MOL’s transpacific on-time improves

   The liner carrier MOL said its own-operated ships had a perfect on-time record on Asia-Europe services in the third quarter, while transpacific performance improved significantly in the same period.
   The Japanese line releases quarterly on time arrival performance statistics for its services – with separate statistics for its ships and ones on which it takes slots.
   For ships under MOL operation, the line had 100 percent on-time arrivals on Asia-Europe, 92 percent on the Asia-U.S. West Coast lane (up from 79 percent in the second quarter), 67 percent on the Asia-U.S. east Coast lane, and 86 percent on the transatlantic.
   For all ships on MOL services (including those not operated by MOL), the line had 89 percent on-time arrivals on Asia-Europe, 95 percent on the Asia-U.S. West Coast lane (up from 88 percent in the second quarter), 86 percent on the Asia-U.S. East Coast lane, and 92 percent on the transatlantic.
   The statistics incorporate information from 21 services. MOL considers a vessel on time if it arrives within 24 hours of its scheduled arrival.
   “The situation improved after Chinese ports congestion relieved,” the line said.
   MOL said U.S. all-water services from Asia were affected by typhoons in Asia and hurricane season on the U.S. East Coast.