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Biggest shipping company in the world
List of Biggest shipping company in the world in 2021
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
Biggest shipping company in the world
A.P. Moller-Maersk
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)
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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)
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)
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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