List of largest container shipping companies

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Several shipping lines are involved in intermodal freight transport as part of international trade.

List of largest container shipping companies

This is a list of the 30 largest container shipping companies as of February 2024, according to Alphaliner, ranked in order of the twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity of their fleet.[1] In January 2022, MSC overtook Maersk for the container line with the largest shipping capacity for the first time since 1996.[2] Hanjin Shipping was also one of the biggest but it is now defunct.[3]

Rank Company name Headquarters Total
TEU 		Ships Market
share 		Notes Alliance
1 Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 5,705,424 801 19.9% [Note 1] 2M(until February 2025)

Independent (from March 2025)

2 Maersk File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 4,193,392 685 14.6% [Note 2] 2M (until February 2025)

Gemini (from March 2025)

3 CMA CGM File:Flag of France.svg France 3,635,418 634 12.7% [Note 3] Ocean Alliance
4 COSCO Shipping Lines (COSCO) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 3,092,220 491 10.8% [Note 4] Ocean Alliance
5 Hapag-Lloyd File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 2,004,030 274 7.0% [Note 5] THE Alliance (until February 2025)

Gemini (from March 2025)

6 Ocean Network Express (ONE) File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1,809,846 232 6.3% [Note 6] THE Alliance(until February 2025)

Premier Alliance (from March 2025)

7 Evergreen Marine Corporation File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan 1,648,821 212 5.7% [Note 7] Ocean Alliance
8 HMM Co. Ltd. File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 797,327 71 2.8% THE Alliance(until February 2025)

Premier Alliance (from March 2025)

9 Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan 708,591 94 2.5% THE Alliance(until February 2025)

Premier Alliance (from March 2025)

10 Zim Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM) File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel 655,751 128 2.3%
11 Wan Hai Lines File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan 481,225 118 1.7%
12 Pacific International Lines (PIL) File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 295,567 89 1.0% [Note 8]
13 Shandong International Transportation Corporation (SITC) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 160,156 101 0.6%
14 X-Press Feeders File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 157,681 81 0.5% [Note 9]
15 Korea Marine Transport Corporation (KMTC) File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 150,704 64 0.5%
16 Sea Lead Shipping File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 141,202 32 0.5%
17 Unifeeder File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 138,995 86 0.5%
18 IRISL Group File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 137,720 31 0.5% [Note 10]
19 Sinokor Merchant Marine File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 122,252 80 0.4%
20 Zhonggu Logistics Corporation File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 120,042 86 0.4%
21 TS Lines File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan 92,655 44 0.3%
22 Antong Holdings (QASC) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 83,868 84 0.3%
23 Regional Container Lines (RCL) File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 77,153 34 0.3%
24 Global Feeder Shipping LLC File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 76,616 33 0.3%
25 Ningbo Ocean Shipping Co. File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 75,077 80 0.3%
26 Emirates Shipping Line File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 72,188 14 0.3%
27 Swire Shipping File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 71,023 36 0.2%
28 Matson File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 69,235 29 0.2%
29 SM Line File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 64,109 14 0.2%
30 Arkas Line File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 59,465 36 0.2%

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes WEC Lines
  2. ↑ Includes P&O Nedlloyd, Safmarine, SeaLand and Hamburg Süd
  3. ↑ Includes American President Lines (APL), Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), Australian National Line (ANL), Compagnie Marocaine de Navigation (Comanav), CNC Line, Delmas, Mercosul Line, and Containerships
  4. ↑ Includes COSCO Shipping Lines (COSCO), China Shipping Container Lines (China Shipping Group), Orient Overseas Container Line (Orient Overseas (International) Limited), Shanghai Pan Asia Shipping, New Golden Sea Shipping, and Coheung
  5. ↑ Includes CP Ships, Compañía Sudamericana de Vapores (CSAV), United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), Nile Dutch Investments B.V. (NileDutch), and Deutsche Afrika-Linien/John T. Essberger (DAL/JTE)
  6. ↑ Includes Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line)
  7. ↑ Includes Italia Marittima and Uniglory Marine
  8. ↑ Includes Advance Container Line (ACL), Pacific Direct Line (PDL), and Mariana Express Lines Ltd. (MELL)
  9. ↑ Includes Consortium and X-Press Container Line
  10. ↑ Includes Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, HDS Lines, Valfajre Eight Shipping Company, and Khazar Shipping Company

See also

References

  1. ↑ "PublicTop100". alphaliner.axsmarine.com. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  2. ↑ "A single neopanamax acquisition is all that separates Msc and Maersk at the top of the liner rankings". www. splash247.com. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  3. ↑ "HANJIN SHIPPING". Journal of Commerce Online.

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