Annual Report 2022
TL;DR
Maersk's 700+ vessel fleet forms a fractal network—trunk routes branch to regional routes branch to feeders, matching vessel size to demand at every scale.
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Primary source documenting Maersk's hub-spoke network structure—a fractal shipping architecture where the same branching pattern (trunk → regional → feeder) repeats at every scale, matching vessel capacity to route demand.
Key Findings from A/S (2022)
- 17% global container shipping market share—largest in fragmented industry
- 700+ vessels organized in hub-spoke network architecture
- Trunk routes connect major hubs with largest vessels
- Regional routes branch from hubs to secondary ports
- Feeder routes connect smaller ports to regional hubs