The average delay for LATE vessel arrivals improved to 5.46 days, roughly the same level as pre-crisis, meaning that the increase due to the crisis has reverted.
Sea-Intelligence, a provider of research & analysis, data services, and advisory services within the global supply chain, has published a new issue of its Global Liner Performance report, with schedule reliability figures up to and including February 2024.
After a tumultuous few weeks in the wake of the Red Sea crisis, some form of stability has ensued, with the round-Africa routings now normalising.
This was also reflected in the February 2024 global schedule reliability score, which improved by 1.7 percentage points M/M to 53.3%. On a Y/Y level, however, schedule reliability was -6.9 percentage points lower.
The average delay for LATE vessel arrivals also improved to 5.46 days, roughly the same level as pre-crisis, which means that the increase due to the crisis has reverted.
Hapag-Lloyd was the most reliable top-13 carrier in February 2024 with schedule reliability of 54.9%.
Another 7 carriers were above the 50% mark, with the remaining carriers all in the 40%-50% range.
PIL was at the bottom with a score of 45.3%. On an M/M level, 7 carriers recorded an improvement in schedule reliability, with the highest improvement of 9.7 percentage points recorded by Hapag-Lloyd.
Evergreen recorded the largest M/M decline of -5.0 percentage points. On a Y/Y level, none of the 13 carriers recorded an increase in schedule reliability.
According to Sea-Intelligence, shipping lines face declining spot rates, and they can either increase blank sailings to stabilise rates or capitalise on higher rates despite declines.
The demand for transporting empty containers has surged much more than the demand for transporting full ones, with back-haul trades expanding 2½ times faster.