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

• Ethiopian Shipping Lines

South Africa

• Safmarine ( A. P. Moller-Maersk Group, Denmark)

Asia

Azerbaijan

• Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company

Bangladesh

• Bangladesh Shipping Corporation ( State-owned enterprise)

China

Mainland 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

• Bumi Laut Group

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, RR, TK
• Mitsui O.S.K. Lines "MOL" ( Mitsui Group) - BC, CC, RR, TK
• Nippon Yusen Kaisha "NYK Line" ( Mitsubishi Group) - BC, CC, RR, TK
• Nissan Motor Car Carrier
• Ocean Network Express "ONE" (K Line, MOL, and NYK Line) - CS
• Toyofuji Shipping

Singapore

• BW Offshore
• Hong Lam Marine
• Masterbulk
• Tanker Pacific
• Neptune Orient Lines "NOL" ( Temasek Holdings)
• Pacific International Lines "PIL"
• X-Press Feeders

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)

Philippines

• Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation
• Carlos A. Gothong Lines
• Gothong Southern
• Asian Marine Transport Corporation

Saudi Arabia

• Bahri (company) "formerly NSCSA"

Taiwan

• Evergreen Marine ( Evergreen Group)
• Wan Hai Lines
• Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation ( China Merchants Group)

Turkey

• Arkas Container Transport
• BMZ Group
• Cornships Management and Agency

Europe

Austria

• Austrian Lloyd Ship Management

Defunct

• Österreichischer Lloyd
• Austro-Americana

Belgium

• Compagnie Maritime Belge "CMB"
• Delphis
• Euro Marine Logistics
• Regie voor Maritiem Transport ( State-owned enterprise)

Bulgaria

• Navibulgar

Croatia

• Alpha Adriatic
• Atlantska Plovidba
• Tankerska 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

• Atlas Maritime
• Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises
• Lykiardopoulo

Defunct

• Epirotiki Lines

Iceland

• Eimskip

Italy

• Grimaldi Group
• Italia Marittima >Lloyd Triestino ( Evergreen Group, Taiwan)
• Messina Line

Latvia

• Latvian Shipping Company ( Latvijas kuģniecība)

Monaco

• Costamare

Netherlands

• Seatrade
• Dockwise ( Boskalis, 2013)

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 Żegluga Morska "PŻM"

Portugal

• Portline

Romania

• Histria Shipmanagement

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

• UkrFerry

United Kingdom

• Bibby Line

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 President Lines
• American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier
• Crowley Maritime
• Matson Navigation Company
• Pasha Hawaii
• SeaLand
• Waterman Steamship Corporation

Oceania

Australia

• Australian National Line ( CMA CGM, France)
• Toll Domestic Forwarding ( Toll Group)

Fiji

• Patterson Brothers Shipping Company

Nauru

• Nauru Pacific Line

New Zealand

• New Zealand Shipping Company ( P&O, UK)

Defunct

• Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand

Samoa

• Pacific Forum Line

South America

Argentina

• Empresa Líneas Marítimas Argentinas "ELMA"

Brazil

• Wilson, Sons

Chile

• Compañía Sudamericana de Vapores "CSAV"

See also

• List of largest container shipping companies

References