By Gavin van Marle 29 July 2026The acquisition of Icelandic carrier Samskip’s UK-continental Europe container shipping services by ro-ro and multimodal operator CLdN has halved the seller’s intra-North Europe market share. “Fuelled by the acquisition of Samskip’s Northwest Continent-UK business, CLdN climbed four positions, propelling it from 17th to 13th. In terms of the ten biggest carriers, Maersk saw the largest growth rate, its offering to market now 50,800 teu, compared with 39,800 teu this time last year. Its intra-North Europe market share thus increased from 13.5% to 16.2%, while market leader MSC’s marginally contracted, from 21.3% to 21.2%, its capacity increasing 4,000 teu during the period – this represented a 6.2% increase, slightly below the market average. “Maersk’s disproportionately high growth in capacity and market share again stems from the ‘hub and spoke’ concept that the carrier implemented last year with its Gemini partner Hapag-Lloyd,” Alphaliner writes.