# Savannah ships awaiting berth Container ships waiting offshore for a berth to open at Savannah, weekly, from MARAD and the Marine Exchange _Data through week of Aug 24, 2026 · source last checked Sep 1, 2026 · page revised Sep 1, 2026_ > Ships awaiting berth at Savannah is 4 ships as of week of Aug 24, 2026, above its trailing-12-month normal of 2 ships. This is a ship QUEUE, not a dwell time. Well below the 2021 to 2023 congestion era, when the queue ran into the dozens. Ships awaiting berth at Savannah rose to 4 this week, up 100% week over week from 2 ships (per MARAD). At 4 ships, the queue is above the trailing-12-month normal of 2 and 20% below the five-year median. The elevated count relative to the trailing-12-month normal places Savannah's friction read at Some pressure. ## Period moves and the seasonal vs-N-yr median (a prior-years comparison). The card verdict and the friction board use each series' trailing-12-month median, the friction rule. | Period | Current | Prior | Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Week over week | 4 ships | 2 ships | +100.0% | | Month over month | 4 ships | 2 ships | +100.0% | | Year over year | 4 ships | 3 ships | +33.3% | | vs 5-yr median | 4 ships | 5 ships | -20.0% | ## About Savannah ships awaiting berth This page tracks the number of container ships waiting offshore for a berth to open at Savannah. It is a queue, a count of ships, and it is not a dwell time: a vessel in the queue has not yet reached a berth. The count comes from MARAD and the Marine Exchange and updates weekly, so it is the most current congestion signal on the site. A rising queue is an early warning that boxes will start to sit; an empty queue is shown as zero ships, never as a zero dwell. ## About this data - Source: MARAD and the Marine Exchange, via BTS Supply Chain and Freight Indicators - Series: Container ships awaiting berth - Basis: Queue count, not a dwell time - Geography: Savannah - Unit: vessels - Calculation period: Weekly reading - Last observation: week of Aug 24, 2026 - Update frequency: Weekly --- Cite: Savannah: 4 ships awaiting berth as of week of Aug 24, 2026, weekly from MARAD and the Marine Exchange (via BTS). The Dwell. https://the-dwell.com/waiting/savannah Canonical URL: https://the-dwell.com/waiting/savannah