# Ships Awaiting Berth at US Ports Run 58% Below the 5-Year Median _May 19, 2026_ > Ships awaiting berth at all US ports: 4 this week, 58% below the 5-year median. LA/Long Beach and NY/NJ read Flowing. West Coast loaded imports are mixed: Houston and LA/Long Beach above the 5-year median, Seattle/Tacoma below. Ships awaiting berth at all US container ports stood at 4 this week (per MARAD), 58% below the 5-year median and 20% lower than the prior week. At LA/Long Beach, 1 ship awaited berth, at its trailing-12-month normal of 1 ship (per MARAD and the Marine Exchange), and the import-friction read is Flowing. The BTS truck planning-time index at LA/Long Beach came in at 4.07, at its trailing-12-month normal of 4.07. [Chart: Ships awaiting berth, All US container ports (vessels)](https://the-dwell.com/waiting/all-us) ([data](https://the-dwell.com/waiting/all-us.md) — chart image: https://the-dwell.com/charts/waiting/all-us/chart.png) - **Savannah ships awaiting berth** (MARAD): 2 ships this week, up 100% week over week and 100% above the 5-year median, the sharpest relative move among tracked complexes. - **LA/Long Beach loaded imports** (Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach, latest available monthly data): Los Angeles posted 449,370 TEU (9.8% above the 5-year median) and Long Beach posted 418,851 TEU (15.8% above), for a combined 868,221 TEU against a trailing-12-month normal of 831,195 TEU. - **Houston loaded imports** (Port of Houston, latest available monthly data): 188,276 TEU, 18.6% above the 5-year median, the largest positive deviation by percentage among tracked ports. - **Seattle/Tacoma loaded imports** (Northwest Seaport Alliance, latest available monthly data): 87,186 TEU, 15.8% below the 5-year median, the largest negative deviation among tracked ports. - **NY/NJ** import-friction read: Flowing. BTS truck planning-time index at 3.82, 3.5% below the 5-year median and below the trailing-12-month normal of 3.97. Loaded imports at 340,365 TEU (Port Authority of NY/NJ, latest available monthly data), near the trailing-12-month normal of 372,973 TEU. Monthly loaded-import TEU figures land weeks after the reporting month. All figures above are the latest available, not current-week volumes. BTS vessel dwell at berth covers only the archived national series through mid-2023. --- Canonical URL: https://the-dwell.com/issues/2026-05-19