Jul 14, 2026
LA/Long Beach Ship Queue Doubles, Friction Read Stays Flowing
Ships awaiting berth at LA/Long Beach doubled week over week to 2 vessels but the complex holds Flowing. The broader US container-ship queue eased to 7 ships, now 44% below its five-year median.
Numbers as of Jul 14, 2026 pull
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The count of ships awaiting berth at LA/Long Beach doubled week over week to 2 vessels, per MARAD, now 33% above the five-year median. The complex's import-friction read holds at Flowing: 2 ships awaiting berth sits near its trailing-12-month normal of 1 ship and the BTS truck planning-time index is 4.07, at its trailing-12-month normal.
- Ships awaiting berth
- All US container ports, ships awaiting berth: 7 ships per MARAD, down 13% week over week and 44% below the five-year median. The national queue remains historically light heading into early summer peak-season positioning.
- Savannah, ships awaiting berth: 2 ships per MARAD, unchanged week over week and 33% below the five-year median.
- NY/NJ import-friction read: Flowing. The BTS truck planning-time index is 3.82, 4% below its five-year median. Loaded imports are 340,365 TEU, near their trailing-12-month normal of 372,973 TEU.
- Long Beach loaded imports: 418,851 TEU, 16% above the five-year median, per the Port of Long Beach.
- Houston loaded imports: 188,276 TEU, 19% above the five-year median, per the port authority.
- Seattle/Tacoma loaded imports: 87,186 TEU, 16% below the five-year median, per the port authority, running against the Gulf and broader West Coast volume gains.
Monthly TEU figures are the latest available and land weeks after their reporting month closes. Vessel dwell at berth is an archived national series through mid-2023 and is not in the current live data.