October 30, 2026
Sea-Intelligence published issue 182 of the Global Liner Performance report, with schedule reliability figures up to and including September 2026.
Schedule reliability improved by 0.9 percentage points M/M in September 2026 to 50.6%. The marginal improvement comes after three consecutive M/M drops, with an aggregate drop of -14.8 percentage points, from a peak of 64.5% in May.
The average delay of late vessel arrivals also improved, decreasing by -0.30 days M/M to 6.65 days. Despite this improvement, the average delay for late vessel arrivals in September 2026 is the second-highest figure for the month.
Maersk was the most reliable top-13 carrier in September 2026 with schedule reliability of 64.8%, followed by Hapag-Lloyd with schedule reliability of 60.4%.
Source: Sea-Intelligence