"Table 1-2
Top Five Vessel Sharing Agreements as of Feb. 1, 2001",,,
,Carriersa,Vessels,TEUs
Grand Alliance,14,117,"500,063"
New World Alliance,8,86,"340,456"
Cosco,9,77,"200,654"
Maersk Sealand,12,68,"183,676"
CMA-CGM,8,73,"171,944"
Total of top five,51,421,"1,396,793"
Total sharing agreements,,"1,867","3,625,690"
aIncludes regional partners.,,,
KEY: TEU = Twenty-foot equivalent unit.,,,
"SOURCE: MDS Transmodal, Containership Databank (Chester, England: February 2001).",,,
"• As of February 1, 2001, 39 percent of the world shared containership capacity was involved in the top five vessel sharing agreements.",,,