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 April 2026, 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 7,318,632 1000 21.6% [Note 1]
2 Maersk Denmark 4,647,588 735 13.7% [Note 2] Gemini
3 CMA CGM France 4,273,202 723 12.6% [Note 3] Ocean Alliance
4 COSCO Shipping Lines (COSCO) China 3,593,746 554 10.6% [Note 4] Ocean Alliance
5 Hapag-Lloyd Germany 2,400,946 291 7.1% [Note 5] Gemini
6 Ocean Network Express (ONE) Japan 2,134,872 272 6.3% [Note 6] Premier Alliance
7 Evergreen Marine Corporation Taiwan 1,973,231 239 5.8% [Note 7] Ocean Alliance
8 HMM Co. Ltd. South Korea 1,029,773 97 3.0% Premier Alliance
9 Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation Taiwan 741,908 98 2.2% Premier Alliance
10 Zim Integrated Shipping Services Israel 698,205 115 2.1%
11 Wan Hai Lines Taiwan 591,132 120 1.7%
12 Pacific International Lines (PIL) Singapore 442,216 99 1.3% [Note 8]
13 X-Press Feeders Singapore 192,780 103 0.6% [Note 9]
14 Shandong International Transportation Corporation (SITC) China 187,472 121 0.6%
15 Unifeeder Denmark 165,289 94 0.5%
16 Korea Marine Transport Corporation (KMTC) South Korea 155,914 65 0.5%
17 IRISL Group Iran 142,180 29 0.4% [Note 10]
18 Global Feeder Shipping LLC United Arab Emirates 131,734 53 0.4%
19 Sinokor Merchant Marine South Korea 120,081 68 0.4%
20 TS Lines Taiwan 106,751 40 0.3%
21 Regional Container Lines (RCL) Thailand 101,908 33 0.3%
22 Emirates Shipping Line United Arab Emirates 98,114 22 0.3%
23 Ningbo Ocean Shipping Co. China 89,801 90 0.3%
24 Tangshan Port Hede Shipping China 85,867 57 0.3%
25 Interasia Lines Japan 77,985 27 0.2%
26 Grimaldi Group Italy 77,276 50 0.2%
27 Antong Holdings (QASC) China 73,446 72 0.2%
28 Sinotrans China 71,142 44 0.2%
29 SM Line South Korea 69,951 15 0.2%
30 Matson United States 69,227 28 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

References

  1. ^ "PublicTop100". alphaliner.axsmarine.com. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
  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.
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