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 March 2025, 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	6,408,597	889	20.2%	^{[Note 1]}
2	Maersk	Denmark	4,536,588	735	14.3%	^{[Note 2]}	Gemini
3	CMA CGM	France	3,875,593	664	12.7%	^{[Note 3]}	Ocean Alliance
4	COSCO Shipping Lines (COSCO)	China	3,351,669	519	10.6%	^{[Note 4]}	Ocean Alliance
5	Hapag-Lloyd	Germany	2,352,976	300	7.4%	^{[Note 5]}	Gemini
6	Ocean Network Express (ONE)	Japan	1,977,686	257	6.2%	^{[Note 6]}	Premier Alliance
7	Evergreen Marine Corporation	Taiwan	1,792,468	225	5.7%	^{[Note 7]}	Ocean Alliance
8	HMM Co. Ltd. (HMM)	South Korea	913,867	83	2.9%		Premier Alliance
9	Zim Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM)	Israel	781,026	130	2.5%
10	Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation	Taiwan	711,393	98	2.2%		Premier Alliance
11	Wan Hai Lines	Taiwan	481,225	118	1.7%
12	Pacific International Lines (PIL)	Singapore	295,567	89	1.0%	^{[Note 8]}
13	Shandong International Transportation Corporation (SITC)	China	160,156	101	0.6%
14	X-Press Feeders	Singapore	157,681	81	0.5%	^{[Note 9]}
15	Korea Marine Transport Corporation (KMTC)	South Korea	150,704	64	0.5%
16	Sea Lead Shipping	Singapore	141,202	32	0.5%
17	Unifeeder	Denmark	138,995	86	0.5%
18	IRISL Group	Iran	137,720	31	0.5%	^{[Note 10]}
19	Sinokor Merchant Marine	South Korea	122,252	80	0.4%
20	Zhonggu Logistics Corporation	China	120,042	86	0.4%
21	TS Lines	Taiwan	92,655	44	0.3%
22	Antong Holdings (QASC)	China	83,868	84	0.3%
23	Regional Container Lines (RCL)	Thailand	77,153	34	0.3%
24	Global Feeder Shipping LLC	United Arab Emirates	76,616	33	0.3%
25	Ningbo Ocean Shipping Co.	China	75,077	80	0.3%
26	Emirates Shipping Line	United Arab Emirates	72,188	14	0.3%
27	Swire Shipping	Singapore	71,023	36	0.2%
28	Matson	United States	69,235	29	0.2%
29	SM Line	South Korea	64,109	14	0.2%
30	Arkas Line	Turkey	59,465	36	0.2%