CMA CGM sailing schedules
Over the last 90 days, CMA CGM departed on schedule about 71.8% of the time across 7,805 observed sailings, with roughly 28.2% of departures behind schedule and 90th-percentile schedule drift of about 75 hours (3.1 days). For your exact route, compare CMA CGM against every other line on the lane by transit time and observed arrival reliability before you book.
CMDU · schedule data as of Jul 28, 2026.
What you get for CMA CGM
- Forward sailings: vessel, voyage, service loop, departure and arrival dates, and cut-offs where CMA CGM publishes them.
- Coverage: global Ocean Alliance trades plus a deep Mediterranean and West Africa network.
- Reliability: once a lane has enough tracked port calls, we score CMA CGM on actual-vs-scheduled arrival, not on the schedule it published. Thin lanes are shown as low-sample, never guessed.
- Same shape as every line: CMA CGM reads the same as MSC, Maersk, or any other carrier, so you can rank them side by side.
How CMA CGM reliability is scored
We don't take a carrier's word for its transit time. When SchedulesMCP has enough tracked arrivals on a CMA CGM lane, it compares each actual arrival against what was scheduled and reports the observed on-time rate and the median and p90 transit. Lanes without enough observations are labelled low-sample rather than given a made-up score, so a number, when you see one, is real.
Compare CMA CGM against the alliance
CMA CGM rarely runs a lane alone. Put your origin and destination into the live tool to rank CMA CGM against every other line on that exact pair by transit time and observed reliability before you book.
Schedule footprint
What we currently track for CMA CGM across the forward schedule window: the sailings, the distinct port-pairs, and the named service loops behind them.
Top lanes CMA CGM sails
The busiest port-pairs on CMA CGM's network by tracked sailings. Open a lane for the full carrier line-up and upcoming departures.
| Lane | Sailings | Median transit |
|---|---|---|
| Shenzhen → Long Beach | 116 | 29 days |
| Hong Kong → Long Beach | 84 | 26 days |
| CNDLC → Seattle | 82 | 36 days |
| CNDLC → New York | 82 | 45 days |
| CNDLC → Vancouver | 82 | 38 days |
| Shenzhen → Hamburg | 78 | 41 days |
| Kaohsiung → Long Beach | 77 | 25 days |
| CNDLC → Norfolk | 76 | 44 days |
| CNDLC → Savannah | 76 | 50 days |
| Shenzhen → Rotterdam | 72 | 34 days |
Schedule reliability
How much CMA CGM's published departures moved over the last 90 days, measured from the revisions to their own ETDs, not from a survey. Higher drift means the board shifts more often after it's posted.
How reliable is CMA CGM for on-time arrival?
Across 19 lanes and 271 tracked sailings, CMA CGM ships arrive on schedule about 52% of the time, measured from actual versus forecast arrivals, not the published timetable. It is most reliable on Ningbo → Los Angeles (100%), and least reliable on Qingdao → Chennai (ex Madras) (13%).
Most reliable lanes
| Lane | On-time arrivals | Tracked sailings |
|---|---|---|
| Ningbo → Los Angeles | 100% | 9 |
| Xiamen → Los Angeles | 92% | 12 |
| Shanghai → Mundra | 70% | 10 |
Least reliable lanes
| Lane | On-time arrivals | Tracked sailings |
|---|---|---|
| Qingdao → Chennai (ex Madras) | 13% | 8 |
| Shanghai → Chennai (ex Madras) | 13% | 8 |
| Tianjin Pt → Antwerpen | 31% | 16 |
CMA CGM schedules & reliability: FAQ
How reliable is CMA CGM for on-time arrival?
Across 19 lanes and 271 tracked sailings, CMA CGM ships arrive on schedule about 52% of the time (actual vs forecast arrivals), best on Ningbo → Los Angeles at 100%.
How reliable is CMA CGM?
Over the last 90 days, CMA CGM departed on schedule about 71.8% of the time across 7,805 observed sailings, with roughly 28.2% of departures behind schedule and 90th-percentile schedule drift of about 75 hours (3.1 days).
How reliable is CMA CGM on my lane?
CMA CGM's on-time reliability varies by lane, so SchedulesMCP scores it per route from actual versus scheduled arrivals rather than quoting one figure. Enter your origin and destination in the Compare tool to see CMA CGM's observed on-time percentage and transit time on that exact lane; lanes with too few tracked arrivals are marked early-data instead of guessed.
How do I compare CMA CGM against other carriers?
Open the Compare tool, enter an origin and destination, and CMA CGM is ranked side by side with every other carrier on that lane by observed on-time reliability, transit time, next departure and sailing frequency, so you can see before you book whether CMA CGM or a rival is the better call.
Where do CMA CGM sailing schedules come from?
CMA CGM sailings come from CMA CGM's published schedule API, normalised into the same schedule shape as every other line.
What trades does CMA CGM cover?
CMA CGM (CMDU) covers global Ocean Alliance trades plus a deep Mediterranean and West Africa network. SchedulesMCP normalises those forward sailings into the same shape as every other line so they rank directly against each other.