TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) � The latest ranking of world active shipping lines has awarded IRISL with 22nd place in his May classification.


Alphaliner is an institute watching world�s shipping lines and collects statistics of all shipping lines. The institute�s May list gives Iran�s IRISL a TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units; intermodal shipping container) of 12,079 (with 155 ships) and a TDW (tons deadweight) of 5,131,002.

APM-Maersk tops the list with 611 ships and a TEU of 3,085,233. Swiss MSC comes second with 446 ships and TEU of 2,680,153, with French CMA CGM standing in the 3rd place with 456 ships and TEU of 1,792,807.

By Mehr News Agency