Global schedule reliability remained unchanged month-on-month in October 2023 at 64.4 percent, according to the latest update from SeaIntelligence.
“Barring the increase in May, schedule reliability has been ranging within two percentage points since March 2023. On a Y/Y level, schedule reliability was 12.6 percentage points higher.
The average delay for late vessel arrivals continues to creep up, increasing by 0.33 days M/M to 4.90 days, the update added. “With the M/M decrease, the average delay for late vessel arrivals is now on a similar trajectory to what we saw during the same time-period in 2020.”
Maersk continues to be most reliable
With 71.1 percent schedule reliability in October, Maersk was the most reliable top-13 carrier, followed by MSC with 68.5 percent. Six carriers had schedule reliability of 60-70 percent. HMM was the least reliable carrier with schedule reliability of 53.7 percent.
While six of the top-13 carriers recorded a M/M increase in October, HMM recorded the largest increase of 7.7 percentage points. As many as 11 of the 13 carriers recorded double-digit Y/Y improvements with Wan Hai recording the largest improvement of 22.8 percentage points, the update added.