Several shipping lines are involved in intermodal freight transport as part of international trade.
List of largest container shipping companies[edit]
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. In January 2022, MSC overtook Maersk for the container line with the largest shipping capacity for the first time since 1996. Hanjin Shipping was also one of the biggest but it is now defunct.
Rank Company name Headquarters Total TEU Ships Market share Notes Alliance 1 Mediterranean Shipping Company [MSC]
Gemini [since March 2025]
3 CMA CGM
Gemini [since March 2025]
6 Ocean Network Express [ONE]
Notes[edit]
- 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
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What is the container shipping trend in 2023?
We forecast that global container volumes will grow between 0% and 1% in 2023, and between 3% and 4% in both 2024 and 2025. Combined head-haul and regional trade volumes are expected to grow 0.5 percentage points faster than the total volumes in both 2023 and 2025 but in line with total volumes in 2024.
What is Maersk ranked in 2023?
The company's 2023 annual revenue was US$51.1 billion. In the 2023 Forbes Global 2000, Møller-Maersk was ranked as the 174th largest public company in the world. Maersk has faced several challenges, including the global economic downturn, a malware attack, and the Red Sea crisis.
Who is the world's largest container shipping company?
List of largest container shipping companies.