News / Maersk named king of the backhaul in latest Xeneta league tables

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Maersk has emerged as the US-east-coast-to-Med backhaul trade’s efficiency leader, in the latest Xeneta “naming-and-faming” analysis – with Zim trailing some way behind.

According to Xeneta, a 6% reduction in the average speed of vessels operating on this route accounted for a reduction in the tradelane’s average CEI score of 6%, to 111.

Maersk both increased the average size of vessels operating this trade, and slowed them down, which helped with its CEI score of 91.6. ...