# West Coast ships at anchor Container ships at anchor off West 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 West Coast ports is 0 ships as of week of Jul 20, 2026, below its trailing-12-month normal of 1 ship. This is a coast-wide anchorage count, ships at anchor off West 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 West Coast ports fell to zero for the week of July 20, down from one ship the prior month and a year ago. The reading sits well below the five-year median of three 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 | 0 ships | 0 ships | n/a | | Month over month | 0 ships | 1 ship | -100.0% | | Year over year | 0 ships | 1 ship | -100.0% | | vs 5-yr median | 0 ships | 3 ships | -100.0% | ## About West Coast ships at anchor This page counts the container ships at anchor off West 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: West Coast Coast - Unit: vessels - Calculation period: Weekly reading - Last observation: week of Jul 20, 2026 - Update frequency: Weekly --- Cite: West Coast coast: 0 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/west-coast Canonical URL: https://the-dwell.com/anchored/west-coast