As of April 16, 2024, Mediterranean Shipping Company's ships had a capacity of around 5.8 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), topping the rankings as the carrier with the largest capacity. The company was followed by APM-Maersk who had a capacity of roughly 4.26 million TEUs.
The world's leading container ship operators as of April 16th, 2024, based on TEU capacity
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- Premium Statistic AP Møller - Mærsk's revenue A/S 2009-2023
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- Leading container ship operators worldwide: number of own ships 2022
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- Leading container ship operators based on TEU capacity of own ships 2022
- Leading container ship operators - share of chartered TEUs in 2020
- Leading container ship alliances based on number of active ships 2018
- TEU capacity of the global container ship fleet based on nominal TEUs 2021
- Number of TEUs - global containership fleet 2018
- Forecast for global number of monthly container ship deliveries 2022-2023
- Average age of container-carrying ships in APAC 2018, by country
- Market share of container-carrying ships in APAC 2018, by country
- Ship size of the Danish flagged merchant fleet 2010-2018
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- Annual volume of loaded containers at Jebel Ali Port Dubai 2013-2016
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- U.S. ports - tonnage of waterborne containerized imports 2017
- Average turn round time at Chennai port in India FY 1991-2022
- Throughput of selected ports worldwide H2 2019-H1 2021
- Ships dismantled globally as a share of the world merchant fleet 2015-2022
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- Leading container ship operators - share of chartered TEUs in 2020
- Leading container ship alliances based on number of active ships 2018
- TEU capacity of the global container ship fleet based on nominal TEUs 2021
- Number of TEUs - global containership fleet 2018
- Forecast for global number of monthly container ship deliveries 2022-2023
- Average age of container-carrying ships in APAC 2018, by country
- Market share of container-carrying ships in APAC 2018, by country
- Ship size of the Danish flagged merchant fleet 2010-2018
- Number of container-carrying ships in APAC 2018, by country
- Annual volume of loaded containers at Jebel Ali Port Dubai 2013-2016
- Number of foreign and national flag vessels Japan 2022
- U.S. ports - tonnage of waterborne containerized imports 2017
- Average turn round time at Chennai port in India FY 1991-2022
- Throughput of selected ports worldwide H2 2019-H1 2021
- Ships dismantled globally as a share of the world merchant fleet 2015-2022
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The world's leading container ship operators as of April 16th, 2024, based on TEU capacity [Graph], Alphaliner, April 16, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/198214/total-teus-of-worldwide-leading-container-ship-operators-in-2011/