Sea-Intelligence has published issue 176 of the Global Liner Performance report, with schedule reliability figures up to and including March 2026.

In March 2026, global industry schedule reliability increased by 3.9 percentage points M/M to 62.2%, making this the joint-highest figure for 2026. On a Y/Y level, schedule reliability was higher by 5.2 percentage points.

With improving schedule reliability, the average delay for LATE vessel arrivals also improved, decreasing M/M by -0.14 days to 5.48 days. Despite this, on a Y/Y level, the March 2026 figure was 0.36 days higher.

Hapag-Lloyd was the most reliable top-13 carrier in March 2026 with schedule reliability of 72.3%, followed by Maersk with 70.8%.

Eight carriers had reliability in the 60-70% range, while two were in the 50-60% range. Only two carriers recorded an M/M decline in schedule reliability, while 11 of the 13 carriers recorded a Y/Y improvement.

Source: Sea-Intelligence

 

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