News / Maersk retains crown as most reliable box line amid rumours of 20,000teu orders

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Maersk again topped the liner shipping reliability rankings last year, according to new research released this morning by industry analyst SeaIntel.

The top two spots were retained by Maersk and Hamburg Sud in a year during which 19 of the 20 largest container shipping lines saw their schedule reliability decline, compared with 2013.

The only carrier to buck the trend was CSAV, with 77.8% of its vessels arriving “on time”, compared with 77% in 2013, the result of its limited exposure to ...