Global container schedule reliability rose to 54.9 per cent in February 2025—its highest level since May 2024.
According to Sea-Intelligence’s latest Global Liner Performance report, on a year-on-year (YoY) level, the February 2025 score was higher by 1.8 percentage points in schedule reliability.
The improvement comes amid major shifts in the liner alliance landscape, including the launch of Gemini Cooperation and Premier Alliance, and the phase-out of 2M and THE Alliance.
Sea-Intelligence also highlighted MSC’s position, noting that while the carrier is not part of an alliance, its extensive solo operations on East/West trades mean it cannot be overlooked in an alliance context.
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Maersk topped the reliability rankings among major carriers with 60.2 per cent, followed by MSC (57.4 per cent) and Hapag-Lloyd (57.3 per cent).
Though still in early rollout, the new alliances posted strong origin port performance: Gemini Cooperation led with 94 per cent reliability, ahead of MSC (79.6 per cent) and Premier Alliance (60.4 per cent).
Ocean Alliance stood at 54.1 per cent, while THE Alliance and 2M recorded 45.3 per cent and 44.2 per cent, respectively.
Alan Murphy, CEO of Sea-Intelligence, noted: “It is important to stress that the new alliances are just in the beginning phase of their network roll-out, and they will only be fully rolled out in July 2025, and only then will it be possible to truly evaluate their performance.
“It is nevertheless an interesting data point, to see how they have performed on the initial origin arrivals.”
Throughout 2024, schedule reliability in the global shipping industry remained steady, consistently falling within the 50-55 per cent range.
