CMA-CGM’s proposed purchase of the shipping interests of the Bollore group (Delmas and OATL) would move it up from the world’s 5th to 3rd largest container liner operator, with a fleet capacity of
475 000 TEUs.
A new Sea-Intelligence analysis warns that resuming Suez transits could release 2.1 million TEU of capacity but may also unleash a wave of congestion at European ports.