# East Coast ships at anchor Container ships at anchor off East Coast ports, weekly, from the BTS supply-chain indicators _Data through week of Jul 20, 2026 · source last checked Jul 28, 2026 · page revised Jul 26, 2026_ > Container ships at anchor off East Coast ports is 2 ships as of week of Jul 20, 2026, below its trailing-12-month normal of 6 ships. This is a coast-wide anchorage count, ships at anchor off East Coast ports. It is related to but broader than a single complex's awaiting-berth queue, and it is not a dwell time. Container ships at anchor off the East Coast fell to 2 vessels as of the week of July 20, down from 10 vessels the prior week. The count sits well below the trailing-12-month normal of 6 ships. ## 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 | 2 ships | 10 ships | -80.0% | | Month over month | 2 ships | 5 ships | -60.0% | | Year over year | 2 ships | 7 ships | -71.4% | | vs 5-yr median | 2 ships | 17 ships | -88.2% | ## About East Coast ships at anchor This page counts the container ships at anchor off East Coast ports, the coast-wide anchorage picture, weekly from the BTS supply-chain indicators. It is a broader lens than the per-complex awaiting-berth queue: a ship at anchor off the coast may be waiting for a berth at any of the coast's ports, holding for a schedule, or staged for other reasons, so the two counts are related but not the same number, and neither is a dwell time. Read this page for the coast's overall pressure and the per-complex queue pages for a specific gateway. A rising anchorage count across a coast is the widest early-warning signal the public record carries. ## About this data - Source: BTS Supply Chain and Freight Indicators - Series: Container ships at anchor off the coast's ports - Basis: Coast-wide anchorage count, not a berth queue or a dwell time - Geography: East Coast Coast - Unit: vessels - Calculation period: Weekly reading - Last observation: week of Jul 20, 2026 - Update frequency: Weekly --- Cite: East Coast coast: 2 ships container ships at anchor as of week of Jul 20, 2026, weekly (via BTS; an anchorage count, not a berth queue or dwell). The Dwell. https://the-dwell.com/anchored/east-coast Canonical URL: https://the-dwell.com/anchored/east-coast