In the world of container shipping every company has its own uniqueness and services but if we talk in terms of number of their ships and container capacity then definitely we will have a list of companies from most to least, in that list we have selected top 10 container shipping companies with respect to year 2019.
Founded: 1904 Capitalization: US$ 35 billion TUE: 3,250,668 Ships: 620 Their operating unit "Maersk line" is world's largest overseas freight carrier. They have 88,000 employees currently working in 130 countries around the globe. The company is based in Copenhagen, Denmark and is leading the container shipping world since 1996. Founded: 1970 Capitalization: US$ 28.19 billion TUE: 2,936,553 Ships: 490 This company is the largest privately owned company in the world with 24,000 employees working in 480 offices across 150 countries of the world. The company is based in Geneva, Switzerland. It has over 200 different routes calling at about 315 ports. Founded: 1978 Capitalization: US$ 16 billion TUE: 2,165,570 Ships: 447 This company is the world 3rd largest container shipping company with 29,000 employees in 755 offices across 150 different countries in the world, it has 200 different shipping routes with calling of 420 ports. Founded: 1961 Capitalization: US$ 10.2 billion TUE: 1,639,692 Ships: 294 The China COSCO shipping company is a merger of COSCO groups and china shipping group, which took place in January 2016, they have 130,000 employees working across the world. This company is based in Shanghai, China. Founded: 1968 Capitalization: US$ 4.556 billion TUE: 989,592 Ships: 187 This Taiwan based company has 3389 employees working across 80 countries and calls on 240 ports worldwide. The company's Headquarters is in Luzhu District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. Founded: 1970 Capitalization: US$ 12 billion TUE: 978,573 Ships: 169 This Germany based company has more than 9300 employees working across 117 different countries of the world and calls at 350 different ports. The headquarter is in Hamburg, Germany. Founded: 1969 Capitalization: Unknown TUE: 773,201 Ships: 91 OOCL has more than 320 offices across 70 different countries of the world. The headquarter of this company is based in Hong Kong, China. Founded: 1871 Capitalization: US$6.5 billion TUE: 625,327 Ships: 115 This is a private shipping company with a number of 4500+ employees working across different countries of the world. Their headquarter is located in Hamburg, Germany. Founded: 1972 Capitalization: Unknown TUE: 590,269 Ships: 98 This is also a privately owned company, with thousands of employees working across the globe, Their focus in on teamwork and innovation. The headquarter is based in Keelung, Taiwan Founded: 1885 Capitalization: US$ 395.8 million TUE: 584,699 Ships: 99
NYK is one of the oldest shipping company in the world, with an approximate of 33,520 employees working across the globe. The headquarter is in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. ZIM shipping is professional shipping Special Cargo. Refrigerated Cargo / Dangerous Cargo / OOG - Large & Heavy Cargo. When you import from China about these cargo, you can ask ZIM shipping carrier for you. CHINA SHIPPING CONTAINER LINES COMPANY LIMITED, CSCL Shipping. MAERSK SHIPPING CO.,LTD - MSK shipping ORIENT OVERSEAS CONTAINER LINE CO.,LTD OOCL shipping MCC Transport Singapore Ltd MCC shipping line. WanHai shipping Lines, WHL shipping company services in China TSL shipping Container line Msk container shipping company–Maersk Group
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC shipping)
CMA CGM Shipping lines
China COSCO Shipping Container Company
Evergreen Marine-EMC Shipping Company
Hapag-Lloyd -HPL Container lines
Orient Overseas Container Line -OOCL lines
Hamburg Süd -HBL Container Shipping Company
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation - YML
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