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 April 2023, 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)   Switzerland
 Italy		 4,832,709 740 18.2% [Note 1] 2M
2 Maersk  Denmark 4,185,693 696 15.8% [Note 2] 2M
3 CMA CGM  France 3,409,776 623 12.8% [Note 3] Ocean Alliance
4 COSCO Shipping Lines (COSCO)  China 2,886,908 464 10.9% [Note 4] Ocean Alliance
5 Hapag-Lloyd  Germany 1,798,866 246 6.8% [Note 5] THE Alliance
6 Evergreen Marine Corporation  Taiwan 1,668,555 213 6.3% [Note 6] Ocean Alliance
7 Ocean Network Express (ONE)  Japan 1,534,426 206 5.8% [Note 7] THE Alliance
8 HMM Co. Ltd.  South Korea 816,365 75 3.1% THE Alliance
9 Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation  Taiwan 705,614 93 2.7% THE Alliance
10 Zim Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM)  Israel 566,935 138 2.1%
11 Wan Hai Lines  Taiwan 440,921 133 1.7%
12 Pacific International Lines (PIL)  Singapore 294,281 90 1.1% [Note 8]
13 Shandong International Transportation Corporation (SITC)  China 167,597 108 0.6%
14 Korea Marine Transport Corporation (KMTC)  South Korea 148,659 65 0.6%
15 Zhonggu Logistics Corporation  China 147,834 100 0.6%
16 X-Press Feeders  Singapore 143,767 91 0.5% [Note 9]
17 IRISL Group  Iran 136,606 29 0.5% [Note 10]
18 Unifeeder  Denmark 133,202 80 0.5%
19 Sea Lead Shipping  Singapore 117,550 28 0.4%
20 Sinokor Merchant Marine  South Korea 106,369 78 0.4%
21 Antong Holdings (QASC)  China 96,685 91 0.4%
22 TS Lines  Taiwan 82,271 42 0.3%
23 Global Feeder Shipping LLC  United Arab Emirates 75,446 27 0.3%
24 Swire Shipping  Singapore 70,052 35 0.3%
25 SM Line  South Korea 68,620 15 0.3%
26 Emirates Shipping Line  United Arab Emirates 68,135 16 0.3%
27 Regional Container Lines (RCL)  Thailand 67,854 34 0.3%
28 Matson  United States 64,421 29 0.2%
29 Ningbo Ocean Shipping Co.  China 62,251 75 0.2%
30 Arkas Line  Turkiye 52,874 33 0.2%

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes WEC Lines
  2. ↑ Includes P&O Nedlloyd, Safmarine, SeaLand and Hamburg Süd
  3. ↑ Includes APL, Neptune Orient Lines, ANL, 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 Italia Marittima and Uniglory Marine
  7. ↑ Includes Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line)
  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 2022-08-11.
  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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.