the month they cover, so a reading here is the latest month available rather than the current week.