Global liner schedule reliability slumped to its lowest point of 2026 in July, according to the latest Sea-Intelligence Global Liner Performance (GLP) report.
The report tracks performance across 34 trade lanes and more than 60 carriers. Schedule reliability fell 6.1 percentage points month-on-month to 56.4 per cent, the weakest figure since February 2025, and was down 8.8 percentage points year-on-year, according to the 120-page report, now in its 180th issue.
Vessel delays also deepened. The average delay for late arrivals rose 0.59 days month-on-month to 6.06 days, the highest level recorded in 2026 and the worst since January 2024. Year-on-year, the July figure was 1.34 days higher.
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Among the top 13 carriers, Maersk led the field with schedule reliability of 73.7 per cent, the only carrier to break the 70 per cent threshold. Hapag-Lloyd followed at 69.3 per cent, the sole carrier in the 60-70 per cent range, while five others sat in the 50-60 per cent band.
Wan Hai posted the weakest performance of any carrier, at 29.8 per cent reliability. No carrier improved month-on-month, with MSC suffering the sharpest fall, down 11.9 percentage points. The year-on-year picture was uniformly negative across all 13 carriers, with Wan Hai recording the steepest decline at 24.4 percentage points.
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