Let’s count down the top 10 shipping lines in terms of TEU capacity…
🔟 ZIM Integrated Shipping Services
Headquarters in Haifa, Israel
TEU capacity of 620,000
Fleet of 120 vessels
9️⃣ Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp.
Headquarters in Keelung, Taiwan
TEU capacity of 707,000
Fleet of 90 vessels
8️⃣ HMM (Hyundai Merchant Marine)
Headquarters in Seoul, South Korea
TEU capacity of 840,000
Fleet of 75 vessels
7️⃣ EVERGREEN LINE
Headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan
TEU capacity of 1.7 million
Fleet of 210 vessels
6️⃣ Ocean Network Express
Headquarters in Singapore
TEU capacity of 1.8 million
Fleet of 230 vessels
5️⃣ Hapag-Lloyd AG
Headquarters in Hamburg, Germany
TEU capacity of 2 million
Fleet of 270 vessels
4️⃣ COSCO SHIPPING
Headquarters in Beijing, China
TEU capacity of 3.1 million
Fleet of 500 vessels
3️⃣ CMA CGM
Headquarters in Marseille, France
TEU capacity of 3.5 million
Fleet of 600 vessels
2️⃣ A.P. Moller – Maersk
Headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark
TEU capacity of 4.1 million
Fleet of 700 vessels
1️⃣ MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company
Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland
TEU capacity of 5.6 million
Fleet of 800 vessels
The TEU capacity and fleet size figures are approximate and subject to change due to new vessel acquisitions, charter agreements, and scrapping of older ships.
The next 10 to round up the top 2️⃣0️⃣ are OOCL, Pacific International Lines (PTE) Ltd, WAN HAI, Sitc International Holdings Co Ltd, Korea Marine Transport Co., Ltd., Shanghai Zhonggu Logistics, X-Press Feeders, IRISL Group and Unifeeder.
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