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 April 2026, according to Alphaliner, ranked in order of the twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity of their fleet. In January 2022, MSC overtook Maersk for the container line with the largest shipping capacity for the first time since 1996. Hanjin Shipping was also one of the biggest but it is now defunct.

Rank Company name Headquarters TotalTEU Ships MarketshareNotesAlliance1Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) 7,318,632 1000 21.6%Includes WEC Lines2Maersk 4,647,588 735 13.7%Includes P&O Nedlloyd, Safmarine, SeaLand and Hamburg SüdGemini3CMA CGM 4,273,202 723 12.6%Includes American President Lines (APL), Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), Australian National Line (ANL), Compagnie Marocaine de Navigation (Comanav), CNC Line, Delmas, Mercosul Line, and ContainershipsOcean Alliance4COSCO Shipping Lines (COSCO) 3,593,746 554 10.6%Includes COSCO Shipping Lines (COSCO), China Shipping Container Lines (China Shipping Group), Orient Overseas Container Line (Orient Overseas (International) Limited), Shanghai Pan Asia Shipping, New Golden Sea Shipping, and CoheungOcean Alliance5Hapag-Lloyd 2,400,946 291 7.1%Includes CP Ships, Compañía Sudamericana de Vapores (CSAV), United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), Nile Dutch Investments B.V. (NileDutch), and Deutsche Afrika-Linien/John T. Essberger (DAL/JTE)Gemini6Ocean Network Express (ONE) 2,134,872 272 6.3%Includes Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line)Premier Alliance7Evergreen Marine Corporation 1,973,231 239 5.8%Includes Italia Marittima and Uniglory MarineOcean Alliance8HMM Co. Ltd. 1,029,773 97 3.0%Premier Alliance9Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation 741,908 98 2.2%Premier Alliance10Zim Integrated Shipping Services 698,205 115 2.1%11Wan Hai Lines 591,132 120 1.7%12Pacific International Lines (PIL) 442,216 99 1.3%Includes Advance Container Line (ACL), Pacific Direct Line (PDL), and Mariana Express Lines Ltd. (MELL)13X-Press Feeders 192,780 103 0.6%Includes Consortium and X-Press Container Line14Shandong International Transportation Corporation (SITC) 187,472 121 0.6%15Unifeeder 165,289 94 0.5%16Korea Marine Transport Corporation (KMTC) 155,914 65 0.5%17IRISL Group 142,180 29 0.4%Includes Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, HDS Lines, Valfajre Eight Shipping Company, and Khazar Shipping Company18Global Feeder Shipping LLC 131,734 53 0.4%19Sinokor Merchant Marine 120,081 68 0.4%20TS Lines 106,751 40 0.3%21Regional Container Lines (RCL) 101,908 33 0.3%22Emirates Shipping Line 98,114 22 0.3%23Ningbo Ocean Shipping Co. 89,801 90 0.3%24Tangshan Port Hede Shipping 85,867 57 0.3%25Interasia Lines 77,985 27 0.2%26Grimaldi Group 77,276 50 0.2%27Antong Holdings (QASC) 73,446 72 0.2%28Sinotrans 71,142 44 0.2%29SM Line 69,951 15 0.2%30Matson 69,227 28 0.2%

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List of largest container shipping companies

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