Container carriers schedule reliability dropped 2.2 percentage points in July

August 29, 2025

Sea-Intelligence published issue 168 of the Global Liner Performance report, with schedule reliability figures up to and including July 2025.

In July 2025, schedule reliability declined month-over-month (M/M) for the first time since January 2025, dropping by -2.2 percentage points M/M to 65.2%.

On a year-over-year level, schedule reliability in July 2025 was up by 13.0 percentage points. The average delay for late vessel arrivals deteriorated, increasing by 0.14 days M/M to 4.68 days.

Maersk was the most reliable top-13 carrier with schedule reliability of 80.6%, followed by Hapag-Lloyd with 74.0%. The next 6 carriers were in the 60%-70% range, and the remaining carriers were in the 50%-60% range.

Source: Sea-Intelligence