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Jun 23, 2026

Ship Queue Up 33% on the Week, Still 52% Below Five-Year Median

US ship queue up 33% on the week to 8 ships awaiting berth, still 52% below the five-year median. LA/Long Beach and NY/NJ both read Flowing. Long Beach loaded imports 16% above the five-year median on the latest monthly release.

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The national container ship queue rose 33% week over week to 8 ships awaiting berth (MARAD and Marine Exchange), but remains 52% below the five-year median. At LA/Long Beach, the queue fell to 1 ship awaiting berth (MARAD/Marine Exchange), down 50% on the week and at its trailing-12-month normal. Both LA/Long Beach and NY/NJ are reading Flowing on import friction.

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  • Savannah ships awaiting berth: 0 (MARAD/Marine Exchange), down 100% week over week. The queue cleared entirely as of June 23.
  • LA/Long Beach truck planning-time index: 4.07 (BTS), at its trailing-12-month normal of 4.07. Import-friction read for the complex: Flowing.
  • NY/NJ truck planning-time index: 3.82 (BTS), 4% below the five-year median and near its trailing-12-month normal of 3.97. Import-friction read: Flowing.
  • Long Beach loaded imports: 418,851 TEU on the latest monthly release (Port of Long Beach), 16% above the five-year median.
  • Houston loaded imports: 188,276 TEU on the latest monthly release (Port of Houston), 19% above the five-year median.

Monthly TEU figures reflect the most recently published port authority release and land weeks after the month closes. Vessel dwell at berth is a BTS archived series through mid-2023 and is not available for the current period.

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