Top 10: The largest container lines in terms of owned carrying capacity

Here comes another top-10 list by Container News. This time, we will see the largest container shipping companies in terms of owned carrying capacity.

After checking the respective list of charteredcarrying capacity. it’s time to take a look at the TEU capacity each container carrier owns.

The following list is based on Alphaliner’s data at the end of December 2022

1. A.P. Moller – Maersk – 2,535,600 TEUs (60% share of the overall fleet capacity)

A.P. Moller-Maersk is a container shipping firm headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark that transports around 20% of the world’s food, commodities, and trade across 130 countries. The Danish maritime corporation owns over 900 enterprises, including APM Terminals, Hamburg Süd, Damco, Svitzer, and Seago Line.

2. Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) – 2,086,500 TEUs (45% share)

The Swiss/Italian ocean company, the world’s top box shipping line, maintains a total fleet of 730 ships and transports roughly 23 million TEUs yearly. MSC’s global service network links 150 countries with more than 260 trade channels.

3. CMA CGM – 1,587,000 TEUs (47% share)

CMA CGM has been in business for 40 years and is the world’s third-largest container carrier in terms of owned vessel TEU capacity and second in terms of chartered capacity.

4. COSCO Shipping Lines – 1,568,800 TEUs (55% share)

480 ships and a service network that calls on more than 570 ports, as well as over 400 trade routes that connect around 140 countries.

5. Hapag Lloyd AG – 1,111,400 TEUs (62% share)

Hapag-Lloyd is one of the world’s major ocean carriers for transatlantic, Middle East, Latin American, and intra-American trade, with over 250 ships, 12 million TEUs yearly, and over 14,500 employees spread throughout 400 offices in 137 regions.

6. Evergreen Marine Corporation – 927,700 TEUs

7. ONE – 787,600 TEUs

8. HMM – 555,900 TEUs

9. Wan Hai – 345,100 TEUs

10. Yang Ming – 216,300 TEUs

You can read the article here: Top 10

Source: ContainerNews