Maersk sailing schedules
Over the last 90 days, Maersk departed on schedule about 66.2% of the time across 1,386 observed sailings, with roughly 33.8% of departures behind schedule and 90th-percentile schedule drift of about 72 hours (3 days). For your exact route, compare Maersk against every other line on the lane by transit time and observed arrival reliability before you book.
MAEU · schedule data as of Jul 28, 2026.
What you get for Maersk
- Forward sailings: vessel, voyage, service loop, departure and arrival dates, and cut-offs where Maersk publishes them.
- Coverage: global east–west and north–south trades via dated point-to-point schedules.
- Reliability: once a lane has enough tracked port calls, we score Maersk 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: Maersk reads the same as MSC, Maersk, or any other carrier, so you can rank them side by side.
How Maersk reliability is scored
We don't take a carrier's word for its transit time. When SchedulesMCP has enough tracked arrivals on a Maersk 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 Maersk against the alliance
Maersk rarely runs a lane alone. Put your origin and destination into the live tool to rank Maersk against every other line on that exact pair by transit time and observed reliability before you book.
Schedule footprint
What we currently track for Maersk across the forward schedule window: the sailings, the distinct port-pairs, and the named service loops behind them.
Top lanes Maersk sails
The busiest port-pairs on Maersk's network by tracked sailings. Open a lane for the full carrier line-up and upcoming departures.
| Lane | Sailings | Median transit |
|---|---|---|
| Shanghai → Singapore | 26 | 9 days |
| Ningbo → Antwerpen | 25 | 47 days |
| Shanghai → Laem Chabang | 24 | 9 days |
| Shanghai → Haiphong | 23 | 5 days |
| Ningbo → Laem Chabang | 23 | 10 days |
| Shanghai → Port Klang (Pelabuhan Klang) | 21 | 7 days |
| Tianjin Xingang Pt → Singapore | 20 | 10 days |
| Shanghai → Antwerpen | 19 | 47 days |
| Shanghai → Santos | 18 | 37 days |
| Santos → Shanghai | 17 | 38 days |
Schedule reliability
How much Maersk'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 Maersk for on-time arrival?
Across 4 lanes and 62 tracked sailings, Maersk ships arrive on schedule about 61% of the time, measured from actual versus forecast arrivals, not the published timetable. It is most reliable on Shanghai → Cát Lái (78%), and least reliable on Shanghai → Laem Chabang (38%).
Most reliable lanes
| Lane | On-time arrivals | Tracked sailings |
|---|---|---|
| Shanghai → Cát Lái | 78% | 9 |
| Shenzhen → Bremerhaven | 78% | 9 |
Least reliable lanes
| Lane | On-time arrivals | Tracked sailings |
|---|---|---|
| Shanghai → Laem Chabang | 38% | 26 |
| Shanghai → Cát Lái | 78% | 9 |
Maersk schedules & reliability: FAQ
How reliable is Maersk for on-time arrival?
Across 4 lanes and 62 tracked sailings, Maersk ships arrive on schedule about 61% of the time (actual vs forecast arrivals), best on Shanghai → Cát Lái at 78%.
How reliable is Maersk?
Over the last 90 days, Maersk departed on schedule about 66.2% of the time across 1,386 observed sailings, with roughly 33.8% of departures behind schedule and 90th-percentile schedule drift of about 72 hours (3 days).
How reliable is Maersk on my lane?
Maersk'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 Maersk'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 Maersk against other carriers?
Open the Compare tool, enter an origin and destination, and Maersk 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 Maersk or a rival is the better call.
Where do Maersk sailing schedules come from?
Maersk sailings come from Maersk's published schedule API, normalised into the same schedule shape as every other line.
What trades does Maersk cover?
Maersk (MAEU) covers global east–west and north–south trades via dated point-to-point schedules. SchedulesMCP normalises those forward sailings into the same shape as every other line so they rank directly against each other.