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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]
Defunct shipping companies based in Washington (state) (3 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Defunct shipping companies of the United States" The following 188 pages are in this category, out of 188 total.
Defunct shipping companies of the United States (9 C, 188 P) Pages in category "Defunct shipping companies" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total.
For the list of companies that own and operate freight ships (bulk carriers, car carriers, container ships, roll-on/roll-off (for freight), and tankers), see list of freight ship companies. For shipping agencies, or companies that own and operate tugboats and fishing ships, see the category for shipping companies by country.
As the shipping industry prospered in the late 19th century, some sought to create a trust that would monopolize U.S. shipping companies. However, all negotiations in this regard in the 1890s fell short. The intervention of John Pierpont Morgan, one of the richest men in the world, changed that. [5]
FleetPro Passenger Ship Management was founded in 2012 as a merger of two existing passenger ship management companies and is based in Switzerland. It combined International Shipping Partners (ISP), a passenger ship management services company headquartered in Miami, Florida, United States, and River Advice of Basel, Switzerland.
From January 1969 to 1999, Sea-Land was owned by RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company, CSX and others. [8] In March 1999, CSX separated Sea-Land into three entities: an international shipping company, a domestic shipping company, and a terminal operator. [2] [9] In December 1999, Maersk acquired the international container shipping business. [2] [10] [11]
A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi is a Bergen-based shipping company that operates eight tankers with six newbuildings.The company is privately owned and has divided ownership between one foundation and the Mowinckel family through the founder's J. Ludwig Mowinckel's wife Julie Mowinckel's will and testament - still after 30 years waiting to be settled.