Schedule reliability dropped to 35.8% in 2021

According to recent data from Danish research and analysis company Sea-Intelligence, schedule reliab…

According to recent data from Danish research and analysis company Sea-Intelligence, schedule reliability dropped from 78% in 2019 to 63.9% in 2020, and then to 35.8% in 2021. This is not only the lowest recorded fiscal year schedule reliability, but is also a forcible drop from pre-2020 levels.

Particularly, the Danish company noted that the average delay for late vessel arrivals has been on an upward trend since the lowest recorded delay of 3.19 days in 2016. In 2021, the figure reached 6.86 days, nearly touching the seven-day mark.

Maersk was the most reliable top‑14 carrier in 2021 with schedule reliability of 46.4%, followed by Hamburg Süd, with almost 41%. Four carriers including MSC, Hapag-Lloyd, ZIM and CMA CGM have recorded schedule reliability of 30%‑40%, while seven carriers, PIL, COSCO, ONE, HMM, Wan Hai, OOCL and Yang Ming, recorded schedule reliability of 20%‑30%.

Only Evergreen recorded schedule reliability of under 20%, as well as a year-on-year decrease of 43.2%, according to Sea-Intelligence.