February 26, 2026
Container carriers schedule reliability dropped a little in January
Sea-Intelligence published issue 174 of the Global Liner Performance report, with schedule reliability figures up to and including January 2026.
In January 2026, global industry schedule reliability dropped by -0.4 percentage points M/M to 62.4%, the highest monthly figure in 2021-2026. On a Y/Y level, schedule reliability was up 11.0 percentage points.
The average delay for LATE vessel arrivals also deteriorated, increasing M/M by 0.07 days to 5.17 days. This is the highest figure since February 2025. On a Y/Y level, the January 2026 figure was -0.21 days lower.
Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk were the joint-most reliable top-13 carriers in January 2026 with schedule reliability of 72.2%. The following seven carriers were in the 60-70% range, while the remaining four carriers were in the 50-60% range.
Source: Sea-Intelligence