April 02, 2026
Container carriers schedule reliability dropped to 59.0% in February
Sea-Intelligence has published issue 175 of the Global Liner Performance (GLP) report, with schedule reliability figures up to and including February 2026.
In February 2026, global industry schedule reliability dropped by -3.2 percentage points M/M to 59.0%, making this the lowest figure recorded since April 2025. On a Y/Y level though, schedule reliability was higher by 5.0 percentage points.
With declining schedule reliability, the average delay for LATE vessel arrivals also deteriorated, increasing M/M by 0.16 days to 5.49 days. This is the highest figure since February 2025. Despite this, on a Y/Y level, the February 2026 figure was -0.04 days lower.
Hapag-Lloyd was the most reliable top-13 carrier in February 2026 with schedule reliability of 67.4%, with five more carriers in the 60-70% range, six in the 60-70% range. Only three carriers recorded an M/M improvement, while twelve carriers recorded a Y/Y improvement.
Source: Sea-Intelligence