MSC sailing schedules
Over the last 90 days, MSC departed on schedule about 65.6% of the time across 2,247 observed sailings, with roughly 34.4% of departures behind schedule and 90th-percentile schedule drift of about 144 hours (6 days). For your exact route, compare MSC against every other line on the lane by transit time and observed arrival reliability before you book.
MSCU · schedule data as of Jul 28, 2026.
What you get for MSC
- Forward sailings: vessel, voyage, service loop, departure and arrival dates, and cut-offs where MSC publishes them.
- Coverage: the widest global network of any line, across every major east–west and regional trade.
- Reliability: once a lane has enough tracked port calls, we score MSC 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: MSC reads the same as MSC, Maersk, or any other carrier, so you can rank them side by side.
How MSC reliability is scored
We don't take a carrier's word for its transit time. When SchedulesMCP has enough tracked arrivals on a MSC 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 MSC against the alliance
MSC rarely runs a lane alone. Put your origin and destination into the live tool to rank MSC against every other line on that exact pair by transit time and observed reliability before you book.
Schedule footprint
What we currently track for MSC across the forward schedule window: the sailings, the distinct port-pairs, and the named service loops behind them.
Top lanes MSC sails
The busiest port-pairs on MSC's network by tracked sailings. Open a lane for the full carrier line-up and upcoming departures.
| Lane | Sailings | Median transit |
|---|---|---|
| Shanghai → Singapore | 100 | 10 days |
| Ningbo → Singapore | 97 | 9 days |
| Shanghai → Rotterdam | 74 | 45 days |
| Singapore → Shanghai | 58 | 14 days |
| Ningbo → Antwerpen | 55 | 49 days |
| Shanghai → Santos | 53 | 49 days |
| Ningbo → Santos | 49 | 51 days |
| Ningbo → Rotterdam | 46 | 47 days |
| Shanghai → Antwerpen | 45 | 48 days |
| Ningbo → Hamburg | 43 | 55 days |
Schedule reliability
How much MSC'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 MSC for on-time arrival?
Across 30 lanes and 290 tracked sailings, MSC ships arrive on schedule about 60% of the time, measured from actual versus forecast arrivals, not the published timetable., and least reliable on Busan → Le Havre (33%).
Most reliable lanes
Least reliable lanes
| Lane | On-time arrivals | Tracked sailings |
|---|---|---|
| Busan → Le Havre | 33% | 6 |
MSC schedules & reliability: FAQ
How reliable is MSC for on-time arrival?
Across 30 lanes and 290 tracked sailings, MSC ships arrive on schedule about 60% of the time (actual vs forecast arrivals).
How reliable is MSC?
Over the last 90 days, MSC departed on schedule about 65.6% of the time across 2,247 observed sailings, with roughly 34.4% of departures behind schedule and 90th-percentile schedule drift of about 144 hours (6 days).
How reliable is MSC on my lane?
MSC'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 MSC'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 MSC against other carriers?
Open the Compare tool, enter an origin and destination, and MSC 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 MSC or a rival is the better call.
Where do MSC sailing schedules come from?
MSC sailings are pulled directly from MSC's own e-service, then normalised into the same schedule shape as every other line.
What trades does MSC cover?
MSC (MSCU) covers the widest global network of any line, across every major east–west and regional trade. SchedulesMCP normalises those forward sailings into the same shape as every other line so they rank directly against each other.