Ports of Los Angeles, Oakland set April container volume records The ports of Los Angeles and Oakland both had their busiest April ever for container throughput as the US West Coast remained inundated by imports from Asia, the ports said May 13. The Port of Los Angeles was making progress in reducing the queue of ships at anchor in San Pedro Bay, handling 946,966 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in April, up by 37.2% year on year and its fourth highest ever monthly volume. Total throughput at the Port of Oakland in April increased by 8% year on year to 217,993 TEUs as it attracted more import volumes from Southern California, passing 100,000 TEUs of loaded imports for the first time but generating a ship queue of its own.