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
1	Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC)	Switzerland	5,705,424	801	19.9%	[Note 1]
2	Maersk	Denmark	4,193,392	685	14.6%	[Note 2]	Gemini
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]	Gemini
6	Ocean Network Express (ONE)	Japan	1,809,846	232	6.3%	[Note 6]	Premier 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%		Premier Alliance
9	Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation	Taiwan	708,591	94	2.5%		Premier 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 American President Lines (APL), Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), Australian National Line (ANL), Compagnie Marocaine de Navigation (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

• List of largest container ships
• List of busiest container ports
• List of freight ship companies

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.