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]
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
References
- ^ "PublicTop100". alphaliner.axsmarine.com. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "HANJIN SHIPPING". Journal of Commerce Online.
