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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 ]
The Kokopo Chief, a PFL container ship MV Southern Trader The Pacific Forum Line was born from concern over the deterioration of traditional island tramp services due to containerisation. At the South Pacific Forum in Nauru in 1976 pacific nations agreed to establish a shipping line to ensure regular shipping services for the islands and ...
Container ship classes of Ocean Network Express Ship class Built Capacity (TEU) Ships in class Notes NYK Vega-class: 2006–2007 9,012 4 NYK Line: Hannover Bridge-class 2006–2009 8,212 8 K Line: NYK Oceanus-class 2007–2008 8,628–9,040 4 NYK Line: MOL Creation-class: 2007–2008, 2013–2014 8,110–8,560 10 Mitsui O.S.K. Lines: MOL ...
The newly created COSCO Shipping Lines has 502 container ships with 3.0 million TEU. The company has 255 international routes, calling at 356 ports in 105 countries., [ 10 ] COSCO SHIPPING Lines has ordered several mega-ships, such as the 20,000 TEU COSCO Shipping Taurus and the 21,000 TEU Universe-class container ships .
Mediterranean Shipping Company was founded in Naples in 1970 as a private company by seafaring captain Gianluigi Aponte when he bought his first ship, Patricia, followed by Rafaela, with which Aponte began a shipping line operating between the Mediterranean and Somalia. The line subsequently expanded through the purchase of second-hand cargo ships.
Yang Ming container ship YM People in the port of Keelung in Taiwan Yang Ming headquarters sign. Along with Hapag-Lloyd, HMM Co Ltd, and Ocean Network Express, Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation is a member of THE Alliance. THE Alliance is intended to provide 34 services, directly calling at 81 different ports on a monthly basis. [8]
OOCL was founded by C. Y. Tung in 1947 as the Orient Overseas Line. In 1969, OOCL was the first Asian -based shipping line to transport containerized cargo across the Pacific. Consequently, the company was renamed Orient Overseas Container Line. In those days its Victory-class vessels could carry 300 TEU, a far cry from today's post-Panamax ...
Pacific International Lines (PIL) is a Singaporean shipping company incorporated in Singapore on 16 March 1967. [1] It was founded by Singaporean entrepreneur Chang Yun Chung , who was the world's oldest billionaire [ 2 ] until he died at 102 in September 2020.