List of largest container shipping companies explained

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)		5,705,424	801	19.9%	^[4]	2M
2	Maersk		4,193,392	685	14.6%	^[5]	2M (until February 2025)Gemini (since March 2025)
3	CMA CGM		3,635,418	634	12.7%	^[6]	Ocean Alliance
4	COSCO Shipping Lines (COSCO)		3,092,220	491	10.8%	^[7]	Ocean Alliance
5	Hapag-Lloyd		2,004,030	274	7.0%	^[8]	THE Alliance (until February 2025)Gemini (since March 2025)
6	Ocean Network Express (ONE)		1,809,846	232	6.3%	^[9]	THE Alliance
7	Evergreen Marine Corporation		1,648,821	212	5.7%	^[10]	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%	^[11]
13	Shandong International Transportation Corporation (SITC)		160,156	101	0.6%
14	X-Press Feeders		157,681	81	0.5%	^[12]
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%	^[13]
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

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: PublicTop100 . 2024-02-18 . alphaliner.axsmarine.com.
2. Web site: A single neopanamax acquisition is all that separates Msc and Maersk at the top of the liner rankings. www. splash247.com . en. 2022-01-05.
3. Web site: HANJIN SHIPPING. Journal of Commerce Online.
4. Includes WEC Lines
5. Includes P&O Nedlloyd, Safmarine, SeaLand and Hamburg Süd
6. Includes APL, Neptune Orient Lines, ANL, Comanav, CNC Line, Delmas, Mercosul Line, and Containerships
7. 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
8. 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)
9. Includes Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line)
10. Includes Italia Marittima and Uniglory Marine
11. Includes Advance Container Line (ACL), Pacific Direct Line (PDL), and Mariana Express Lines Ltd. (MELL)
12. Includes Consortium and X-Press Container Line
13. Includes Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, HDS Lines, Valfajre Eight Shipping Company, and Khazar Shipping Company