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.^[1] In January 2022, MSC overtook Maersk for the container line with the largest shipping capacity for the first time since 1996.^[2] Hanjin Shipping was also one of the biggest but it is now defunct.^[3]

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Rank	Company name	Headquarters	Total TEU	Ships	Market share	Notes	Alliance
1	Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC)	Switzerland	7,318,632	999	21.6%	^{[Note 1]}
2	Maersk	Denmark	4,647,588	735	13.7%	^{[Note 2]}	Gemini
3	CMA CGM	France	4,273,202	723	12.6%	^{[Note 3]}	Ocean Alliance
4	COSCO Shipping Lines (COSCO)	China	3,593,746	554	10.6%	^{[Note 4]}	Ocean Alliance
5	Hapag-Lloyd	Germany	2,400,946	291	7.1%	^{[Note 5]}	Gemini
6	Ocean Network Express (ONE)	Japan	2,134,872	272	6.3%	^{[Note 6]}	Premier Alliance
7	Evergreen Marine Corporation	Taiwan	1,973,231	239	5.8%	^{[Note 7]}	Ocean Alliance
8	HMM Co. Ltd.	South Korea	1,029,773	97	3.0%		Premier Alliance
9	Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation	Taiwan	741,908	98	2.2%		Premier Alliance
10	Zim Integrated Shipping Services	Israel	698,205	115	2.1%
11	Wan Hai Lines	Taiwan	591,132	120	1.7%
12	Pacific International Lines (PIL)	Singapore	442,216	99	1.3%	^{[Note 8]}
13	X-Press Feeders	Singapore	192,780	103	0.6%	^{[Note 9]}
14	Shandong International Transportation Corporation (SITC)	China	187,472	121	0.6%
15	Unifeeder	Denmark	165,289	94	0.5%
16	Korea Marine Transport Corporation (KMTC)	South Korea	155,914	65	0.5%
17	IRISL Group	Iran	142,180	29	0.4%	^{[Note 10]}
18	Global Feeder Shipping LLC	United Arab Emirates	131,734	53	0.4%
19	Sinokor Merchant Marine	South Korea	120,081	68	0.4%
20	TS Lines	Taiwan	106,751	40	0.3%
21	Regional Container Lines (RCL)	Thailand	101,908	33	0.3%
22	Emirates Shipping Line	United Arab Emirates	98,114	22	0.3%
23	Ningbo Ocean Shipping Co.	China	89,801	90	0.3%
24	Tangshan Port Hede Shipping	China	85,867	57	0.3%
25	Interasia Lines	Japan	77,985	27	0.2%
26	Grimaldi Group	Italy	77,276	50	0.2%
27	Antong Holdings (QASC)	China	73,446	72	0.2%
28	Sinotrans	China	71,142	44	0.2%
29	SM Line	South Korea	69,951	15	0.2%
30	Matson	United States	69,227	28	0.2%