HMM sailing schedules
Over the last 90 days, HMM departed on schedule about 0% of the time across 1,580 observed sailings, with roughly 100% of departures behind schedule and 90th-percentile schedule drift of about 48 hours (2 days). For your exact route, compare HMM against every other line on the lane by transit time and observed arrival reliability before you book.
HDMU · schedule data as of Jul 28, 2026.
What you get for HMM
- Forward sailings: vessel, voyage, service loop, departure and arrival dates, and cut-offs where HMM publishes them.
- Coverage: Premier Alliance east–west trades plus intra-Asia services.
- Reliability: once a lane has enough tracked port calls, we score HMM 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: HMM reads the same as MSC, Maersk, or any other carrier, so you can rank them side by side.
How HMM reliability is scored
We don't take a carrier's word for its transit time. When SchedulesMCP has enough tracked arrivals on a HMM 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 HMM against the alliance
HMM rarely runs a lane alone. Put your origin and destination into the live tool to rank HMM against every other line on that exact pair by transit time and observed reliability before you book.
Schedule footprint
What we currently track for HMM across the forward schedule window: the sailings, the distinct port-pairs, and the named service loops behind them.
Top lanes HMM sails
The busiest port-pairs on HMM's network by tracked sailings. Open a lane for the full carrier line-up and upcoming departures.
| Lane | Sailings | Median transit |
|---|---|---|
| Shanghai → Laem Chabang | 52 | 17 days |
| Shanghai → Jakarta, Java | 42 | 22 days |
| Shanghai → Haiphong | 42 | 18 days |
| Ningbo → Laem Chabang | 35 | 21 days |
| Shanghai → Singapore | 29 | 12 days |
| Ningbo → Singapore | 28 | 9 days |
| Shanghai → Ho Chi Minh City | 27 | 26 days |
| Ningbo → Port Klang (Pelabuhan Klang) | 25 | 21 days |
| Shanghai → Manila | 23 | 13 days |
| Shanghai → Port Klang (Pelabuhan Klang) | 21 | 18 days |
Schedule reliability
How much HMM'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 HMM for on-time arrival?
Across 15 lanes and 229 tracked sailings, HMM ships arrive on schedule about 44% of the time, measured from actual versus forecast arrivals, not the published timetable. It is most reliable on Xiamen → Antwerpen (100%), and least reliable on Shanghai → Los Angeles (6%).
Most reliable lanes
| Lane | On-time arrivals | Tracked sailings |
|---|---|---|
| Xiamen → Antwerpen | 100% | 10 |
| Ningbo → Los Angeles | 83% | 6 |
| Shenzhen → Antwerpen | 71% | 28 |
Least reliable lanes
| Lane | On-time arrivals | Tracked sailings |
|---|---|---|
| Shanghai → Los Angeles | 6% | 17 |
| Shanghai → Laem Chabang | 6% | 16 |
| Shanghai → Cát Lái | 6% | 16 |
HMM schedules & reliability: FAQ
How reliable is HMM for on-time arrival?
Across 15 lanes and 229 tracked sailings, HMM ships arrive on schedule about 44% of the time (actual vs forecast arrivals), best on Xiamen → Antwerpen at 100%.
How reliable is HMM?
Over the last 90 days, HMM departed on schedule about 0% of the time across 1,580 observed sailings, with roughly 100% of departures behind schedule and 90th-percentile schedule drift of about 48 hours (2 days).
How reliable is HMM on my lane?
HMM'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 HMM'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 HMM against other carriers?
Open the Compare tool, enter an origin and destination, and HMM 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 HMM or a rival is the better call.
Where do HMM sailing schedules come from?
HMM sailings come from HMM's published schedule API, normalised into the same schedule shape as every other line.
What trades does HMM cover?
HMM (HDMU) covers Premier Alliance east–west trades plus intra-Asia services. SchedulesMCP normalises those forward sailings into the same shape as every other line so they rank directly against each other.