Oslo - Sea‑Intelligence found that the global average masks a deeply fractured market recently. Instead of uniform operations across all trade lanes, some trade lanes are seeing a high percentage of highly stable services, while others are experiencing a rise in highly volatile services.

This structural bifurcation can also be seen in the two primary Asia‑Europe trades. Asia‑Mediterranean represents the industry's most successful migration toward high reliability and stability. Following a volatile network reshuffle in early 2025 where high‑volatility services peaked, the lane matured into a high‑stability profile. By February . . .