Container line schedule reliability dropped again in January to its "lowest ever," according to a new report by Sea-Intelligence after December 2021 record low.

In a statement, it said schedule reliability was down by 0.9 percentage points month-on-month to 30.9%. On a year-on-year basis, schedule reliability was down 3.8 percentage points.

"[This is] the lowest ever global schedule reliability since Sea-Intelligence started the measure in 2011," the maritime analyst said.

It noted that despite the low schedule reliability since January 2021, there hasn’t been much fluctuation, with the global scores largely between 30%-40%.

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Meanwhile, Sea-Intel said the average delay for late vessel arrivals decreased slightly to 7.38 days, the sixth consecutive month with the delay figure above 7 days.

Maersk most reliable liner in January

The maritime analyst said in its report that Maersk was once again the most reliable top-14 carrier in January 2022, with schedule reliability of 46.9%, followed by Hamburg Süd with 42.8%.

MSC and HMM had schedule reliability between 30%-40%, with six carriers recording schedule reliability of 20%-30%.

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It said the remaining four carriers had schedule reliability of under 20%, with Evergreen recording the lowest January 2022 schedule reliability figure of 15.0%.

Sea-Intel said 10 carriers recorded a month-on-month improvement in schedule reliability, while five carriers recorded a year-on-year improvement in schedule reliability, with only three carriers recording double-digit year-on-year declines.