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In January 2014, due to the strong brand recognition throughout the intra-Americas region, [10] Maersk announced the revival of the SeaLand brand as a specialized intra-regional carrier, taking over the existing Maersk Line network for intra-Americas trade starting January 2015. [12] [13] In January 2023, Maersk announced it would retire the brand.
The SS Ideal X, considered the first container ship, made her maiden voyage as a container carrier on April 26, 1956, [11] carrying 58 containers from Port Newark to the Port of Houston. [12] [13] SeaLand expanded its operations into the newly developed container terminal.
As of October 2015, Maersk Line along with its subsidiaries such as Seago, MCC, Safmarine and SeaLand, control a combined 18% share of the total container shipping market. [12] Since 1 December 2017, Hamburg Süd had been part of the company. [13] In 2023, it was announced that Hamburg Süd would be unified with the Maersk brand. [14]
This is a list of the 30 largest container shipping companies as of February 2024, 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]
A Maersk Line 40ft container being lifted by a crane. A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S (Danish: [ˈɛˀ ˈpʰe̝ˀ ˈmølɐ ˈmɛɐ̯sk]), usually known simply as Maersk (English: / m ɛər s k / MAIRSK), [3] is a Danish shipping and logistics company founded in 1904 by Arnold Peter Møller and his father Peter Mærsk Møller.
The standard carrier alpha code "NYKU" on an NYK Line container The Standard Carrier Alpha Code ( SCAC ) is a privately controlled US code used to identify vessel operating common carriers (VOCC). It is typically two to four letters long.
The Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC) is an 18-digit number used to identify logistics units. In order to automate the reading process, the SSCC is often encoded in a barcode, generally GS1-128, and can also be encoded in an RFID tag. It is used in electronic commerce transactions.
Container ships. Class Ship Capacity Entered service Displacement Length (metres) ... [1] Henning Maersk: 25,710 GT: 2010: 47,330 tonnes: 180 metres [2] References