Global schedule reliability update

As per the latest analysis by Sea-Intelligence on global schedule reliability, Maersk was the most reliable top-13 carrier in October 2025 with schedule reliability of 74.1%, followed by Hapag-Lloyd and MSC with 69.6% and 65.9%, respectively. Nine of the remaining 10 carriers were in the 50-60% range.

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, Sea-Intelligence introduced a new measure, based on all arrivals, including the origin region calls on the East/West trades. It continues to present both measures: “All arrivals” which is comparable to the February measure, and “Trade arrivals” which is comparable to the “old” alliances. When the new alliances are fully rolled out, these two measures will converge.

In September/October 2025, Gemini Cooperation recorded 88.6% schedule reliability across ALL arrivals, and 86.0% across TRADE arrivals, followed by MSC at 77.5% for ALL arrivals and 80.5% for TRADE arrivals, while Premier Alliance recorded 64.6% for ALL arrivals and 54.6% across TRADE Arrivals. For the “old” alliances, “ALL arrivals” are equal to “TRADE arrivals”, and Ocean Alliance scored 65.0%, the analysis said.

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