France-based CMA CGM is the world's third-largest container carrier by capacity, controlling ~12% of global box shipping and shaping freight rates on every major trade lane.
China's state-owned shipping giant, the world's largest carrier by fleet capacity, controls ports across six continents and is central to US-China competition over maritime infrastructure.
full dossier ›The weekly spot price for shipping a 40-foot steel container across major global trade lanes, the fastest-moving public indicator of disruption to seaborne trade.
Five carriers control two-thirds of global box capacity; spot rates tracked weekly by the Shanghai index ripple into the price of virtually every traded good.