# LA/Long Beach Ship Queue Doubles, Friction Read Stays Flowing _Jul 14, 2026_ > 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._ 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. [Chart: Ships awaiting berth, All US container ports (vessels)](https://the-dwell.com/waiting/all-us) ([data](https://the-dwell.com/waiting/all-us.md) — chart image: https://the-dwell.com/charts/waiting/all-us/chart.png) - **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.* --- Canonical URL: https://the-dwell.com/issues/2026-07-14