# US Container Ship Queue at 8 Vessels, 41% Below the Five-Year Median _Jun 30, 2026_ > Ship queue at 8 vessels system-wide (MARAD), 41% below the five-year median. Both major complexes reading Flowing. Houston and Long Beach loaded imports running above five-year norms in the latest monthly port-authority release. Both major import complexes, LA/Long Beach and NY/NJ, are reading Flowing as early summer peak-season positioning begins. The ships-awaiting-berth count across all US container ports is **8 ships** per MARAD, **41% below the five-year median**, unchanged week-over-week. At LA/Long Beach, 1 ship awaited berth per MARAD and the Marine Exchange, near the complex's trailing-12-month normal of 1 ship. [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: 2 ships (MARAD), 43% below the five-year median, the steepest relative gap in this week's read. - **LA/Long Beach truck planning-time index (BTS):** 4.07, flat vs the complex's trailing-12-month normal of 4.07, within the Flowing band. - **NY/NJ truck planning-time index (BTS):** 3.82, 4% below the five-year median and near the complex's trailing-12-month normal of 3.97. - **Houston** loaded imports (port authority, latest available monthly release): 188,276 TEU, 19% above the five-year median, the largest relative beat among major ports. - **LA/Long Beach** loaded imports (port authority, latest available monthly): 868,221 TEU combined, near the complex's trailing-12-month normal of 831,195 TEU, with Long Beach at 418,851 TEU (16% above the five-year median) and Los Angeles at 449,370 TEU (10% above the five-year median). - **Seattle/Tacoma** loaded imports (port authority, latest available monthly): 87,186 TEU, 16% below the five-year median, the soft outlier in the current monthly read. NY/NJ loaded imports (port authority, latest available monthly): 340,365 TEU, near the complex's trailing-12-month normal of 372,973 TEU. _Vessel dwell at berth from BTS is an archived national series through mid-2023. No current vessel-dwell figures are in this digest. Monthly TEU volumes are the latest available port-authority releases and typically lag the reporting month by several weeks._ --- Canonical URL: https://the-dwell.com/issues/2026-06-30