June 02, 2026
Container carriers schedule reliability increased by 0.4 percentage points in April
Sea-Intelligence has published issue 177 of the Global Liner Performance (GLP) report, with schedule reliability figures up to and including April 2026.
In April 2026, global industry schedule reliability increased by 0.4 percentage points M/M to 62.4%, making this the highest figure for 2026 so far. On a Y/Y level, schedule reliability was higher by 4.0 percentage points.
With improving schedule reliability, the average delay for LATE vessel arrivals also improved, decreasing M/M by -0.27 days to 5.34 days. Despite this, on a Y/Y level, the April 2026 figure was 0.31 days higher.
Maersk was the most reliable top-13 carrier in April 2026 with schedule reliability of 76.1%, followed by Hapag-Lloyd with 75.1%. Five carriers each were in the 60-70% and 50-60% ranges. Five carriers recorded an M/M improvement in schedule reliability in April 2026, while 11 of the 13 carriers recorded a Y/Y improvement.
Source: Sea-Intelligence