Shippers will consider longer contracts as reliability improves, but want more trust
With container lines now hitting greater levels of schedule reliability than for some time, shippers ...
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Maersk has lost its top spot as the world’s most reliable shipping line, according to the latest figures from Drewry Maritime Advisors, in only the second time in 13 quarters. The Danish carrier, which saw its reliability decline by 0.5% to 89.9% was supplanted by Hanjin, which beefed up its service some 2% to give it 90.2% reliability.
However, Simon Heaney, Drewry’s research manager containers, noted that Maersk had achieved 100% reliability on its Asia-Europe trade, where its time-definite Daily Maersk ...
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