AP Moller Maersk, Mediterranean Shipping Company and CMA CGM Group have emerged as leaders in the global shipping business on the global ranking for shipping liners based on their market share as well as the twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) capacity of containers they handle.
According to alphaliner.com, APM-Maersk, which took the first position, handles about 2,760,905 TEUs of containers annually and controls 15 percent of the global market share, while MSC, which handles annual throughput of 2,486,112 TEUs of containers, also controls 13.5 percent of the world market share.