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List of largest container shipping companies

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

  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

References

  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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