List of freight ship companies
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This is a list of freighter shipping fleets. The largest shipping companies are European and Asian.[1]
History
changeThe growth of container transport fleets began in the 1950s.[2]
List
changeThis list is in order of size, with the largest first. In 2009, for example, Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) was the tenth in size worldwide.[1]
This list is in a table format:
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| Rank | Name | Location | Vessels | TEUs[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maersk Line (A. P. Moller-Maersk Group)[1] | Denmark | 514 | 1,939,773 |
| 2 | Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC)[1] | Switzerland | 367 | 1,451,270 |
| 3 | CMA CM (Compagnie Générale Maritime)[1] | France | 306 | 999,205 |
| 4 | Evergreen Marine[1] | Taiwan | 141 | 540,163 |
| 5 | American President Lines (APL)[1] | Singapore | 128 | 518,566 |
| 6 | Hapag-Lloyd[1] | Germany | 115 | 485,104 |
| 7 | China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO)[1] | China | 142 | 556,444 |
| 8 | China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL)[1] | China | 118 | 434,991 |
| 9 | Hanjin Shipping[1] | Korea | 67 | 407,102 |
| 10 | Nippon Yusen (NYK)[1] | Japan | 99 | 398,446 |
Related pages
changeReferences
change- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 NYK (Nippon Yusen Kaika), "Fleet Sizes of Full Container Operators"; retrieved 2012-9-5.
- ↑ Inter-modal Steel Building Association (ISBA), "All About Shipping Containers" Archived 2012-09-21 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-9-5.
- ↑ TEU is an acronym. TEU stands for the Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit. TEU is an inexact unit for measuring cargo capacity based on the standard container size.