LA box dwell
Los Angeles import-container dwell
The daily count of import boxes on Port of Los Angeles terminals, split by how many days they have dwelt (0-4, 5-8, 9+). An inventory-age distribution, not an average dwell time.
Data through Sep 15, 2026 · source last checked Sep 15, 2026 · page revised Sep 15, 2026
Cite
- 9+ day share
About this data
- Source
- Port of Los Angeles Cargo Operations Dashboard, daily import-container dwell report
- Series
- Import boxes on POLA terminals by dwell-age bucket (0-4 / 5-8 / 9+ days)
- Basis
- A daily inventory-age distribution, not an average container-dwell time and not vessel dwell at berth
- Geography
- Port of Los Angeles
- Unit
- percent
- Calculation
- Daily business-day snapshot
- Last observation
- Sep 15, 2026
- Update frequency
- Daily
As of Sep 15, 2026, 14.4% of the 52,082 boxes of import containers on Port of Los Angeles terminals had dwelt 9 or more days (7,515 boxes), the aging tell. The 9+ day share is up 0.8 points day over day and up 0.9 points over the past week. This is an inventory-age distribution, a snapshot of how old the boxes on the terminal are today, not an average container-dwell time and not vessel dwell at berth. A rising 9+ day share means more boxes are sitting past their free time, an early warning for demurrage exposure.
Box dwell at Port of Los Angeles shows aging inventory: 14.4% of import boxes have dwelt 9 or more days (7,515 of 52,082 boxes), up 0.9 points over the week. More containers are running past their free time, an early signal of demurrage exposure.
| Dwell-age bucket | Import boxes on terminal | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| 9+ days (the aging tell) | 7,515 boxes | 14.4% |
| 5-8 days | 6,075 boxes | 11.7% |
| 0-4 days | 38,492 boxes | 73.9% |
| All import containers | 52,082 boxes | 100% |
| On-dock rail, awaiting loading | 12,415 boxes | 1,362 at 9+ days |
Previous weeks
Week of Sep 4, 2026
13.4% of import boxes at Port of Los Angeles terminals showed container dwell of 9 or more days as of Sep 4, up 0.8 points over the week. More boxes aging past free time is an early warning for demurrage exposure. The 0-4 day band held 70.5% of inventory and the 5-8 day band held 16.1%.
An earlier week
Container dwell at Los Angeles import terminals shows 11.2% of boxes at 9+ days as of Sep 1, 2026. The 9+ day share is up 0.7 points day over day and down 0.3 points over the past week. Boxes aging past their free time on the terminal signal demurrage exposure.
Week of Aug 25, 2026
The share of import containers at 9+ days on Port of Los Angeles terminals was 11.5% as of Aug 25, down 1.9 points day over day and over the past week. The aging tell eased but remains a demurrage-exposure signal for boxes past free time. Most of the 40,083 boxes on terminal, 77.2%, sit in the 0-4 day window.
An earlier week
Container dwell on terminal at Los Angeles: 13.3% of import boxes have dwelt 9 or more days, down 2.0 points over the past week. This is an inventory snapshot of how old the boxes are today, not an average dwell time or vessel dwell at berth.
About Los Angeles import-container dwell
This page tracks the Port of Los Angeles daily import-container dwell report: the count of loaded import boxes on the port's terminals, split into how long they have dwelt, 0-4 days, 5-8 days and 9 or more days, updated each business day from the Cargo Operations Dashboard. Read it as an inventory-age distribution: it tells you what share of the boxes on the terminal right now are aging, not how long the average box takes to leave (an average dwell time) and not how long a ship sits at the berth (vessel dwell). The 9+ day share is the congestion tell, because those are the boxes burning free time and heading toward demurrage. On-dock rail, where shown, is the count of import boxes staged on terminal awaiting a train. It is the Port of Los Angeles only; it is not blended with any other port or with the archived national vessel-dwell series.