Despite continued port congestion, schedule reliability has not deteriorated – although it’s still far from acceptable, hovering around the 40% mark since March. In June, it improved marginally by 0.8 percentage points month on month (m-o-m) to 39.5%
That’s according to the latest Global Liner Performance (GLP) report published by maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence.
On a y-o-y- level reliability was down a massive -38.2 percentage points, while the average delay for late vessel arrivals continued to deteriorate in June, increasing by 0.38 days m-o-m to 6.41 days. The level of delays in 2021 have been the highest across each month compared to previous years.
Maersk Line was the most reliable top-14 carrier in May, with reliability of 49.7%. Three more carriers achieved figures higher than 40%, with only two between 30%-40%. The rest were below 30%.
Wan Hai was the least reliable at 21.2%. Four carriers recorded a m-o-m improvement in June, although the largest improvement recorded by Maersk Line was of just 3.9 percentage points.
The largest m-o-m decrease was of -4.6 percentage points recorded by Wan Hai. None of the top-14 carriers recorded a y-o-y improvement, with all recording double-digit declines of over -31.0 percentage points.
The report itself is quite comprehensive and covers schedule reliability across 34 different trade lanes and 60+ carriers. This article covers the global highlights of the full report.
