Maersk holds on to top performance spot

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One danger of a profusion of liner consultancies – or perhaps a profusion of news outlets reporting their findings – measuring container line reliability, is the conflicting results. Last week The Loadstar reported Drewry’s claim that Hanjin took the number one spot from Maersk in the last quarter; this week, SeaIntel has released evidence that Maersk remained the leader of the pack for 2012 – followed by Hamburg Sud and APL. In the interests of balance, here’s Lloyd’s Loading List’s report on SeaIntel’s conclusions.