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Top 50 Containership Ocean Carriers by TEU
Rank
Ships
Ships
Total TEUs
Ships
Owned TEUs
Chartered Ships
Chartered TEUs
Ships on Order
TEUs on Order
1
Mediterranean Shipping Company
987
7,231,171
733
4,576,627
254
2,654,544
129
2,186,192
2
Maersk
732
4,635,548
347
2,820,743
385
1,814,805
92
1,206,197
3
CMA CGM Group (incl APL)
723
4,253,437
361
2,680,805
362
1,572,632
151
1,821,908
4
COSCO Group
554
3,594,950
208
2,162,522
346
1,432,428
111
1,397,244
5
Hapag-Lloyd*
286
2,384,201
133
1,452,408
153
931,793
58
476,856
6
ONE (Ocean Network Express)
271
2,104,412
105
959,348
166
1,145,064
50
590,128
7
Evergreen Line
239
1,973,231
164
1,389,575
75
583,656
75
908,528
8
HMM Co Ltd (Hyundai Merchant Marine
97
1,025,953
73
842,522
24
183,431
37
234,240
9
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp.
96
723,368
60
348,156
36
375,212
17
221,560
10
Zim*
115
698,205
15
92,934
100
605,271
24
189,328
11
Wan Hai Lines
120
591,132
120
591,132
0
0
44
433,200
12
PIL (Pacific Int. line)
100
443,154
81
310,196
19
132,958
26
270,676
13
X-Press Feeders Group
107
198,107
50
107,146
57
90,961
6
41,916
14
SITC
121
187,472
100
163,701
21
23,771
18
39,600
15
Unifeeder
96
168,673
2
13,582
94
155,091
15
79,161
16
KMTC
65
154,447
30
85,797
35
68,650
10
54,882
17
IR!SL Group
31
144,176
31
 
144,176 
0
0
0
0
18
Global Feeder Shipping LLC
53
134,690
24
59,054
29
75,636
0
0
19
Sinokor Merchant Marine*
69
125,109
67
122,696
2
2,413
4
52,000
20
TS Lines
41
107,847
35
88,921
6
18,926
16
98,616
21
RCL (Regional Container Line)
36
105,046
30
95,169
6
9,877
18
129,780
22
Emirates Shipping Line
24
102,976
0
0
24
102,976
4
56,680
23
Ningbo Ocean Shipping Co
90
93,309
47
59,934
43
33,375
14
46,684
24
Tangshan Port Hede Shipping
58
90,262
3
1,874
55
88,388
0
0
25
SeaLead Shipping
17
78,888
3
7,157
14
71,731
2
14,330
26
Grimaldi (Napoli)
51
78,732
51
78,732
0
0
0
0
27
Interasia lines
27
77,985
21
57,461
6
20,524
13
69,692
28
Antong Holdings (QASC)
72
73,446
38
54,876
34
18,570
0
0
29
Sinotrans
44
71,142
19
30,796
25
40,346
4
12,000
30
SM Line Corp.
15
69,951
13
64,188
2
5,763
0
0
31
Matson
28
69,227
19
40,355
9
 
28,872 
3
10,860
32
Shanghai Jin Jiang Shipping
55
65,339
27
32,449
28
32,890
8
 
12,328 
33
Swire Shipping
30
59,365
24
48,898
6
10,467
0
0
34
Arkas Line/EMES
33
53,893
31
51,785
2
2,108
12
44,892
35
Zhonggu Logistics Corp.
61
51,920
11
15,715
50
36,205
6
37,200
36
FESCO
35
51,831
24
37,254
11
14,577
0
0
37
Seaboard Marine
24
48,541
14
34,347
10
14,194
3
6,082
38
Akkon Lines
33
47,407
2
1,776
31
45,631
0
0
39
Samudera
32
43,647
16
16,140
16
27,507
0
0
40
Tailwind Shipping Lines
11
42,578
1
5,527
10
37,051
5
42,000
41
Meratus
62
41,602
62
41,602
0
0
12
8,290
42
Namsung Shipping
30
39,786
27
37,339
3
2,447
4
12,460
43
Tanto Intim Line
56
37,766
56
37,766
0
0
0
0
44
Linea Messina
11
37,492
7
35,030
4
2,462
0
0
45
China United Lines (CULines)
23
36,550
10
18,177
13
18,373
1
 
1,056 
46
Salam Pacific Indonesia Lines
44
31,010
44
31,010
0
0
0
0
47
Great White Fleet
13
27,334
6
14,740
7
12,594
0
0
48
Hainan Yangpu Newnew Shipping
8
21,914
6
18,250
2
3,664
0
0
49
Dole Ocean Liner
16
21,150
14
20,610
2
540
0
0
50
Crowley Liner Services 
15
18,470
8
10,120
7
8,350
0
0
*Hapag Lloyd is awaiting approvals on purchase of ZIM Lines
*MSC has reportedly purchased a 50%  stake in Sinokor Merchant Marine
Source: Alphaliner Top 100 25, March 2026 

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