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Biggest shipping company in the world
List of Biggest shipping company in the world in 2021
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1. P. Moller–Maersk
2. Mediterranean Shipping Company
3. COSCO Shipping Lines
4. CMA CGM Group
5. Hapag-Lloyd
6. Ocean Network Express
7. Evergreen Line
8. Orient Overseas Container Line
9. HMM
10. Yang Ming
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Biggest shipping company in the world
A.P. Moller-Maersk
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A.P. Moller- Maersk is the world’s largest integrated shipping company since 1996
Founded – April 1904
Headquarter – Copenhagen, Denmark
Employees – 83000
World Rank – 622 largest public compy.
Total capacity – 4.1m TEU.
Fleet -708 vessels (Owned 307 Chartered 401 vessels
Near plans – Adding container carrier of 11 401m &19,630 TEU capacity by 2021.
18,500 TEU x 2 Triple-E vessels and 7 x Baltic feeders.
The company other operational business
Maersk Oil
Maersk Drilling
Maersk Supply service
Maersk logistics,
Maersk terminals and
Maersk towage.
Website:https://www.maersk.com/
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC)
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Italian-Swiss international shipping
Founded in-Naples 1970
Vessels – 570
Headquarter – Geneva, Switzerland,
Total capacity -3.8m TEU. 21.5 Million TEU carried annually
Fleet -560 vessels.
Employees- 1,00,000
Vessel port calls- at more than 500 ports
Awards – “Maritime Sustainability Passport” (MSP)
Covid 19 pandemic contribution- distribution of pharmaceutical products
Introduction of – Gulsan Class vessels
Website: https://www.msc.com/
China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) Shipping Lines
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COSCO – Fully owned subsidiary of COSCO SHIPPING Holding
Registered in -Hongkou District (Shanghai)
Headquarters – Xicheng District Beijing
Founded in – April 1961
Operates -507 container vessels
Capacity -3.1m TEU.
Operates- owned and operated 423 container vessels
Total capacity -2.3 million TEUs
Ranks – 3rd in the world
Dry bulk carrier- Largest in China
Dry bulk Operators- Largest dry bulk shipping operators in world.
Liner Trade – Largest liner carrier in China.
Corporate office- 235 offices
Port calls – 356 ports in 105 countries
Website: https://lines.coscoshipping.com/
CMA CGM Group
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French container shipping company CMA CGM Group
Headquarter- Marseille & Norfolk, Virginia United States.
Operates – 502 container vessels
Capacity -2.7m TEU.
Employee- 110,000 in 160 countries
Vessels- 566
Container TEUs – 4,500,000
Reefer TEUs – 600,000
Port call – More than 420 ports
Jacques Saade – Largest LNG powered container carrier worldwide
Website: https://www.cma-cgm.com/
Hapag-Lloyd
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Founded in – 1970
Country – Germany
Headquarter – Hamburg
Vessels – 241 modern ships
Capacity – 11,8 million TEU per year
Employees – 13,300
Office – 395 offices in 131 countries.
Market share -7% market share worldwide.
CP Ships Limited
Hamburg Süd
Compañía Sud Americana de Vapores (CSAV)
United Arab Shipping Company (UASC)
NileDutch Transport & Shipping
Website: https://www.hapag-lloyd.com/en/home.html
Ocean Network Express (ONE)
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Headquarter – Singapore
Founded in – 2017
Founder – Japan
Capacity -1.4 million TEUs
Employees – 8000
Fleet – 224 vessels.
Integrations of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K-Line), and Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) resulted in establishment of ONE in July 2017.
Website: https://www.one-line.com/en
Evergreen Line
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Founded in – September 1968
Evergreen Line is a group shipping lines consist of
- Evergreen Marine Corp(Taiwan) Ltd
- Italia Marittima S.p.A
- Evergreen Marine (UK) Ltd
- Evergreen Marine (Hong Kong) Ltd.
- Evergreen Marine (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
Headquarter -Taoyuan City,Taiwan.
Capacity – 1.2m TEUs
Vessels – 333
Port calls – 240 port worldwide
Employees – 10,496
Major Incident – On 23 March 2021- MV Ever Given , vessel operated by Evergreen ran aground in the Suez Canal during Suez canal transit leading to a significant impediment in marine shipping world-wide.It took about a week for tugboats and heavy machinery to let MV Ever given to re-float and free from the seabed.
website: https://www.evergreen-line.com/
Orient Overseas Container Line-OOCL
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Founded in -Hong Kong
Year – 1969
Headquarter – China
Specialization – Refrigerated cargo.
Fleet – 104 vessels
Capacity – 733,520 TEU
OOCL Contains –
Different classes of vessel with capacity from 2,808 TEU to 21,413 TEU, and ice-class vessels meant for extreme weather conditions.
Website: https://www.oocl.com/
HMM(Hyundai Merchant Marine)
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Country – South Korea
Founded – March 1976
Headquarter – Seoul, South Korea
Fleet -110 container vessels trading on 60 routes and calling 100 ports
Capacity -728,416 TEU
Trans-pacific trade – HMM is in top five list in terms of operational carrier in this route.
Website: https://www.hmm21.com/
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation (Yang Ming)
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Country – Taiwan
Founded – Dec 1972
Fleet – 101 Container vessels and 17 Bulk Carrier
Capacity – 616,000 TEU.
Sea-routes – Asia, Europe, America, and Australia.
Yang Ming is involved in the transportation of container and bulk services as well as terminal and logistics services.
Website: https://www.yangming.com/
Biggest shipping company in the world
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