Sea-Intelligence has released issue 155 of the Global Liner Performance (GLP) report, detailing schedule reliability data up to June 2024. This extensive analysis covers 34 trade channels and over 60 carriers, offering a comprehensive overview of global trends.

In line with 2024’s overall pattern, global schedule reliability in June 2024 ranged between 50 and 55 percent. Year-over-year (YoY) figures show a decline of 9.8 percent in schedule reliability for June. Additionally, the average delay for late vessel arrivals increased slightly by 0.04 days month-over-month (MoM), reaching 5.19 days. This marks the third-highest monthly total since the pandemic highs of 2021-2022, with a YoY increase of 0.82 days.

Among the top 13 carriers, Hapag-Lloyd achieved the highest schedule reliability at 55.4 percent. Nine other carriers surpassed the 50 percent mark, while the remaining three ranged between 40 and 50 percent. ZIM was noted as the least reliable carrier, with a schedule reliability of 44.4 percent.

Seven of the top 13 carriers saw MoM improvements in schedule reliability, with Yang Ming showing the most significant improvement at 6.1 percentage points. Conversely, ZIM experienced the largest MoM decline of 3.3 percentage points.

On a YoY basis, only HMM and Yang Ming recorded increases in schedule reliability. MSC, however, suffered the most substantial YoY decline, dropping by 18.5 percentage points.