Heavy snow storms that struck the US East Coast in January have contributed to poor start to the year for liner punctuality.
Container service reliability fell 5.7% in January to 69.6% according to figures compiled by Drewry Maritime Research.
“The latest result represented the worst month-on-month decline since January 2015, when the on-time average fell by 9.4 points, and brought it down to its lowest reading since April 2015,” said Drewry.
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