Global schedule reliability improved by 6.6 percentage points month-on-month in October 2022, reaching 52 percent.

“The average delay for late arrivals of ships has also improved consistently since the beginning of the year,” said Sea-Intelligence in its latest update. “In October 2022, the average delay improved again, falling another -0.31 days M/M to 5.56 days. The average delay is now consistently below the 6-day mark and closer to 2020 levels than those of 2021."

With a schedule reliability of 56.4 percent, Maersk was the most reliable carrier in October 2022, followed by MSC with 52.7 percent. CMA CGM was the only other carrier above 50 percent. Wan Hai recorded the lowest scheduling reliability of 41.6 percent.

"All of the top 14 airlines posted both M/M and Y/Y improvements in schedule reliability. In fact, all of these carriers posted double-digit Y/Y improvements, with nine carriers recording an improvement of more than 20 percentage points."