List of largest container shipping companies

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List of largest container shipping companies[edit]

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)   Switzerland 5,705,424 801 19.9% [Note 1] 2M
2 Maersk  Denmark 4,193,392 685 14.6% [Note 2] 2M (until February 2025)

Gemini (since March 2025)

3 CMA CGM  France 3,635,418 634 12.7% [Note 3] Ocean Alliance
4 COSCO Shipping Lines (COSCO)  China 3,092,220 491 10.8% [Note 4] Ocean Alliance
5 Hapag-Lloyd  Germany 2,004,030 274 7.0% [Note 5] THE Alliance (until February 2025)

Gemini (since March 2025)

6 Ocean Network Express (ONE)  Japan 1,809,846 232 6.3% [Note 6] THE Alliance
7 Evergreen Marine Corporation  Taiwan 1,648,821 212 5.7% [Note 7] Ocean Alliance
8 HMM Co. Ltd.  South Korea 797,327 71 2.8% THE Alliance
9 Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation  Taiwan 708,591 94 2.5% THE Alliance
10 Zim Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM)  Israel 655,751 128 2.3%
11 Wan Hai Lines  Taiwan 481,225 118 1.7%
12 Pacific International Lines (PIL)  Singapore 295,567 89 1.0% [Note 8]
13 Shandong International Transportation Corporation (SITC)  China 160,156 101 0.6%
14 X-Press Feeders  Singapore 157,681 81 0.5% [Note 9]
15 Korea Marine Transport Corporation (KMTC)  South Korea 150,704 64 0.5%
16 Sea Lead Shipping  Singapore 141,202 32 0.5%
17 Unifeeder  Denmark 138,995 86 0.5%
18 IRISL Group  Iran 137,720 31 0.5% [Note 10]
19 Sinokor Merchant Marine  South Korea 122,252 80 0.4%
20 Zhonggu Logistics Corporation  China 120,042 86 0.4%
21 TS Lines  Taiwan 92,655 44 0.3%
22 Antong Holdings (QASC)  China 83,868 84 0.3%
23 Regional Container Lines (RCL)  Thailand 77,153 34 0.3%
24 Global Feeder Shipping LLC  United Arab Emirates 76,616 33 0.3%
25 Ningbo Ocean Shipping Co.  China 75,077 80 0.3%
26 Emirates Shipping Line  United Arab Emirates 72,188 14 0.3%
27 Swire Shipping  Singapore 71,023 36 0.2%
28 Matson  United States 69,235 29 0.2%
29 SM Line  South Korea 64,109 14 0.2%
30 Arkas Line  Turkey 59,465 36 0.2%

Notes[edit]

  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 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[edit]

References[edit]

  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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