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 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 |
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1 | Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) | ![]() | 5,705,424 | 801 | 19.9% | [Note 1] | 2M |
2 | Maersk | ![]() | 4,193,392 | 685 | 14.6% | [Note 2] | 2M (until February 2025) Gemini (since March 2025) |
3 | CMA CGM | ![]() | 3,635,418 | 634 | 12.7% | [Note 3] | Ocean Alliance |
4 | COSCO Shipping Lines (COSCO) | ![]() | 3,092,220 | 491 | 10.8% | [Note 4] | Ocean Alliance |
5 | Hapag-Lloyd | ![]() | 2,004,030 | 274 | 7.0% | [Note 5] | THE Alliance (until February 2025) Gemini (since March 2025) |
6 | Ocean Network Express (ONE) | ![]() | 1,809,846 | 232 | 6.3% | [Note 6] | THE Alliance |
7 | Evergreen Marine Corporation | ![]() | 1,648,821 | 212 | 5.7% | [Note 7] | Ocean Alliance |
8 | HMM Co. Ltd. | ![]() | 797,327 | 71 | 2.8% | THE Alliance | |
9 | Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation | ![]() | 708,591 | 94 | 2.5% | THE Alliance | |
10 | Zim Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM) | ![]() | 655,751 | 128 | 2.3% | ||
11 | Wan Hai Lines | ![]() | 481,225 | 118 | 1.7% | ||
12 | Pacific International Lines (PIL) | ![]() | 295,567 | 89 | 1.0% | [Note 8] | |
13 | Shandong International Transportation Corporation (SITC) | ![]() | 160,156 | 101 | 0.6% | ||
14 | X-Press Feeders | ![]() | 157,681 | 81 | 0.5% | [Note 9] | |
15 | Korea Marine Transport Corporation (KMTC) | ![]() | 150,704 | 64 | 0.5% | ||
16 | Sea Lead Shipping | ![]() | 141,202 | 32 | 0.5% | ||
17 | Unifeeder | ![]() | 138,995 | 86 | 0.5% | ||
18 | IRISL Group | ![]() | 137,720 | 31 | 0.5% | [Note 10] | |
19 | Sinokor Merchant Marine | ![]() | 122,252 | 80 | 0.4% | ||
20 | Zhonggu Logistics Corporation | ![]() | 120,042 | 86 | 0.4% | ||
21 | TS Lines | ![]() | 92,655 | 44 | 0.3% | ||
22 | Antong Holdings (QASC) | ![]() | 83,868 | 84 | 0.3% | ||
23 | Regional Container Lines (RCL) | ![]() | 77,153 | 34 | 0.3% | ||
24 | Global Feeder Shipping LLC | ![]() | 76,616 | 33 | 0.3% | ||
25 | Ningbo Ocean Shipping Co. | ![]() | 75,077 | 80 | 0.3% | ||
26 | Emirates Shipping Line | ![]() | 72,188 | 14 | 0.3% | ||
27 | Swire Shipping | ![]() | 71,023 | 36 | 0.2% | ||
28 | Matson | ![]() | 69,235 | 29 | 0.2% | ||
29 | SM Line | ![]() | 64,109 | 14 | 0.2% | ||
30 | Arkas Line | ![]() | 59,465 | 36 | 0.2% |
Notes
- ^ Includes WEC Lines
- ^ Includes P&O Nedlloyd, Safmarine, SeaLand and Hamburg Süd
- ^ Includes APL, Neptune Orient Lines, ANL, Comanav, CNC Line, Delmas, 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 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)
- ^ Includes Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line)
- ^ Includes Italia Marittima and Uniglory Marine
- ^ Includes Advance Container Line (ACL), Pacific Direct Line (PDL), and Mariana Express Lines Ltd. (MELL)
- ^ Includes Consortium and X-Press Container Line
- ^ Includes Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, HDS Lines, Valfajre Eight Shipping Company, and Khazar Shipping Company
See also
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