The top five companies with regards to fleet capacity expansion for 2014 are Maersk, CMA CGM, MSC, Hapag-Lloyd/CSAV and Evergreen.
According to World Maritime News, Maersk had the largest increase with capacity growth of 318Â 000 TEU, which was an increase of 12% on its fleet capacity. In second place was CMA CGM, with a reported fleet growth of 9%, or an increase of 139Â 000Â TEU.Third place went to MSC, which increased its operating capacity by 168Â 000 TEU, a 7% rise from 2013.
The fourth place in terms of fleet capacity was claimed by Hapag-Lloyd/CSAV, which recently merged, followed by Taiwanese liner Evergreen in fifth place.
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