Global schedule reliability falls to 56.4% in July

Global container shipping schedule reliability fell sharply in July 2026, according to the latest Global Liner Performance report from Sea-Intelligence.

Schedule reliability declined by 6.1 percentage points from June to 56.4%.

This was the lowest level recorded in 2026 and the weakest result since February 2025.

Compared with July 2025, global schedule reliability declined by 8.8 percentage points.

Vessel delays rise to 6.06 days

The average delay for late vessel arrivals increased by 0.59 days from the previous month to 6.06 days.

This was the highest average delay recorded during 2026 and the highest level since January 2024.

The July result was also 1.34 days higher than one year earlier.

Maersk leads carrier reliability

Maersk was the most reliable among the 13 largest carriers in July, recording schedule reliability of 73.7%.

The carrier was the only one to achieve reliability above 70%.

Hapag-Lloyd ranked second with 69.3% and was the only carrier in the 60% to 70% range.

Five of the remaining carriers recorded schedule reliability between 50% and 60%.

Wan Hai was the least reliable carrier, with schedule reliability of 29.8%.

All major carriers record monthly declines

None of the 13 largest carriers improved their schedule reliability from the previous month.

MSC recorded the steepest monthly decline at 11.9 percentage points.

None of the carriers achieved year-on-year improvement either.

Wan Hai posted the largest annual decline, with its schedule reliability falling by 24.4 percentage points from July 2025.

The findings appear in issue 180 of Sea-Intelligence’s Global Liner Performance report.

The full report covers schedule reliability across 34 trade lanes and more than 60 container carriers.

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