Topic
Schedule reliability
Every Vessel Hunter story on Schedule reliability: 9 stories, from 22 August 2026 to 17 September 2026. Newest: "Maersk Overtakes COSCO to Lead the Intra-Asia Container Trade". Each story links to the ships and ports it names, so a name in the text opens the record behind it.
Maersk Overtakes COSCO to Lead the Intra-Asia Container Trade
Maersk has passed COSCO as the largest operator in the intra-Asia container trade with more than 340,000 teu deployed, adding around 34,000 teu year-on-year.
Maersk resumes limited Suez transits but warns strain will persist
Maersk has restarted Suez transits on three services while telling customers to plan for variable lead times across India, the Middle East and Africa.
German Port Strike Deepens Congestion Already Holding 160,000 TEU at Anchor
A 48-hour warning strike at Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Bremen, Wilhelmshaven, Emden and Brake landed on top of North European congestion already absorbing about 5% of deepsea containership capacity.
Record 4.3m TEU Waiting for a Berth as Typhoons Hit Chinese Ports Again
Global container congestion has passed the Covid-era peak, with stranded capacity equal to 12.6 percent of the world container fleet.
Port Congestion Absorbs 2.3m TEU as Container Fleet Faces a Suez Reset
Delays have rendered 6.6% of the containership fleet effectively unavailable, masking a tonnage release that a full return to Suez would turn into an 8.7% contraction in head-haul demand.
Container schedule reliability falls to 56.4% in July, the lowest of 2026
Sea-Intelligence data shows schedule reliability fell 6.1 percentage points month-on-month in July to 56.4%, with none of the top 13 carriers improving on the month.
Container Schedule Reliability Falls to 62.6% as Peak Season Bites
Global container schedule reliability fell from 64.5% in May to 62.6% in June, with nearly 40% of vessels missing published schedules and average delays of 5.3 days.
Container Port Congestion Hits Record 4.3m Teu Waiting to Berth
Congestion has removed more than 4.3m teu of capacity from circulation, surpassing the pandemic peak in absolute terms and keeping freight and charter rates elevated.
Delays and Congestion Now Absorb 5% of Global Container Capacity
Sea-Intelligence puts the absorption rate at 5.0 percent against a 2011-2019 norm of 2.2 percent, with schedule reliability stuck at 60-65 percent.
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