Container carrier schedule reliability took a dive in February down to the lowest level in 12 months, to just 62.7 percent on the scale published by analyst agency Drewry, ranking the shipowners' ability to keep to their own sailing schedules.

For the third month in a row, Japanese MOL ranks at the very top as the most reliable container carrier with an average of 73.6 percent, down from 82.7 percent in January. Second and third place went to Wan Hai and Maersk Line, with 71.4 percent and 70.1 percent respectively.