Maersk still the world's most reliable carrier





Global carrier reliability improved from 78% in February to 79% in March, according to SeaIntel Maritime Analysis.The analyst’s monthly reliability report is based on containers arriving at their destination port within one day of schedule. Of the world’s top-20 container carriers, the three leading positions are unchanged, with Maersk Line the most reliable, followed by Hamburg Süd and APL. SeaIntel said the difference in global reliability across the top 20 carriers remained significant, with just 64% of MSC – in the lowest position in the rankings – sailings arriving within a day of schedule against Maersk Line’s 93%. However, Lars Jensen, SeaIntel CEO, said overall global performance was not always a good indicator for trade lane performance. He said: “For example, MOL is the top performer from North America to South America at 96%, Deutsche Afrika Linien is the top performer from North Europe to Africa at 75% and Matson is the top performer on the westbound transpacific at 100%.” The most significant improvement on a trade lane basis was seen in the southbound trade from North America to east coast South America, where 80% of vessels were on time, compared with 70% last month. The measurements are based on SeaIntel’s database comprising more than 68,000 arrivals across 2,200 vessels, 29 trade lanes and 52 carriers since July 2011.

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