Most of the world's largest container terminal operators intend to increase their capacity until 2023. China Cosco Shipping operated container terminals that were able to handle some
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million TEUs of containerized cargo in 2018. In 2023, the company is expected to increase the capacity of its terminals to around
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Figures include total capacity for all terminals in which shareholding held (regardless of size of shareholding).
Figures do not include capacity related to stevedoring operations at common user terminals and also exclude barge/river terminals.
Figures based on confirmed expansion plans only.
Some double counting occurs where joint ownership/management structures exist.
Figures for each operator do not include capacity of other operators in which stakes are held.
* Cosco figure includes OOCL terminals.
** CMA CGM includes APL terminals.
*** Japanese terminals only from 2019 onwards.
**** International terminals of NYK, K Line and MOL are due to be combined as part of ONE merger.
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Statista. (July 8, 2021). Container capacity at ports worldwide in 2018 with a forecast for 2023, by terminal operator (in million TEUs) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249096/container-terminal-operators-capacity-worldwide/
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