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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 ]
Companies listed own and/or operate bulk carriers, car carriers, container ships, Roll-on/roll-off (for freight), and tankers. For a list of companies that own and operate passenger ships (cruise ships, cargo-passenger ships, and ferries), see List of passenger ship companies.
Furthermore, some of the world's main waterways such as the Suez Canal and Singapore Strait restrict the maximum dimensions of a ship that can pass through them. In 2016, Prokopowicz and Berg-Andreassen defined a container ship with a capacity of 10,000 to 20,000 TEU as a Very Large Container Ship (VLCS), and one with a capacity greater than ...
COSCO operates one of the largest civil fleets in the world, consisting of 1,114 ships as of 2017. Cosco Vancouver COSCO Kobe at Conley Terminal, Boston COSCO Glory in port at Hamburg Container ships
In 2001, more than 90% of world trade in non-bulk goods was transported in ISO containers. [7] In 2009, almost one quarter of the world's dry cargo was shipped by container, an estimated 125 million TEU or 1.19 billion tonnes worth of cargo. [8] The first ships designed to carry standardized load units were used in the late 18th century in England.
Depending on design requirements, some ships have extremely large internal volumes in order to serve their duties. Gross tonnage is a monotonic and 1-to-1 function of the ship's internal structural volume.
The world's longest ships are listed according to their overall length (LOA), which is the maximum length of the vessel measured between the extreme points in fore and aft. In addition, the ships' deadweight tonnage (DWT) and/or gross tonnage (GT) are presented as they are often used to describe the size of a vessel.
Full container service opened between the Far East and the Western Us. Constructed and purchased the world's largest ore & coal carrier Hyundai Giant. Merged with Donghae Merchant Marine and Shinhan Merchant Marine. 1990s. Seven of the world's largest and fastest container ships (5,551 TEU) purchased.