Swire Shipping reaffirmed its commitment to the region as the most reliable carrier in Asia-Oceania and on the Asia to North America West Coast (NAWC) trade lane in 2024. This was according to 12-month data published by Sea-Intelligence in their Global Liner Performance Report from Jan/Feb to Nov/Dec 2024. Swire Shipping averaged over 70 per cent reliability (as measured by On-Time Performance) on the Asia-Oceania and Oceania-Asia trades and over 80% reliability on the Asia-NAWC trade lane.
Swire Shipping’s Chief Operating Officer Ben Pike said, “Swire Shipping has been trading into the South Pacific for over 80 years, and we recently expanded our footprint in the North Pacific through the integration of Westwood Shipping Lines and our partnership with UWL on the award-winning Sun Chief Express transpacific service.”
”We understand the importance of reliable shipping for businesses, and the provision of predictable and reliable weekly and fortnightly services empowers customers to optimise their supply chains and reduce waiting times,” he added. “Despite challenging conditions, our consistent on-time performance in the Asia-Oceania and Asia-North America West Coast sectors demonstrates our commitment to reliability and placing the needs of our customers first.”
Swire Shipping has been steadily expanding its presence in the Asia-Pacific, with the opening of a new branch office in Tokyo in 2024. In 2025 it relocated its Tokyo and Port Moresby offices to new, expanded premises to better serve customers in the region.
“Our customers have come to depend on us to ensure that their goods arrive on time and make the right intermodal connections,” said Randy Selvaratnam, Chief Commercial Officer of Swire Shipping. “In Japan we now have an expanded team, and plan to open a second office in Nagoya this summer. In South Korea we have consolidated our representation on the ground into one agency. With dedicated teams in Japan, South Korea and Puyallup, Washington, we are confident that we can continue to maintain a strong and consistent schedule performance and provide our customers with an even better service experience in 2025.”
The Sea-Intelligence Global Liner Shipping Report is the industry’s most comprehensive study of ocean liner schedule reliability, measuring schedule reliability and vessel delays across all deep-sea liner services in the world.
