The main reasons for delay are port congestion at China ports
On-time arrival performance for worldwide vessels dipped on the Asia-US West Coast and Asia-Europe trade lanes, but improvements were seen on the Asia-US East Coast and transatlantic lanes, according to data from Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL).
On-time arrival performance globally was 88% on the Asia-US West Coast during the three months period ended June 2011, a 5% drop from 93% seen in the January-March 2011 period. The Asia-Europe trade performance dipped to 90% from 92%.
“The main reasons for delay are port congestion at China ports (port closure due to bad weather) – some could be recovered though still a few ports suffered delays,” MOL said.
On the Asia-US East Coast trade, on-time arrival performance improved during the period to 86% compared to 83% in the previous period. The transatlantic trade showed a marked improvement to 92% from 50%, according to the Japanese liner.
Ships operated by MOL recorded similar performance results showing improvements in the Asia-US East Coast and transatlantic trades, and regression on the Asia-US Wast Coast and Asia-Europe trades.
Source: Seatrade Asia
