THE RELIABILITY OF THE CURRENT CONTAINER SHIP SCHEDULE IS ONLY 33.6%

Analysts Sea-Intelligence said that the reliability of the container ship schedule in August fell to 33.6%. This is the lowest level in 10 years that analysts have recorded.

The drop to 33.6% is considered the lowest level in the history of container shipping recorded by Sea-Intelligence analysts. It is known that this is the first time in the past 10 years that this confidence index has dropped so low.

Most ship schedule reliability for the year hovers around 35-40%, however, August coincides with growing port congestion in the US, Asia and elsewhere, which has become increasingly important. worse in September. The report said the number of late arrivals continued to increase in August, increasing 0.58 days to an average of 7.57 days. None of the shipping lines achieved 50% of schedule reliability in August, and there are six carriers with less than 20%.

The highest number is Maersk Line with a schedule reliability of 45.6% and the lowest is Evergreen shipping line with only 11.5% in August. The report includes more than 60 shipping lines with over 34 shipping routes. different transfer.

In light of this situation, Maersk has announced that in order to improve the reliability of the train schedule, it has decided to adjust the number of train journeys on the Asia-North Europe routes to match the actual number of departure weeks. response. "Continued high demand, coupled with service system disruptions, has impacted our schedule reliability," the carrier said in a statement to customers on the Asia-Pacific service. .

(Source: Phaata)