MSC - number of ships 2021-2024

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 23, 2024
As of January 2024, Mediterranean Shipping Company, had a total fleet size of 801 ships, of over half were owned by the company. Mediterranean Shipping Company is one of the world’s largest container shipping operators, controlling about 19.9 percent of the global container ship fleet.

New container ship orders

Mediterranean Shipping Company had 125 additional haulers for containerized trade in its order book by May 31, 2023. Some of the ships in this order book are “mega-ships” with over 22,000 twenty-foot equivalent units of capacity, specifically, to be built by South Korean companies Samsung Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering.

About MSC

Mediterranean Shipping Company is often abbreviated to MSC, which can be seen painted in large letters on the topsides of active vessels. Despite being currently headquartered in a landlocked country, Switzerland, MSC originates from Naples. The Italian city is home to one of the largest seaports in the Mediterranean.

Mediterranean Shipping Company's number of ships from February 2021 to January 2024

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2024

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Worldwide

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February 2021 to January 2024

Supplementary notes

Values for the last week of each month.
*Data for May through August 2022 and May through December 2023 is not available.

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