Maersk Line: Why the reliability is diving

The massive pressure on the rates forces the entire industry to cut costs, and when weather conditions at the same time lead to closed ports, schedule reliability goes down, Maersk Line tells ShippingWatch.
Photo: Maersk Line
Photo: Maersk Line
BY OLE ANDERSEN

The sustained pressure on the rates, forcing all carriers to aggressively reduce their costs, has - combined with a longer period of poor weather conditions - made the schedule reliability among container carriers drop significantly. This goes for Maersk Line as well, a carrier that has historically ranked number one on analysts' surveys of schedule reliability in the container industry.

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