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 Jul 27, 2026 · source last checked Jul 28, 2026 · page revised Jul 28, 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
- Jul 27, 2026
- Update frequency
- Daily
As of Jul 27, 2026, 12.2% of the 41,357 boxes of import containers on Port of Los Angeles terminals had dwelt 9 or more days (5,028 boxes), the aging tell. The 9+ day share is down 0.2 points day over day and up 3.2 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.
The 9+ day share of import containers on Port of Los Angeles terminals reached 12.4% as of July 24, up 1.0 point from the prior day and 3.3 points over the past week. More boxes sitting past their free time means rising demurrage exposure.
| Dwell-age bucket | Import boxes on terminal | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| 9+ days (the aging tell) | 5,028 boxes | 12.2% |
| 5-8 days | 5,786 boxes | 14.0% |
| 0-4 days | 30,543 boxes | 73.9% |
| All import containers | 41,357 boxes | 100% |
| On-dock rail, awaiting loading | 13,575 boxes | 1,522 at 9+ days |
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.