Schedule reliability increases sharply
The maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence reports that global schedule reliability in February 2023 reached 60.2% - an increase by 7.7 percentage points month-on-month.
On a year-on-year level, schedule reliability was 26.0 percentage points higher. The average delay for late vessel arrivals also decreased, dropping by -0.07 days M/M to 5.29 days, and was down -2.30 days Y/Y. In relative terms, the average delay in this category is now closer to the 2019 level than to the highs of 2021-2022.
Maersk was the most reliable top-14 carrier in February with 64.9%, followed by MSC and Hamburg Süd. ZIM was the least reliable carrier with schedule reliability of 52%. All top-14 carriers recorded an M/M increase in schedule reliability, with PIL, ZIM, and Wan Hai all recording double-digit improvements. (lh)