Sea-Intelligence has published issue 161 of the Global Liner Performance (GLP) report, with schedule reliability figures up to and including December 2024. As the report itself is quite comprehensive and covers schedule reliability across 34 different trade lanes and 60+ carriers, this press release will only cover the global highlights from the full report.
Global schedule reliability drops
In December 2024, global schedule reliability dropped by -0.9 percentage points M/M to 53.8%. Throughout 2024, schedule reliability has largely remained within the 50%-55% range. On a Y/Y level, schedule reliability was –3.0 percentage points lower in December 2024. The average delay for LATE vessel arrivals decreased by -0.23 days M/M to 5.28 days, which is the lowest that the delay figure has been since July 2024. On a Y/Y level, the December 2024 figure was -0.12 days lower.
Maersk was the most reliable top-13 carrier in December 2024 with schedule reliability of 60.4%. There were 6 carriers with schedule reliability of 50%-60%, with the remaining 6 carriers were within a narrow 47%-50% range. Wan Hai was the least reliable with 47.9% schedule reliability. In December 2024, the difference between the most and least reliable carrier dropped to under 13 percentage points. Only 4 of the top-13 global carriers recorded a M/M improvement in schedule reliability, with ZIM recording the largest increase of 6.0 percent points. On a Y/Y level, only 6 carriers recorded an improvement, while Evergreen was the only carrier with a double-digit decline.
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Source: Sea-Intelligence
