{"id":18411,"date":"2026-07-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/cma-cgm-aims-to-overtake-maersk-and-become-the-worlds-second-largest-container-carrier-by-2027\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T00:00:00","slug":"cma-cgm-aims-to-overtake-maersk-and-become-the-worlds-second-largest-container-carrier-by-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/cma-cgm-aims-to-overtake-maersk-and-become-the-worlds-second-largest-container-carrier-by-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"CMA CGM aims to overtake Maersk and become the world\u2019s second-largest container carrier by 2027."},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"entry-content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rodolphe Saad\u00e9, Chairman and CEO of CMA CGM, has announced the French group\u2019s ambition to become the world\u2019s second-largest container shipping line by the end of 2027, trailing only MSC. This statement coincided with the arrival in France of the first French-flagged container ship with a capacity exceeding 24,000 TEU. Through this move, the company aims to displace Maersk from the number two spot in the global rankings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CMA CGM\u2019s ambitions are underpinned by a massive fleet renewal program. According to Alphaliner, the company\u2019s orderbook comprises 155 vessels with a total capacity of 1.77 million TEU \u2013 the second-largest in the industry after MSC, which has 125 vessels totaling 2.14 million TEU on order. However, CMA CGM\u2019s order mix is \u200b\u200bmore diversified: ultra-large container ships (ranging from 18,000 to 24,000 TEU) account for about a third of the portfolio, including a series of ten 400-meter vessels with capacities exceeding 24,000 TEU. One of these will be the *Notre Dame*, scheduled to join the fleet by the end of 2027. Feeder vessels with capacities of 1,500 to 3,000 TEU also make up a significant share of the orders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, the gap in total fleet capacity between CMA CGM and Maersk stands at approximately 370,000 TEU, while the Danish company\u2019s orderbook is considerably smaller, comprising 90 vessels with a total capacity of 1.2 million TEU. At the same time, the French group is actively strengthening its position in the logistics sector; the recent acquisition of FedEx Supply Chain for $1.4 billion is set to bolster CMA CGM\u2019s presence in the global transport and logistics market.<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rodolphe Saad\u00e9, Chairman and CEO of CMA CGM, has announced the French group\u2019s ambition to become the world\u2019s second-largest container shipping line by the end of 2027, trailing only MSC. This statement coincided with the arrival in France of the first French-flagged container ship with a capacity exceeding 24,000 TEU. Through this move, the company aims to displace Maersk from the number two spot in the global rankings.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}