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There really isn't a max speed of an F/A-18 landing on an aircraft carrier because: (skip to the bottom for the general and quick answer which is just a guess)
1) If the aircraft was going too fast, the tail hook would break upon hooking onto the wires
2) If the aircraft was going too fast, the wires the plane uses to stop would snap when the tail hook hooked them at a high speed
3)If the aircraft was flying over a speed of 240 knots (nautical miles per hour) the planes landing gear and flaps would automtically retract
4) The perfered speed to land (or the speed you should be traveling if you are doing everything right) should be 135 knots
5)If you were going too fast, the Landing Signal Officer (or LSO) would tell you to wave off (or abort the current landing pattern and realign for a new landing)
So if there had to be a max speed to land on a carrier I'd say it would probably be about 150-160 knots
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