Table 13 Leading World Maritime Container Carriers by Fleet Size: September 2009
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Table 13
Leading World Maritime Container Carriers by Fleet Size: September 2009
(Ranked by TEUs)
| Rank | Carrier | Company | Country of owner | Fleet size (TEUs in thousands) | Ships |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | APM-Maersk Line | A. P. Moller-Maersk Group | Denmark | 2,035 | 539 |
| 2 | Mediterranean Shiping Company | Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. | Switzerland | 1,509 | 406 |
| 3 | CMA CGM | CMA CGM Group | France | 1,021 | 359 |
| 4 | Evergreen Line | Evergreen Marine | Taiwan | 589 | 160 |
| 5 | APL | American President Lines | Singapore | 550 | 139 |
| 6 | Hapag-Lloyd | Hapag-Lloyd | Germany | 469 | 116 |
| 7 | COSCO Container Line | China Ocean Shipping Company | China | 466 | 144 |
| 8 | CSCL | China Shipping Container Lines | China | 461 | 140 |
| 9 | NYK | Nippon Yusen Kaisha | Japan | 413 | 109 |
| 10 | Hanjin Shipping | Hanjin Shipping | South Korea | 409 | 92 |
| 11 | MOL | Mitsui O.S.K. Lines | Japan | 343 | 93 |
| 12 | K Line | Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha | Japan | 331 | 90 |
| 13 | OOCL | Orient Overseas Container Line | Hong Kong | 329 | 71 |
| 14 | Hamburg Sd Group | Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics | Sweden | 326 | 108 |
| 15 | Yang Ming Line | Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. | Switzerland | 314 | 78 |
| 16 | CSAV Group | Compaa Sud Americana de Vapores | Chile | 294 | 89 |
| 17 | Zim | Zim Integrated Shipping Services | Israel | 271 | 88 |
| 18 | Hyundai M.M. | Hyundai Merchant Marine | South Korea | 266 | 52 |
| 19 | PIL | Pacific International Lines | Singapore | 191 | 107 |
| 20 | UASC | United Arab Shipping Company | Kuwait | 171 | 45 |
| 21 | Wan Hai Lines | Wan Hai Lines | Taiwan | 130 | 68 |
| 22 | IRIS Lines | Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines | Iran | 108 | 65 |
| 23 | Orient Overseas International Line | Orient Overseas International Limited | Hong Kong | 100 | 33 |
| 24 | Sea Consortium | Sea Consortium | Singapore | 57 | 52 |
| 25 | RCL | Regional Container Lines | Thailand | 51 | 39 |
KEY: TEUs = twenty-foot equivalent units. One 20-foot container equals one TEU, and one 40-foot container equals two TEUs.
SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, based on data from AXS-Alphaliner, available at www.axs-alphaliner.com/top100/index.php as of Sept. 28, 2009.