# Ship Queue Up 33% on the Week, Still 52% Below Five-Year Median _Jun 23, 2026_ > US ship queue up 33% on the week to 8 ships awaiting berth, still 52% below the five-year median. LA/Long Beach and NY/NJ both read Flowing. Long Beach loaded imports 16% above the five-year median on the latest monthly release. The national container ship queue rose **33% week over week** to **8 ships awaiting berth** (MARAD and Marine Exchange), but remains **52% below the five-year median**. At LA/Long Beach, the queue fell to **1 ship awaiting berth** (MARAD/Marine Exchange), down 50% on the week and at its trailing-12-month normal. Both LA/Long Beach and NY/NJ are reading Flowing on import friction. [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: 0** (MARAD/Marine Exchange), down 100% week over week. The queue cleared entirely as of June 23. - **LA/Long Beach truck planning-time index: 4.07** (BTS), at its trailing-12-month normal of 4.07. Import-friction read for the complex: Flowing. - **NY/NJ truck planning-time index: 3.82** (BTS), 4% below the five-year median and near its trailing-12-month normal of 3.97. Import-friction read: Flowing. - **Long Beach loaded imports: 418,851 TEU** on the latest monthly release (Port of Long Beach), 16% above the five-year median. - **Houston loaded imports: 188,276 TEU** on the latest monthly release (Port of Houston), 19% above the five-year median. Monthly TEU figures reflect the most recently published port authority release and land weeks after the month closes. Vessel dwell at berth is a BTS archived series through mid-2023 and is not available for the current period. --- Canonical URL: https://the-dwell.com/issues/2026-06-23