Shippingtelegraph: Container line schedule reliability drops to 62.6% in June

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Denmark-based research and analysis specialist Sea‑Intelligence reported that global schedule reliability dropped M/M in June 2026 by ‑1.9 percentage points to 62.6%, the second‑highest reliability figure for the year.

Sea-Intelligence released its 179 issue of the Global Liner Performance (GLP) report, with schedule reliability figures up to and including June 2026.

On a Y/Y level, schedule reliability was lower by ‑4.7 percentage points. Despite declining schedule reliability, the average delay for late vessel arrivals improved, decreasing M/M by ‑0.34 days to 5.31 days, although it is still the third-highest figure for this month. On a Y/Y level, the June 2026 figure was 0.78 days higher.

Maersk was the most reliable top-13 carrier in June 2026 with schedule reliability of 77.1%.

Hapag‑Lloyd followed with 75.6%, and MSC with 72.1%; they were the only three carriers with schedule reliability over 70%.

CMA CGM was the only carrier in the 60-70% range, while eight of the remaining nine carriers were in the 50-60% range.

Alan Murphy, chief executive of Sea-Intelligence, said only two carriers recorded a M/M improvement in schedule reliability in June 2026, with ZIM recording the largest increase of 0.8 percentage points. Coincidentally, only two carriers also recorded a Y/Y improvement in June 2026, with MSC recording the largest increase of 5.0 percentage points.

In May/June 2026 Gemini was the most reliable carrier alliance with schedule reliability of 93.4%, followed by MSC with 80.7%, and Ocean Alliance with 67.6%.