GLOBAL schedule reliability declined by 0.7 percentage points month-on-month in September, according to a recent report from Sea-Intelligence.

In its Global Liner Performance report, Sea-Intelligence said global schedule reliability reached 45.5% in September.

However, it said the average delay for late vessel arrivals has been dropping consistently from the start of the year. The report said the average delay dropped by 0.1 days, month-on-month, to 5.81 days. The report said this is the second consecutive month that the average delay figure is below the six-day mark since April 2021.

“With schedule reliability of 53.2%, Maersk was the most reliable carrier in September 2022, followed by CMA CGM with 45.5%,” the report said.

“Another four carriers recorded schedule reliability of 40%-50%, whereas the rest all had schedule reliability of 30%-40%.”

According to Sea-Intelligence, Yang Ming recorded the lowest schedule reliability of 35.1%.

“In September 2022, once again, most of the carriers were very close to each other, with the difference between Yang Ming at the bottom and CMA CGM at second, a little over 10 percentage points,” the report said

“Only five of the top 14 carriers recorded a month-on-month improvement, whereas all 14 recorded a year-on-year improvement, with 10 of those carriers recording double-digit improvements, and two carriers recording improvements of over 20 percentage points.”