A shipping corporation based in Denmark, Maersk Shipping Line dominated the world container shipping market, holding the No. 1 spot for more than 25 years.

Maersk Shipping Line is an AP Moller- Maersk company branch. Widely well-known for its fleet of container ships, the Maersk Line debuted in the international container shipping arena in 1904. Now, the company is diversifying its presence in the green fuel and digital technology space.

Currently, the company has a fleet of around 675 container ships with a capacity of around 4,117,136 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units).

France’s leading container shipping company, CMA-CGM, is the 3rd largest company in TEU capacity.

CMA CGM came into existence in the year 1978 as a result of a series of mergers between previously established shipping corporations.

Jacques Saade, the head of the company, was the instrumental force behind its coming into active operation. At present, the company has a fleet of 624 ships operating in over 150 routes globally. It has a carrying capacity of around 3,578,494 TEU.

The China Ocean Shipping Company, or COSCO, as it is popularly known, is one of the leading conglomerates in terms of container shipping companies.

COSCO pushed down to 4th position by CMA CGM, has its operations spread over 40 countries with a fleet of around 490 container ships with a container carrying capacity of 3,054,323 TEU.

However, its order book contains an additional 837,492 TEU and 50 ships, which will be added to the company’s capacity in the coming year..

Based in Keelung, Taiwan, Yang Ming Marine Transport is one of the oldest and largest shipping companies globally.

Established in 1972, the company provides services across Asia, Europe, America, and Australia with a fleet of 94 vessels. It has a container carrying capacity of around 708,593 TEU.

Maersk has been in the No. 1 spot since it overtook Evergreen in 1996. The domination of Maersk Line in terms of TEU capacity has been broken first time in 25 years by the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC)

It is a Swiss international cargo company established in the year 1970. With a buying spree of new and old vessels, MSC added almost 100 ships to its fleet in the last year. Having 800 ships, the conglomerate is rated to be one of the most extensive cargo companies globally, with a TEU capacity of around 5,614,057 TEUs.

Since 1967, ACL has been a specialized transatlantic carrier of containers, project and oversized cargo, heavy equipment and vehicles with the world’s largest combination RORO/Containerships.

The company is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden with a Corporate Office in Westfield New Jersey and offices throughout Europe and North America. ACL offers a weekly transatlantic sailings and handles the Grimaldi Lines’ service between the U.S. & West Africa and the Grimaldi EuroMed Service between North America and the Mediterranean. The Company also offers service for non-containerizeable cargo to the Middle East, South Africa, Australia and the Far East. ACL is a Grimaldi Group company.

HMM Co. LTD., formerly known as Hyundai Merchant Marine, is a leading container shipping company based in South Korea.

With a fleet of 70 vessels and a cargo-carrying capacity of 783,732 TEU, HMM Co. LTD. is one of the top 10 shipping companies in the world, moving the largest portion of South Korea’s exports.

Being a top integrated logistics company globally, HMM Co. LTD. plays an important role in Korea’s economic development.

Orient Overseas Container Line, commonly known as OOCL, is a container shipping and logistics service company with headquarters in Hong Kong. The company is incorporated in Hong Kong as Orient Overseas Container Line Limited and separately incorporated as Orient Overseas Container Line Inc.

OOCL is a large integrated international container transportation, logistics and terminal company[2] with offices in 70 countries. OOCL has 59 vessels of different classes, with capacity varying from 2,992 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) to 21,413 TEU, including two ice-class vessels for extreme weather conditions.

Established in July 1996 under the name of “EMES Shipping and Transport S.A.”. As of January 1st 2010, the name was changed to Arkas Container Transport S.A. and continue to provide services under the brand name “Arkas Line”.The Arkas Line container fleet has approximately 104,800 TEU with different types of containers, all of which are used on regular service between ports on the Mediterranean, West Africa and the Black Sea.With its fleet of 50 container vessel, Arkas is ranked as 20st in the world container fleet ownership.

rkas Line, which has been providing services to the ports of the Mediterranean and Black Sea with its own vessels and containers since 1996, has added feeder transportation for maritime trade. Today Arkas Line is also a liner operator with direct services to the Mediterranean, Black Sea and North Africa.

WEC Lines is a small to medium sized shipping line, easy to do business with, and keeping up with modern times whilst respecting our heritage. Our purpose is to connect Northeast Africa, The Red Sea, and South to Northwestern Europe and the UK with high frequent, environmentally friendly container shipping solutions.

A shipping conglomerate based in Taiwan, the Evergreen Marine Corporation was founded in 1968 by Dr Yung-Fa Chang, a visionary in his own right.

At present, the company has offices established worldwide with an operational capacity of 211 container ships and a container carrying capacity of 1,644,883 TEU.

Pacific International Lines is a Singaporean shipping company incorporated in Singapore on 16 March 1967. It was founded by Singaporean entrepreneur Chang Yun Chung, who was the world's oldest billionaire until he died at 102 in September 2020.

When the company was founded in March 1967, the company originally operated just two ships, but constantly expanded to finally celebrate its first 50 years of history in 2017, and ranking within the first 10 largest container shipping lines.

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Tarros Med Egypt is a maritime agency, specialized in container transport in the Mediterranean area and operates in Egypt on behalf of Tarros Spa, a historic Italian shipping company that manages shipping lines in container ships and related services

Established on July 7th, 2017, One Network Express integrates three major shipping companies: MOL, “K”-Line, and NYK.

Setup in Japan and headquartered in Singapore, ONE was founded to strengthen services in Asia, Latin America, and Africa.

The alliance of these three companies currently has a combined fleet of 231 vessels with a container carrying capacity of 1,799,818 TEU, making it one of the largest container shipping alliance companies in the world.

Established in 1989, B&G Shipping Agencies have over 30 years experience in the field of container shipment.

Throughout they years the company has developed and fine-tuned its operations, relying on our experienced staff and innovative technology, to offer a best in class service. Our company is built upon our four core values of Reliability, Consistency, Client Centricity and a Tailored Service. This insures that our clients are always satisfied, and our long-term relationships with our clients are a testament to our high quality service and success.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd., commonly known as ZIM, is an Israeli international cargo shipping company.

It was founded in 1945 as the ZIM Palestine Navigation Company Ltd. Currently, ZIM has a fleet of 124 ships with a total container carrying capacity of 619,349 TEUs. It has added more than 30 ships to its fleet in 2021, making it one of the top 10 container shipping companies in the world.