News / Shippers "shortchanged" as more than half of all box sailings arrive late

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Container shipping schedule reliability on the three main east-west trade lanes fell to a record low of 48.6% in January, according to Drewry’s latest Carrier Performance Insight report, as US west coast port congestion and the bedding in of new alliance services took their toll on vessel on-time performance levels.

Simon Heaney, senior manager of supply chain research at Drewry, said the analyst had anticipated some decline in reliability in view of the new alliance formations and the impact of port ...