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 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[]

  1. ^ Includes WEC Lines
  2. ^ Includes P&O Nedlloyd, Safmarine, SeaLand and Hamburg Süd
  3. ^ Includes APL, Neptune Orient Lines, ANL, Comanav, CNC Line, 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 United Arab Shipping Company, CSAV and NileDutch
  6. ^ Includes Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and 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 Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, HDS Lines, Valfajre Eight Shipping Company, and Khazar Shipping Company
  10. ^ Includes Consortium and X-Press Container Line

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "PublicTop100". alphaliner.axsmarine.com. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  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.
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