Maersk Line caps off 2013 as most reliable carrier for Q4

Maersk Line remains the most reliable carrier amid ship reliability being at a nine-quarter low across the industry, according to the Carrier Performance Insight published by Drewry for Q4.

Maersk Line led the pack with an on-time performance score of 80.1%, an increase of 0.8% from Q3. Only seven other carriers improved their all-trade reliability, with weaker performances from 19 other major carriers bringing down the Q4 overall score to 63.8% (down 5.3% from Q3).

Maersk Line also comes out ahead in the Asia/Europe/Mediterranean (89.9%) and transpacific (83.8%) trades.

Starting this year, Maersk Line will use the SeaIntel database as its reliability measurement benchmark < Korea Shipping Gazette >