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Vessel delays now absorb 1.7m TEU of fleet capacity, Sea-Intelligence calculates

Source: Asia Cargo News (citing Sea-Intelligence) · 2026-08-22
Summary

Schedule delays are tying up the equivalent of 1.7 million TEU of global container capacity - a fleet that would rank as the world's eighth-largest carrier - Sea-Intelligence says. Delays now absorb 5.0% of deep-sea capacity, up from 2.2% in 2011-2019, the extra 2.8 points alone worth about 1.0m TEU. Global schedule reliability has settled at 60-65% against a 70-80% pre-pandemic norm, and late arrivals now average 5-5.5 days, up from 3-4 days.

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