RCL sailing schedules
Over the last 90 days, RCL departed on schedule about 87.8% of the time across 1,492 observed sailings, with roughly 12.2% of departures behind schedule and 90th-percentile schedule drift of about 96 hours (4 days). For your exact route, compare RCL against every other line on the lane by transit time and observed arrival reliability before you book.
RCLS · schedule data as of Jul 28, 2026.
What you get for RCL
- Forward sailings: vessel, voyage, service loop, departure and arrival dates, and cut-offs where RCL publishes them.
- Coverage: intra-Asia feeder and mainline services across Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.
- Reliability: once a lane has enough tracked port calls, we score RCL 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: RCL reads the same as MSC, Maersk, or any other carrier, so you can rank them side by side.
How RCL reliability is scored
We don't take a carrier's word for its transit time. When SchedulesMCP has enough tracked arrivals on a RCL 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 RCL against the alliance
RCL rarely runs a lane alone. Put your origin and destination into the live tool to rank RCL against every other line on that exact pair by transit time and observed reliability before you book.
Schedule footprint
What we currently track for RCL across the forward schedule window: the sailings, the distinct port-pairs, and the named service loops behind them.
Top lanes RCL sails
The busiest port-pairs on RCL's network by tracked sailings. Open a lane for the full carrier line-up and upcoming departures.
| Lane | Sailings | Median transit |
|---|---|---|
| Shanghai → Laem Chabang | 82 | 7 days |
| Shanghai → Port Klang (Pelabuhan Klang) | 80 | 12 days |
| Laem Chabang → Shanghai | 77 | 12 days |
| Ningbo → Port Klang (Pelabuhan Klang) | 68 | 9 days |
| Port Klang (Pelabuhan Klang) → Shanghai | 68 | 10 days |
| Ningbo → Jakarta, Java | 65 | 10 days |
| Port Klang (Pelabuhan Klang) → Ningbo | 61 | 12 days |
| Shanghai → Manila | 60 | 13 days |
| Manila → Shanghai | 50 | 13 days |
| Ningbo → Laem Chabang | 43 | 10 days |
Schedule reliability
How much RCL'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 RCL for on-time arrival?
Across 13 lanes and 113 tracked sailings, RCL ships arrive on schedule about 47% of the time, measured from actual versus forecast arrivals, not the published timetable. It is most reliable on Ningbo → Jakarta, Java (91%), and least reliable on Shanghai → Manila (0%).
Most reliable lanes
| Lane | On-time arrivals | Tracked sailings |
|---|---|---|
| Ningbo → Jakarta, Java | 91% | 11 |
| Ningbo → Port Klang (Pelabuhan Klang) | 90% | 10 |
| Ningbo → Laem Chabang | 83% | 6 |
Least reliable lanes
| Lane | On-time arrivals | Tracked sailings |
|---|---|---|
| Shanghai → Manila | 0% | 6 |
| Qingdao → Manila | 11% | 9 |
RCL schedules & reliability: FAQ
How reliable is RCL for on-time arrival?
Across 13 lanes and 113 tracked sailings, RCL ships arrive on schedule about 47% of the time (actual vs forecast arrivals), best on Ningbo → Jakarta, Java at 91%.
How reliable is RCL?
Over the last 90 days, RCL departed on schedule about 87.8% of the time across 1,492 observed sailings, with roughly 12.2% of departures behind schedule and 90th-percentile schedule drift of about 96 hours (4 days).
How reliable is RCL on my lane?
RCL'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 RCL'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 RCL against other carriers?
Open the Compare tool, enter an origin and destination, and RCL 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 RCL or a rival is the better call.
Where do RCL sailing schedules come from?
RCL sailings come from RCL's published schedule API, normalised into the same schedule shape as every other line.
What trades does RCL cover?
RCL (RCLS) covers intra-Asia feeder and mainline services across Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. SchedulesMCP normalises those forward sailings into the same shape as every other line so they rank directly against each other.