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Global container service scheduled reliability has declined to its lowest levels since records began, according to new data from SeaIntelligence Consulting.

The analyst’s latest schedule reliability data for December shows just 44.6% of vessels arriving on time, “which means that for the fifth consecutive month, global schedule reliability has been the lowest across all months since Sea-Intelligence introduced the benchmark in 2011”.

It said December’s reliability index, which covers global shipping rather than a specific trade, had declined by 31.7 percentage points ...