World rank3rdof the 100 largest carriers

Existing fleet4.47m TEU729 ships

Share of world fleet12.9%According to Alphaliner

Orderbook1,669,991 TEU158 ships · 37.3% of its fleet

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What the data say

Of that capacity, 2,982,687 TEU (385 ships) is owned and 1,488,641 TEU (344 ships) is chartered from other owners: 33.3% of its fleet is chartered, below the 37.3% average for the top 100.

It has a further 158 ships on firm order, with 1,669,991 TEU, equivalent to 37.3% of the fleet it operates today.

Figures are for the consolidated group, which includes CMA CGM, APL, ANL, CNC, CoMaNav, Feeder Associate System, MacAndrews, Mercosul Line and SoFraNa.

In the ranking it sits behind Maersk, which operates 256,756 TEU more, and ahead of COSCO Group, with 815,033 TEU less.

Fleet breakdown

Owned, chartered and on order

TEU

Owned2,982,687 TEU · 385 ships

Chartered1,488,641 TEU · 344 ships

Orderbook1,669,991 TEU · 158 ships

In the ranking

Carriers of similar size

#	Carrier	TEU	Ships	Share
1	MSC	7,452,694	1,016	21.5%
2	Maersk	4,728,084	750	13.7%
3	CMA CGM Group	4,471,328	729	12.9%
4	COSCO Group	3,656,295	565	10.6%
5	Hapag-Lloyd	2,410,123	289	7.0%

About this data

Nominal capacity of the container ships CMA CGM Group operates, owned or chartered, according to the Alphaliner Top 100 (AXS Marine) of 13 October 2026. It does not measure cargo carried. El Estrecho Digital stores a daily snapshot to track its trend.

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