Container Shipping Lines

Information below reveals TOP 100 operated container shipping lines as per December 11, 2012. *

		Total		Owned		Chartered		Share
Rank	Operator	TEU	Ships	TEU	Ships	TEU	Ships	Share
1	APM-Maersk	2,598,603	607	1,298,839	233	1,299,764	374	15.5%
2	Mediterranean Shg Co	2,217,036	456	1,043,438	194	1,173,598	262	13.2%
3	CMA CGM Group	1,389,567	412	505,480	90	884,087	322	8.3%
4	Evergreen Line	731,955	184	382,475	93	349,480	91	4.4%
5	COSCO Container L.	720,078	162	393,057	105	327,021	57	4.3%
6	Hapag-Lloyd	638,338	141	324,259	62	314,079	79	3.8%
7	Hanjin Shipping	572,234	109	271,580	42	300,654	67	3.4%
8	APL	570,214	126	232,116	42	338,098	84	3.4%
9	CSCL	550,355	141	410,412	85	139,943	56	3.3%
10	MOL	506,239	110	245,178	41	261,061	69	3.0%
11	OOCL	446,893	98	275,787	45	171,106	53	2.7%
12	Hamburg Süd Group	418,589	103	214,283	43	204,306	60	2.5%
13	NYK Line	408,879	95	300,513	54	108,366	41	2.4%
14	Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp.	359,411	84	221,393	48	138,018	36	2.1%
15	Hyundai M.M.	353,320	61	100,646	17	252,674	44	2.1%
16	K Line	343,162	70	112,968	20	230,194	50	2.0%
17	Zim	318,180	84	147,826	31	170,354	53	1.9%
18	PIL (Pacific Int. Line)	295,364	142	199,589	103	95,775	39	1.8%
19	UASC	273,706	47	211,264	27	62,442	20	1.8%
20	CSAV Group	262,288	57	48,178	10	214,110	47	1.6%
21	Wan Hai Lines	166,486	77	138,942	65	27,544	12	0.5%
22	HDS Lines	86,320	21	4,576	2	81,744	19	0.5%
23	X-Press Feeders Group	85,749	65	3,450	2	82,299	63	0.5%
24	TS Lines	79,748	41	3,156	2	76,592	39	0.4%
25	NileDutch	65,248	31	1,301	1	63,947	30	0.4%
26	SITC	61,305	62	25,709	27	35,596	35	0.3%
27	KMTC	54,939	40	20,883	19	34,056	21	0.3%
28	RCL (Regional Container L.)	49,073	37	37,405	30	11,668	7	0.3%
29	CCNI	47,746	17			47,746	17	0.2%
30	STX Pan Ocean (Container)	41,710	22	11,754	7	29,956	15	<0.2%
31	Grimaldi (Napoli)	41,319	41	38,982	37	2,337	4	<0.2%
32	Sinotrans	38,157	35	15,158	15	22,999	20	<0.2%
33	Arkas Line / EMES	37,138	32	23,942	18	13,196	14	<0.2%
34	Seaboard Marine	36,618	38	5,895	8	30,723	30	<0.2%
35	UniFeeder	33,541	34			33,541	34	<0.2%
36	Simatech	31,715	16	6,767	5	24,948	11	<0.2%
37	Matson	30,880	16	30,223	15	657	1	<0.2%
38	Samudera	29,368	38	12,033	21	17,335	17	<0.2%
39	Meratus	28,376	52	27,717	47	659	5	<0.2%
40	Schöller Group	27,447	16	9,551	5	17,896	11	<0.2%
41	Horizon Lines	26,264	13	21,260	10	5,004	3	<0.2%
42	Linea Messina	25,446	14	19,623	10	5,823	4	<0.2%
43	OEL / Shreyas	25,439	20	12,697	11	12,742	9	<0.2%
44	Salam Pasific	24,723	44	24,587	43	136	1	<0.2%
45	Hainan P O Shipping Co	24,573	12	13,194	5	11,379	7	<0.2%
46	S.C. India	24,467	7	14,407	5	10,060	2	<0.2%
47	Tanto Intim Line	24,139	41	24,139	41			<0.2%
48	Swire Shipping	23,655	23	11,652	11	12,003	12	<0.2%
49	MACS	23,496	15	5,724	3	17,772	12	<0.2%
50	Heung-A Shipping	22,530	24	8,024	13	14,506	11	<0.2%
51	Sinokor	19,812	23	13,098	15	6,714	8	<0.2%
52	Quanzhou An Sheng Shg Co	19,590	26	17,151	20	2,439	6	<0.2%
53	Mariana Express Lines	18,935	13			18,935	13	<0.2%
54	DAL	18,834	10	6,184	2	12,650	8	<0.2%
55	Crowley Liner Services	18,617	20	8,304	9	10,313	11	<0.2%
56	FESCO	18,183	19	13,003	16	5,180	3	<0.2%
57	Log-In Logistica	18,119	9	11,472	6	6,647	3	<0.2%
58	Great White Fleet	18,047	26			18,047	26	<0.2%
59	Nam Sung	17,889	22	14,174	19	3,715	3	<0.2%
60	Grand China Logistics	17,361	11	17,361	11			<0.2%
61	Emirates Shipping Line	15,738	6			15,738	6	<0.2%
62	Westwood	14,699	7			14,699	7	<0.2%
63	United Feeder Services	14,003	15			14,003	15	<0.2%
64	Turkon Line	13,578	8	13,578	8			<0.2%
65	King Ocean	13,228	15	834	3	12,394	12	<0.2%
66	Dole Ocean Liner	13,167	23	8,890	10	4,277	13	<0.2%
67	Marfret	12,089	9	6,297	5	5,792	4	<0.2%
68	Borchard Lines	11,435	14	1,606	2	9,829	12	<0.2%
69	Peel Ports (BG Freight)	11,029	13			11,029	13	<0.2%
70	Temas Line	10,901	20	10,901	20			<0.2%
71	Caribbean Feeder Services	10,572	15	6,640	10	3,932	5	<0.2%
72	Delphis NV / Team Lines	10,530	12			10,530	12	<0.2%
73	Containerships OY	9,757	12	966	1	8,791	11	<0.2%
74	Independent Container Line	9,250	4			9,250	4	<0.2%
75	Goto Shipping	9,010	6			9,010	6	<0.2%
76	Shanghai Jin Jiang	8,506	10	7,082	8	1,424	2	<0.2%
77	Vinalines	8,485	14	7,891	13	594	1	<0.2%
78	SASCO (Sakhalin Shipping Co)	8,393	21	6,068	18	2,325	3	<0.2%
79	Chun Kyung (CK Line)	7,792	14	3,395	8	4,397	6	<0.2%
80	SeaFreight	7,459	7			7,459	7	<0.2%
81	HubLine Bhd	7,395	12	7,395	12			<0.2%
82	Samskip	7,218	11	3,434	4	3,784	7	<0.2%
83	Eimskip	7,175	11	4,550	7	2,625	4	<0.2%
84	MTT Shipping	6,790	6	4,358	4	2,432	2	<0.2%
85	Valfajre Eight Shg Co	6,297	9	6,297	9			<0.2%
86	Boluda Lines	6,185	7	4,099	5	2,086	2	<0.2%
87	Tropical Shg	6,178	13	3,940	11	2,238	2	<0.2%
88	Kambara Kisen	6,136	8	907	1	5,229	7	<0.2%
89	Melfi C.L.	6,120	5			6,120	5	<0.2%
90	Caraka Tirta Perkasa	6,103	9	5,873	8	230	1	<0.2%
91	Qatar Navigation (Milaha)	6,095	8	4,977	7	1,118	1	<0.2%
92	Shanghai Hai Hua (Hasco)	5,915	8	3,776	5	2,139	3	<0.2%
93	Irish Continental Group	5,890	9			5,890	9	<0.2%
94	Maestra Navegacao	5,674	4	5,674	4			<0.2%
95	Tarros	5,606	4			5,606	4	<0.2%
96	Lin Line	5,348	3			5,348	3	<0.2%
97	OPDR	4,990	8	4,490	7	500	1	<0.2%
98	Royal Arctic Line	4,819	7	2,807	5	2,012	2	<0.2%
99	Shin Yang Shipping Sdn Bhd	4,780	14	4,067	13	713	1	<0.2%
100	Pan Continental Shg	4,584	6	3,878	5	706	1	<0.2%

According to the latest Alphaliner statistical data, today there are almost 6,000 vessels with capacity of about 16.8 million TEUs and the numbers are constantly growing.

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* Information is based on statistical data of Alphaliner alphaliner.com.