News / Carriers should revamp networks rather than blank services as demand drains

Ocean carrier schedule integrity may be improving, but last-minute blanking of advertised sailings is, arguably, the cause of more delays in supply chains than from late-running ships.

According to the latest Sea-Intelligence survey, global liner service schedule reliability has improved to over 50%, from an all-time low last year, of just one-third of vessels arriving at destination ports on time.

There is still a long way to go to get back to the pre-pandemic schedule reliability levels of around 80% arriving on ...