Leading container ship alliances - market share 2021

The global container shipping market has consolidated into three main alliances over the last decade. While between 2012 and 2013, around 70 percent of the market was divided into independent shipping companies, their market share decreased to just about 20 percent between 2017 and 2021. 2M Alliance, OA Alliance, and THE Alliance dominated the global container shipping market from 2017 to 2021 with a combined market share of some 75 percent.

Market share of the leading container shipping alliances from 2012 to 2021

Characteristic	Independents	G6 Alliance	2M Alliance	CKHYE Alliance	O3 Alliance	Ocean Alliance	THE Alliance
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Release date

March 2021

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2012 to 2020

Supplementary notes

G6 Aliance: APL, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine, MOL, NYK Line, and Orient Overseas Container Line.
CKHYE Alliance: Cosco Shipping, K-Line, Yang Ming, Hanjin, and Evergreen Line.
O3 Alliance: CMA CGM, China Shipping, and United Arab Shipping Co.
2M: Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Co.
Ocean Alliance: CMA, COSCO Shipping, and Evergreen Line.
THE Alliance: Ocean Network Express, Yang Ming, and Hapag Lloyd.

* The remaining five percent of the market are not accounted for by the source.

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