With the latest orders for 24 new 18,000 TEU containerships issued by the CMA CGM Group to South Korean and Chinese shipyards ( of 23 January and 4 March 2025), the French shipowning group is preparing to overtake Denmark's Maersk in second place in the ranking of the Top global containerized ocean carriers by capacity of the fleet placing itself behind the Swiss MSC.

Based on data collected by the consulting firm Alphaliner of the AXS Group, if currently, between ships of owned and chartered, the MSC Group has a capacity of containerized hold amounting to a total of 6.42 million TEU, Maersk Group with a capacity of 4.54 million TEUs and the French group CMA CGM of 3.87 million TEUs, adding the container ships that are part of the current portfolio orders of the three shipowners' groups, the capacity of the fleet MSC rises to 8.47 million TEUs, Maersk's to 5.28 million TEUs million TEUs, therefore lower than that of the CMA CGM which is equal to 5.42 million TEUs.

Even net of chartered ships, the French company is expected to exceed the Danish one in terms of load capacity: currently between ships owned and ordered by the MSC group has a capacity of 5.45 million TEUs, the CMA CGM of 3.75 million TEUs and Maersk 3.35 million TEUs.