Liner schedule reliability data continues to show the Gemini Cooperation achieving the highest on-time vessel arrival performance – although it is beginning to trend downwards.
According to the eeSea liner database, which has begun to publish on-time arrival performance on a weekly basis, across all trades the Gemini partners Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd hit an on-time arrival rate of 86% for the first quarter of this year, way ahead of the other vessel sharing agreements (VSAs).
According to the analyst, the Premier Alliance – including MSC as an outside ‘partner’ – came in second, with a 31% on-time arrival average during the first quarter, followed by the Ocean Alliance at 25%, MSC outside its Premier Alliance participation, at 22%, while independent services outside the alliance structure collectively had an on-time arrival rate of 30% on east-west services, including the burgeoning Middle East trades.
Read more in an article from The Loadstar.
