Maersk Line remains world’s most reliable carrier

Despite a challenging year with extreme weather and adverse conditions in some ports, Maersk Line, the Danish shipping liner, remained the most reliable carrier in 2014, as revealed by the latest SeaIntel report, the company said in a statement.

The 2014 global reliability results by maritime analyst SeaIntel show that Maersk Line remained the number one carrier amid an industry-wide dip in scores. Maersk Line delivered a score of 83.7 percent against an industry average (top 20 carriers) of 72.2 percent.

“We are pleased that Maersk Line retained its position and performed with significant industry gap,” says Keith Svendsen, head of operations execution.

Maersk Line is followed by Hamburg Süd at 82.2 percent and CSAV coming in third at 77.8 percent. The report says that there was 4.1 percent drop in reliability compared with 2013, noted for Maersk Line as the rest of the industry experienced a substantial dip in scores.

Heavy winter storms in the US East coast and in the North Atlantic Ocean, congestions of port hubs in Northern Europe, the United States and in Asia, all contributed to the global schedule reliability decline of 7.6 percent.

In the Asia-North Europe trade, Maersk Line maintained leadership with a schedule reliability of 96.2 percent. Maersk Line only comes in second for the Asia-Mediterranean trade lane and fourth in the Transpacific Eastbound.