Sea-Intelligence: 2026 starts with global schedule reliability of 62.4%

Sea-Intelligence has published issue 174 of the Global Liner Performance (GLP) 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. PIL was the least reliable carrier with schedule reliability of 50.1%. Only seven carriers recorded an M/M improvement, while twelve carriers recorded a Y/Y improvement in schedule reliability.

In December/January 2026, Gemini Cooperation recorded 89.5% schedule reliability across ALL arrivals and 88.3% across TRADE arrivals, followed by MSC at 68.7% for ALL arrivals and 66.8% for TRADE arrivals. Premier Alliance recorded 58.8% for ALL arrivals and 59.4% across TRADE arrivals. For the “old” alliances, “ALL arrivals” remain equal to “TRADE arrivals,” and Ocean Alliance scored 64.0%.

Traditionally, alliance scores are based on just the arrivals in destination regions, but as that metric was not available for the new alliances in February, we introduced a new measure, based on all arrivals, including the origin region calls on the East/West trades. We continue to present both measures, “All arrivals” which is comparable to the February measure, and “Trade arrivals”, which is comparable to the “old” alliances.

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