# LA/Long Beach Ship Queue Clears to Zero, US Total Falls to 2 _Jul 26, 2026_ > 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._ 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. [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: 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. --- Canonical URL: https://the-dwell.com/issues/2026-07-26