List of freight ship companies
This list of freight ship companies is arranged by country. Companies listed own and/or operate bulk carriers, car carriers, container ships, Roll-on/roll-off (for freight), and tankers. For a list of companies that own and operate passenger ships (cruise ships, cargo-passenger ships, and ferries), see List of passenger ship companies.
Key
" " - Call sign or common name, ( ) - Parent company or conglomerate, > - Previous company name, >> - Company name in local language
BC - Bulk carriers, CC - Car carriers, CS - Container ships, RR - Roll-on/Roll-off (for freight), TK - Tankers
Africa[]
Ethiopia[]
South Africa[]
- Safmarine (A. P. Moller-Maersk Group, Denmark)
Asia[]
Azerbaijan[]
Bangladesh[]
- Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (State-owned enterprise)
China[]
- China COSCO Shipping "COSCO" (State-owned enterprise)
- Sinotrans (HK) Shipping "Sinotrans" (State-owned enterprise)
Hong Kong[]
- Anglo-Eastern Group
- Fleet Management Limited
- The China Navigation Company (Swire Group, UK)
- Jinhui Shipping and Transport (Jinhui Holdings)
- Orient Overseas Container Line "OOCL"
- Pacific Basin Shipping Limited
India[]
- Mercator Limited
- Shipping Corporation of India (State-owned enterprise)
- Dredging Corporation of India (State-owned enterprise)
Indonesia[]
Iran[]
- Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines "IRISL" (IRISL Group)
Israel[]
- Zim Integrated Shipping Services (Ofer Brothers Group)
Japan[]
- Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha "K Line" - BC, CC, CS, RR, TK
- Mitsui O.S.K. Lines "MOL" (Mitsui Group) - BC, CC, CS, RR, TK
- Nippon Yusen Kaisha "NYK" (Mitsubishi Group) - BC, CC, CS, RR, TK
- Ocean Network Express
- Toyofuji Shipping
- Nissan Motor Car Carrier
Singapore[]
- BW Offshore
- Hong Lam Marine
- Masterbulk
- Synergy Marine Group
- Tanker Pacific
- Neptune Orient Lines "NOL" (Temasek Holdings)
- Pacific International Lines "PIL"
South Korea[]
- EUKOR
- Hanjin Shipping (Hanjin Group) - BC, CS, RR, TK, CC
- Hyundai Glovis
- Hyundai Merchant Marine "HMM" (Hyundai Group) -CC, BC, CS, RR, TK
- STX Pan Ocean
Malaysia[]
- MISC Berhad (PETRONAS)
- Malaysian Bulk Carriers
Pakistan[]
- Pakistan National Shipping Corporation "PNSC" (State-owned enterprise)
Saudi Arabia[]
- Bahri (company) "formerly NSCSA"
Taiwan[]
- Evergreen Marine (Evergreen Group)
- Wan Hai Lines
- Yang Ming Marine Transport (China Merchants Group)
Turkey[]
Europe[]
Austria[]
Defunct
- Österreichischer Lloyd
- Austro-Americana
Belgium[]
- Compagnie Maritime Belge "CMB"
- Delphis
- Euro Marine Logistics
- Regie voor Maritiem Transport (State-owned enterprise)
Bulgaria[]
Croatia[]
- Atlantska Plovidba
Denmark[]
- Dampskibsselskabet Norden "D/S Norden"
- Dampskibsselskabet Torm "Torm"
- DFDS Tor Line (DFDS A/S)
- East Asiatic Company
- J. Lauritzen A/S
- Maersk Line (A. P. Moller-Maersk Group)
- Martin Bencher (Scandinavia) A/S
Estonia[]
- Estonian Shipping Company (ESCO)
- Hansa Shipping
Finland[]
- Finnlines (Grimaldi Group, Italy)
- SeaRail (Tallink, Estonia / VR Group, Finland / Green Cargo
France[]
- Compagnie Générale Maritime (CMA CGM)
- Delmas (CMA CGM)
- Louis Dreyfus Armateurs
Defunct
- Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
- Messageries Maritimes
Germany[]
- F. Laeisz
- Hamburg Süd (From 1 December 2017 under ownership of Maersk)
- Hapag-Lloyd
- H. Vogemann
- Deutsche Afrika-Linien
- K Line European Sea Highway Services "KESS"
- Oldendorff Carriers
Defunct
- Norddeutscher Lloyd "NDL"
- Bernhard Schulte
Greece[]
Defunct
- Epirotiki Lines
Iceland[]
- Eimskip
Italy[]
- Grimaldi Group
- Italia Marittima >Lloyd Triestino (Evergreen Group, Taiwan)
- Messina Line
Latvia[]
- Latvian Shipping Company (Latvijas kuģniecība)
Monaco[]
Netherlands[]
Norway[]
- Aker American Shipping (Aker Group)
- Awilco LNG
- Belships
- Bergesen Worldwide (BW Group)
- Borgestad
- Camillo Eitzen & Co ASA (Eitzen Group)
- Christensen Canadian African Lines
- Color Group AS
- Det Stavangerske Dampskibsselskab "DSD"
- Norwegian Car Carriers AS "NOCC"
- Eitzen Chemical (Eitzen Group)
- Eitzen Maritime Services ASA (Eitzen Group)
- Farstad Shipping
- First Olsen Tankers
- Fred. Olsen & Co.
- GC Rieber Shipping
- Golar LNG
- Green Reefers
- Grieg Shipping
- Havila Shipping
- I. M. Skaugen
- J. J. Ugland
- J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi
- Knutsen O.A.S. Shipping AS
- Kristian Jebsens Rederi "Jebsens"
- Leif Höegh & Co
- Nor Lines
- Odfjell
- Siem Shipping
- Solvang
- Solstad Offshore
- Grieg Star Shipping
- Stolt-Nielsen
- United European Car Carriers
- Waterfront Shipping
- Westfal-Larsen
- Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics "WW" (Wallenius Lines AB, Sweden, and Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding ASA, Norway)
- Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding ASA "Wilhelmsen"
- Western Bulk
- Wilson ASA
Defunct
- A. F. Klaveness & Co
- Gerrards Rederi
- Norwegian America Line
Poland[]
- Polsteam > Polish Steamship Company >>Polska Zegluga Morska "PZM"
Portugal[]
Romania[]
Russia[]
- Far East Shipping Company "FESCO"
- Sakhalin Shipping Company " SASCO"
- Sovcomflot "SCF" >Sovtorgflot
- Volgotanker
Defunct
- Baltic Sea Steamship Company
Spain[]
Defunct
- Compañía Transatlántica Española "Spanish Line"
Sweden[]
- Brostrom (from 2008 a part of A.P. Moller-Maersk)
- Johnson Line (Nordstjernan)
- Stena Sphere
- Wallenius Lines AB, (Soya Group)
Defunct
- DFDS Tor Line
- Rederi AB Slite
- Rederi AB Svea
Switzerland[]
- Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. "MSC"
Ukraine[]
United Kingdom[]
Defunct
- African & Eastern Trade Corporation
- African Steamship Company
- Anchor Line
- Alfred Holt and Company "Blue Funnel Line"
- Blue Star Line
- Bristol City Line
- British India Steam Navigation Company "British India Line"
- Clan Line
- Douglas Steamship Company (Hong Kong)
- Elder Dempster Line
- Ellerman Line
- Evan Thomas Radcliffe
- Fyffes Line
- Harrison Line
- Hong Kong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Company (Hong Kong)
- Loch Line
- London & Overseas Freighters
- Manchester Liners
- New Zealand Shipping Company
- Olau Line
- Orient Steam Navigation Company "Orient Line"
- OT Africa Line (CMA CGM, France)
- Overseas Containers Limited
- Pacific Steam Navigation Company
- Palm Line
- Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company "P&O" (DP World, UAE)
- P&O Nedlloyd (Merged into A. P. Moller-Maersk Group, )
- Port Line
- Red Star Line
- Royal Mail Lines
- Sea Containers "SEACO" (Headquarter in UK, and Bermuda)
- Shaw, Savill & Albion Line
- Silver Line
- Union-Castle Line
- United Africa Company
North America[]
Bermuda[]
- Frontline Ltd. (Hemen Holding, Norway) - TK
- Golden Ocean Group (Hemen Holding, Norway)
Canada[]
- Algoma Central
- Canada Steamship Lines
- CP Ships
- Fednav
- Groupe Desgagnés
- Upper Lakes Shipping Company
United States[]
- American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier
- Crowley Maritime
- Matson Navigation Company
- Pasha Hawaii
- Waterman Steamship Corporation
Oceania[]
Australia[]
- Australian National Line (CMA CGM, France)
- Toll Domestic Forwarding (Toll Group)
Fiji[]
- Patterson Brothers Shipping Company LTD
Nauru[]
- Nauru Pacific Line
New Zealand[]
- New Zealand Shipping Company (P&O Line, UK)
Defunct
- Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand
Samoa[]
- Pacific Forum Line "PFL"
South America[]
Argentina[]
Brazil[]
- Wilson, Sons
Chile[]
- Compañía Sudamericana de Vapores "CSAV"
See also[]
References[]
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