According to the published results of the third quarter of the company China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO), where a clear increase in the volume of shipment is seen, the first place was taken by the Chinese company. So now Maersk Line is no longer number one carrier in the world.
Besides that the French shipping company CMA CGM reduces the gap with the Maersk Line: in the past quarter, the carrier increased volumes on 11.6% to 4.98 million TEU, and the last contracts for the order for nine container ships of 22,000 twenty-foot equivalent (TEU) mean that the company adopted an aggressive strategy growth.