Good news on the schedule reliability front

Global schedule reliability seems to have broken the trend seen since the start of this year, increasing by 3.6 percentage points in June to 40.0%.

That’s according to the latest Global Liner Performance (GLP) report undertaken by maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence.

This is also the first time since the start of the pandemic that schedule reliability has improved year-on-year (y-o-y). The average delay for late vessel arrivals has been dropping sharply this year but remained unchanged month-on-month at 6.24 days in June. The delay figure is now firmly below the seven-day mark, and an improvement over the respective 2021 figure, says Sea-Intelligence CEO Alan Murphy.

In terms of carrier scores, Maersk, at 49%, was once again top of the log, followed by Hamburg Süd (41.4%).

On a y-o-y level, nine of the top-14 carriers recorded an improvement in June, with Evergreen the only one to achieve double-digits at 16.2 percentage points.

The report is quite comprehensive and covers schedule reliability across 34 different trade lanes and 60+ carriers. This article covers the global highlights.