Global schedule reliability in the container shipping industry experienced its first decline in six months, falling to 65.2% in July. The decrease of 2.2 percentage points from the previous month was reported by the Danish consultancy Sea-Intelligence in its latest Global Liner Performance report.
Despite the monthly drop, July’s performance was still 13 percentage points higher than the same period last year. The average delay for late vessel arrivals also increased slightly by 0.14 days, reaching an average of 4.68 days.
Carrier and Alliance Performance
Among the top 13 global carriers, Maersk led the on-time performance with 80.6% reliability, followed by Hapag-Lloyd at 74%. Most other carriers reported reliability between 60% and 70%, while HMM ranked lowest at 50.7%.
The report also highlighted the performance of new and existing alliances:
Gemini Cooperation recorded the highest reliability at 92.0% for all arrivals and 89.6% for trade arrivals.
MSC followed with 76.5% for all arrivals and 76.2% for trade arrivals.
Ocean Alliance achieved 69.4% on-time performance.
Premier Alliance had the lowest reliability at 54.6% for all arrivals and 54.8% for trade arrivals.
Sea-Intelligence noted its continued use of two reliability measures—one covering all arrivals and another for trade-specific arrivals—with the expectation that these two metrics will converge as new alliance structures stabilize.
Sea-Intelligence is a leading provider of maritime data and analysis, offering a wide range of reports on global shipping trends and market dynamics.
