List of largest container shipping companies
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 1 January 2022, according to Alphaliner, ranked in order of the twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity of their fleet.[1]For the first since 1996, Maersk has been overtaken by MSC, which has become the container Line with largest shipping capacity.[2]
Rank | Company name | Headquarters | Total TEU |
Ships | Market share |
Notes | Alliance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mediterranean Shipping Company | Switzerland, Italy | 4,284,668 | 645 | 16.9% | [Note 1] | 2M |
2 | Maersk | Denmark | 4,282,302 | 738 | 16.9% | [Note 2] | 2M |
3 | CMA CGM | France | 3,167,522 | 566 | 12.5% | [Note 3] | Ocean Alliance |
4 | COSCO | China | 2,943,120 | 498 | 12.3% | [Note 4] | Ocean Alliance |
5 | Hapag-Lloyd | Germany | 1,749,399 | 256 | 7.3% | [Note 5] | THE Alliance |
6 | Ocean Network Express (ONE) | Japan | 1,600,531 | 221 | 6.6% | [Note 6] | THE Alliance |
7 | Evergreen Marine Corporation | Taiwan | 1,345,537 | 202 | 5.5% | [Note 7] | Ocean Alliance |
8 | HMM Co. Ltd. | South Korea | 752,604 | 75 | 3.1% | THE Alliance | |
9 | Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation | Taiwan | 628,463 | 89 | 2.6% | THE Alliance | |
10 | Zim Integrated Shipping Services | Israel | 409,810 | 95 | 1.7% | ||
11 | Wan Hai Lines | Taiwan | 371,037 | 134 | 1.5% | ||
12 | Pacific International Lines | Singapore | 252,663 | 80 | 1.0% | [Note 8] | |
13 | Zhonggu Logistics Corporation | China | 156,569 | 111 | 0.6% | ||
14 | Korea Marine Transport Corporation | South Korea | 156,381 | 66 | 0.6% | ||
15 | IRISL Group | Iran | 149,042 | 32 | 0.6% | [Note 9] | |
16 | Shandong International Transportation Corporation | China | 140,963 | 95 | 0.6% | ||
17 | X-Press Feeders | Singapore | 136,182 | 84 | 0.6% | [Note 10] | |
18 | Antong Holdings (QASC) | China | 133,201 | 105 | 0.5% | ||
19 | Sinokor Merchant Marine | South Korea | 112,929 | 78 | 0.5% | ||
20 | TS Lines | Taiwan | 100,234 | 47 | 0.4% | ||
21 | Unifeeder | Denmark | 94,370 | 65 | 0.4% | ||
22 | Regional Container Lines | Thailand | 64,160 | 32 | 0.3% | ||
23 | Matson | United States | 62,622 | 27 | 0.3% | ||
24 | Sea Lead Shipping | Singapore | 61,978 | 18 | 0.3% | ||
25 | Sinotrans | China | 61,058 | 36 | 0.3% | ||
26 | Global Feeder Shipping LLC | United Arab Emirates | 57,283 | 19 | 0.2% | ||
27 | SM Line | South Korea | 56,970 | 11 | 0.2% | ||
28 | Arkas Container Transport | Turkey | 52,107 | 30 | 0.2% | ||
29 | Salam Pacific Indonesia Lines | Indonesia | 49,927 | 50 | 0.2% | ||
30 | Transworld Group | United Arab Emirates | 48,832 | 27 | 0.2% | ||
Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) | China | 56,700 | 61 | Ocean Alliance |
Notes[]
- ^ Includes WEC Lines
- ^ Includes P&O Nedlloyd, Safmarine, SeaLand and Hamburg Süd
- ^ Includes APL, Neptune Orient Lines, ANL, Comanav, CNC Line, Mercosul Line, and Containerships
- ^ 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
- ^ Includes United Arab Shipping Company, CSAV and NileDutch
- ^ Includes Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and K Line
- ^ Includes Italia Marittima and Uniglory Marine
- ^ Includes Advance Container Line (ACL), Pacific Direct Line (PDL), and Mariana Express Lines Ltd. (MELL)
- ^ Includes Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, HDS Lines, Valfajre Eight Shipping Company, and Khazar Shipping Company
- ^ Includes Consortium and X-Press Container Line
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "PublicTop100". alphaliner.axsmarine.com. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
- ^ "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.
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