Recommended By International Container Shipping Companies, Introduced By The World's Top 10 Well-known Shipping Companies
Advantages of shipping
The advantage of sea transportation is that the freight is low, the routes are extensive, the coverage is wide and the single volume is large and popular, and it is the most important mode of transport at present, accounting for 2/3 of the total international trade volume. According to the latest data released by Alphaliner, as of June 5, the number of container ships in the world totaled 6,378, with a total capacity of 25.6765 million TEU, equivalent to about 308 million deadweight tons. Among them, the total capacity of the top three liner companies accounted for 46.47% of the global market.
List and introduction of the world's top 10 shipping companies
1. MAERSK Line
Founded in 1904, Maersk Line has a history of 118 years, and its business scope is not only limited to shipping, but also spans logistics, shipbuilding, industrial production and other industries. As of January 2022, Maersk from Denmark and Mediterranean Line from Switzerland both have a carrying capacity of 4.3M TEUs, and Maersk has 718 container ships as of January 2021. However, the latest statistics show that Mediterranean shipping has overtaken Maersk to become the world's largest shipping company.
2. Mediterranean Shipping (MSC)
Founded in 1970 and headquartered in Switzerland, MSC is currently tied with Maersk as the world's largest shipping company in terms of shipping capacity. They have routes in the world's major ports, and the port of Antwerp as a home port, its Mediterranean Cruises is mainly providing cruise services. It currently operates 260 routes, 730 ships, and 675 offices in 155 countries, carrying 23 million TEUs per year. (Source: MSC) MSC has expanded rapidly in recent years, buying new and used vessels in large numbers to expand its business footprint, even rivaling Maersk, which has been in the shipping industry for a long time. The MSC has a carrying capacity of 4.3 trillion TEUs on 606 vessels.
3. Cma CGM
Founded in 1978, headquartered in Marseille, is France's first, the world's third largest container transport company, mainly FOB goods, although the price is higher, but the customer specified a lot of goods. Operating routes in 150 countries, more than 420 ports, 200 routes, the main route in the Mediterranean (July 2022 data). Cma CGM has a carrying capacity of 3.2 trillion TEUs, 542 vessels.
4. Cosco Shipping
As the largest shipping company in China, it is also a state-owned enterprise and a member of the Ocean Transport Alliance, with business scope around shipping, ports, logistics and so on. Cosco has ownership in terminals at five U.S. ports, including Terminal 30 at the Port of Seattle, in which two COSCO subsidiaries hold a 33.33 percent stake. Cosco's total carrying capacity is 2.9 trillion TUEs, its own fleet of bulk cargo has a capacity of 33.52 million DWT /365 ships, its tanker fleet has a capacity of 17.85 million DWT /120 ships, and its special cargo fleet has 3 million DWT / 497 ships, all of which are the first in the world.
5. Hapag-lloyd
Headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, it was formed in 1970 by the merger of two Hapag and North Deutschland merchant ships that had begun operations in the 19th century. It mainly provides container shipping services, with a network of 418 offices and 14,000 employees in 137 countries. Herrobert has a total carrying capacity of 1.7 trillion TEUs and has 259 ships.
6. Ocean network shipping
Ocean Network Shipping is a Japanese shipping company, a joint venture between Kawasaki Steamship, Mitsui Merchant Marine, and NYK Shipping, headquartered in Tokyo and Singapore, which began operating a container ship network in 2018, inheriting the container shipping business of its parent company. ONE's ships and containers are painted magenta, representing Japan's cherry blossoms, and they have a carrying capacity of 1.5 trillion TEUs, 218 ships.
7. Evergreen Shipping
Headquartered in Taipei, the incident that put Evergreen Shipping on the world's media in 2021 was when the container ship "Changyi" ran aground laterally in the middle of the Suez Canal, blocking shipping on the world's most important canal for nearly a week.
Evergreen's business scope is container transportation, international warehousing logistics, the main routes from the Far East to North America, Central America and the Caribbean, with 240 ports in 80 countries around the world. Evergreen Group has a number of self-owned container terminals, such as the Fifth Container Center in Kaohsiung, the Panama Container Terminal, and the Taranto Container Terminal in Italy. Evergreen has a carrying capacity of 1.5 trillion TEUs, 201 vessels.
8.Heyuan Supply Chain (Jiaxing) Co., Ltd.
Heyuan Supply Chain (Jiaxing) Co., Ltd. is a freight forwarding enterprise registered with the State Administration for Industry and Commerce and approved by the Ministry of Commerce. It has the first level agency qualification for international freight transport, and is committed to providing international import and export transport services for customers and providing all-round high-quality services for customers. With its high-level comprehensive service capability and comprehensive regional service network, the Company has won extensive support and trust from customers. At present, the company has established long-term and stable cooperative relationships with many well-known shipping companies at home and abroad.
Heyuan Supply Chain (Jiaxing) Co., Ltd. is mainly engaged in shipping, air transportation, bulk carrier, warehousing, logistics and distribution of international and domestic goods, including cargo collection, charter, space booking, customs declaration and inspection, assembly, unpacking, transit, cargo insurance, inland transportation and consulting services. It has such advantageous services as basic port/partial port LCL import and export booking, and various special cases on international routes, which fully ensures the cost saving control of import and export logistics links and the high-quality guarantee of the whole process tracking service.
All employees of Heyuan Supply Chain (Jiaxing) Co., Ltd. have rich experience and excellent services. Our company has strong competitiveness in bulk groceries and container stowage with high-quality services and low freight rates. Heyuan Supply Chain (Jiaxing) Co., Ltd. is willing to become the backup force for the majority of trade customers, and is willing to escort the products of trade customers!
9. Yangming Shipping
Headquartered in Keelung, it was founded in 1972, with a history dating back to the Qing Dynasty, and was formerly known as Ship Merchants. Yangming serves more than 70 countries in the world, with container shipping business, bulk transportation business, logistics business, terminal business, etc. Yangming Shipping has a carrying capacity of 0.7 trillion TEUs and 87 vessels.
10.WAN HAI LINES LTD.
Founded in 1965, the company started from the log transportation business between Taiwan, Japan and Southeast Asia. At present, its main business includes ship transportation, shipping agency, ship and container leasing and sales, and port container terminal operation, of which ship transportation accounts for more than 90% of the entire company's business revenue, and it has exclusive terminals in the north and South of Taiwan. Manhae has a carrying capacity of 0.4 trillion TEUs and 146 ships.
