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Mouton Distribution

94 ocean import shipments. Delayed 13.6 points more often than the dataset average of 43.8%.

94
Shipments
57.4%
Arrived late
54 shipments
2.5 days
Average delay, when late
median 3 days
3 days
Worst single delay

How late, when late

Every shipment placed in a band. Early and on-time are shown too, so the delayed share is read against the whole, not on its own.

0
0%
Early
40
42.6%
On time
54
57.4%
1–3 days
0
0%
4–7 days
0
0%
8–14 days
0
0%
15+ days

By carrier

All 1 carriers used.

% delayed avg days late, when laten = shipments
  1. MSC
    57.4%
    2.5d
    9454 late

By route

All 2 lanes.

% delayed avg days late, when laten = shipments
  1. Cape Town > Philadelphia, Pa.
    50%
    3d
    8040 late
  2. Cape Town > Savannah, Ga.
    100%
    1.2d
    1414 late

By supplier

All 3 suppliers.

% delayed avg days late, when laten = shipments
  1. Mouton Citrus Pty Ltd
    55.3%
    2.5d
    8547 late
  2. Freshness First Pty Ltd
    100%
    3d
    66 late
  3. Everseason Pty Ltd
    33.3%
    3d
    31 late

By vessel

Vessel names are in the most recent data only — 94 of 94 shipments (100%) name one, across 3 ships. This chart covers that subset, not the whole.

% delayed avg days late, when laten = shipments
  1. Msc Carmen
    11.1%
    1d
    455 late
  2. Msc Anisha R.
    100%
    2.9d
    4343 late
  3. Msc Guernsey V
    100%
    1d
    66 late

Delay rate by arrival date

Share of each day’s arrivals that came in late. A single late vessel puts the same delay on every container it carried, so a tall isolated bar is usually one sailing rather than a bad week — the count under each bar is the check on that.

100%
n=6
2026-07-27
100%
n=40
2026-07-29
100%
n=3
2026-08-03
0%
n=40
2026-08-04
100%
n=5
2026-08-11

By destination port

Where the delay actually lands — a congested discharge port shows up here rather than under the carrier.

% delayed avg days late, when laten = shipments
  1. Philadelphia, Pa.
    50%
    3d
    8040 late
  2. Savannah, Ga.
    100%
    1.2d
    1414 late

By supplier country

Origin-side effects: a country whose shipments are consistently late points at booking or documentation, not at the ocean leg.

% delayed avg days late, when laten = shipments
  1. South Africa
    57.4%
    2.5d
    9454 late

Reading this

Delay is measured against each shipment’s own estimated arrival on the same manifest record, so it reflects what was promised for that shipment. Average days late is taken over delayed shipments only.

A delay is usually a property of one sailing: every container off a late ship arrives the same day. It is not only that — an estimated arrival is set per bill of lading at booking, so two containers on the same ship can carry different delays. Across the shipments that name a vessel, two thirds of same-ship, same-day groups share a single delay value and a third do not.

Watch the counts. A carrier or lane with a handful of shipments can show a dramatic rate off one or two late arrivals — the n beside every bar is there so a small sample is never mistaken for a pattern.

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