# Gulf Coast Anchor Count Doubles to 2, US Queue Flat at 10 _Sep 15, 2026_ > All three tracked complexes at Flowing. Gulf Coast ships at anchor doubled week over week to 2, still 50% below its five-year median. The US ships-awaiting-berth total holds flat at 10 ships, 70% below the five-year median. _Numbers as of Sep 15, 2026 pull._ All three tracked complexes, LA/Long Beach, NY/NJ and Savannah, hold at Flowing, with the US ships-awaiting-berth total flat at **10 ships** and 70% below the five-year median per MARAD and the Marine Exchange. The Gulf Coast ships-at-anchor count doubled week over week to **2 ships** (MARAD), the largest week-over-week move in the digest, though it remains 50% below the five-year median. [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/issues/ports/2026-09-15/waiting/all-us.png) - **Gulf Coast ships at anchor: 2 ships, up 100% week over week from 1 ship** (MARAD). Still 50% below the five-year median. The doubling is the top percentage move in the digest this week; at 2 ships the absolute level is not a congestion signal. - **East Coast ships at anchor: 7 ships, down 22% week over week** (MARAD). Now 71% below the five-year median. The count eased on the week during peak season. - **Savannah ships awaiting berth: 2 ships** (MARAD and Marine Exchange), flat on the week, near Savannah's trailing-12-month normal of 2 ships and 85% below the five-year median. Friction read: Flowing. - **LA/Long Beach ships awaiting berth: 1 ship** (MARAD and Marine Exchange), at its trailing-12-month normal of 1 ship and at the five-year median. Truck planning-time index 2.19 (BTS), below its trailing-12-month normal of 4.07. Friction read: Flowing. - **NY/NJ truck planning-time index: 2.37** (BTS), below its trailing-12-month normal of 3.95. No public ships-awaiting-berth series for NY/NJ. Friction read: Flowing. - **West Coast ships at anchor: 1 ship** (MARAD), 50% below the five-year median. **Latest available loaded imports (monthly figures, landing weeks after the reported month):** LA/Long Beach 917,583 TEU, near its trailing-12-month normal of 831,412 TEU (port authority); NY/NJ 388,842 TEU, near its trailing-12-month normal of 372,973 TEU (port authority); Savannah 240,445 TEU, near its trailing-12-month normal of 231,586 TEU (port authority). Per the Northwest Seaport Alliance's Aug. 20, 2026 release, NWSA YTD July full imports declined 13.7% and July 2026 full imports fell 11.6% year over year, with YTD total container volume reaching 1,672,744 TEU, down 11.3%. *Data note: Vessel dwell at berth (BTS) is an archived series through mid-2023 and carries no current reading; monthly loaded import TEU figures are the latest available and land weeks after the reported month.* --- Canonical URL: https://the-dwell.com/issues/2026-09-15