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Jul 26, 2026

LA/Long Beach Ship Queue Clears to Zero, US Total Falls to 2

Ships awaiting berth at LA/Long Beach cleared to zero per MARAD and the Marine Exchange, 100% below the five-year median. The all-US count fell 80% on the week to 2 ships. All three major complexes: Flowing.

Numbers as of Jul 26, 2026 pull

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The ships-awaiting-berth count at LA/Long Beach cleared to zero this week, per MARAD and the Marine Exchange, 100% below the five-year median and below the trailing-12-month normal of 1 ship. The all-US ships-awaiting-berth count fell 80% week over week to 2 ships, per MARAD, now running 90% below the five-year median. All three major complexes hold a Flowing import-friction read as early-summer peak-season positioning gets underway.

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  • Savannah ships awaiting berth: 1 ship, down 80% week over week (per MARAD and the Marine Exchange), 90% below the five-year median and below its trailing-12-month normal of 2 ships. Import-friction read: Flowing.
  • East Coast ships at anchor: 2 ships, down 80% week over week, per MARAD, 88% below the five-year median.
  • West Coast and Gulf Coast ships at anchor: 0 ships each, per MARAD, both 100% below their five-year medians.
  • LA/Long Beach truck planning-time index: 4.07, per BTS, at its trailing-12-month normal of 4.07. Import-friction read: Flowing.
  • NY/NJ truck planning-time index: 3.82, per BTS, near its trailing-12-month normal of 3.97. No public ships-awaiting-berth series exists for NY/NJ. Import-friction read: Flowing.

Latest available loaded-import volumes from the respective port authorities: LA/Long Beach 868,221 TEU (near its trailing-12-month normal of 831,195 TEU), NY/NJ 400,995 TEU (near its trailing-12-month normal of 372,973 TEU) and Savannah 258,832 TEU (near its trailing-12-month normal of 231,586 TEU).

Monthly loaded-import TEU figures land weeks after the reference month. The volumes above are the latest available from each port authority, not a current-week reading.

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