GLOBAL shipping schedule reliability is gradually improving, according to the latest data from Sea-Intelligence.
Schedule reliability has reportedly increased to 40.5% in July 2022, up 0.5% on figures recorded in June this year.
Sea-Intelligence CEO Alan Murphy said July’s data marked the second time since the start of the pandemic that schedule reliability had improved year-on-year.
“The average delay for late vessel arrivals have been dropping sharply so far this year, tapering off a little in the past few months,” Mr Murphy said.
“In July 2022, average delay improved by -0.09 days [month-on-month], which means that the delay figure is now firmly below the seven-day mark, and an improvement over the respective 2021 figure.”
An analysis suggests Maersk was the most reliable carrier in July this year, with a reported schedule reliability of 48%.
Evergreen followed with a schedule reliability of 44.3%, overtaking CMA CGM, which also had a reported schedule reliability of more than 40%.
Nine carriers reported a schedule reliability of between 30% and 40%, namely Hamburg Süd, PIL, COSCO, MSC HMM, OOCL, ONE, Hapag-Lloyd and Wan Hai.
Only two carriers – Yang Ming and Zim – had a schedule reliability of between 20% and 30%.
“In July 2022, once again, a lot of the carriers were very close to each other in terms of schedule reliability, with 10 carriers within 10 percentage points of each other,” Mr Murphy said.
He said Zim had the lowest schedule reliability in July 2022 of a reported 26.6%.
“On a [year-on-year] level, 11 of the top 14 carriers recorded an improvement in schedule reliability in July 2022, with seven carriers recording double-digit improvements.”
