32 American Journal of Transportation American Journal of Transportation ajot.com 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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