The Informall company has published a ranking of the container lines operating on the Black Sea for the period of January-September this year, compared with the corresponding period of last year.

The ranking is based on data on loaded containers, not taking account of transshipment.

The Maersk Line company heads the ranking with a market share of 23.62%, followed by MSC with 23.4% and CMA CGM with 10.61%.

Maersk Line, Arkas, and EMC had record increases in market share (in percentage of market share) on the Black Sea. The largest falls in market share were recorded by CSAV, ZIM, and WHL.