London - Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk had set out to substantially improve vessel schedule reliability with the new Gemini Cooperation network, which started in February. Six months on, are shippers benefiting from the punctuality improvements they were promised?

When Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd announced the Gemini Cooperation back in September last year, they promised big changes.

“We believe our collaboration will raise the bar for reliability to the benefit of our customers and set a new and very high standard in the industry,” said Vincent Clerc, CEO of Maersk. The carriers also said that . . .