- Global Reliability Falls to 61.4% in October 2025.
- Average Vessel Delay Rises to 4.98 Days.
- Maersk Leads Carriers; PIL at the Bottom.
The global industry saw a drop in schedule reliability, slipping 3.5 percentage points month-over-month to 61.4%. This marks only the second significant monthly decline of 2025. On a brighter note, reliability is still up by 11.1 percentage points compared to last year, reports Sea Intelligence.
Vessel Delays on the Rise
Average delays for vessels arriving late have crept up slightly by 0.04 days, now sitting at 4.98 days in October. However, when we look at the year-over-year data, delays have improved significantly, showing a reduction of 0.87 days compared to October 2024.
Carrier Performance Rankings
Maersk continues to lead the pack as the top-performing carrier with a schedule reliability of 74.1%. Hapag-Lloyd and MSC follow closely behind at 69.6% and 65.9%, respectively. Most of the other carriers, 9 out of the remaining 10, are in the 50–60% reliability range. Unfortunately, PIL ranked the lowest with a reliability of just 44.9%.
Methodology: Two Metrics for Alliances
Since we didn’t have destination-arrival data for the new alliances at the start of 2025, we’re now using two different measures:
- All Arrivals – which includes arrivals in both the origin and destination regions
- Trade Arrivals – similar to the traditional alliance metric
As these new alliances develop, we expect both measures to start aligning.
Alliance Performance in Sept/Oct 2025
Gemini Cooperation topped both metrics with:
- 88.6% for All Arrivals
- 86.0% for Trade Arrivals
MSC followed with:
- 77.5% for All
- 80.5% for Trade
On the other hand, Premier Alliance didn’t perform as well, showing:
- 64.6% for All
- 54.6% for Trade
Among the “old alliances,” where both metrics match, Ocean Alliance reported a reliability of 65.0%.
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Source: Sea Intelligence
