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Container shipping companies worldwide - number of ships 2019
Container shipping companies worldwide - number of ships 2019
Leading container shipping companies worldwide based on number of ships as of March 27, 2019
This statistic displays the leading container shipping companies worldwide as of March 27, 2019, based on the number of owned and chartered ships. There were 235 ships in Hapag-Lloyd's fleet in March 2019.
Leading container shipping companies worldwide based on number of ships
Global seaborne trade was revolutionized in the 1950s, when the intermodal container was invented. Prior to the introduction of standard containers, cargo shipping used to be a lot more expensive, as well as time-consuming. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) defined the capacity of intermodal containers, making the twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) a standard measure used in the transportation industry. Today, between 80 and 90 percent of containers shipped around the world are either forty or twenty foot standard length containers. The world’s largest container ship operator, APM Maersk, has the capacity to transport around four million TEU containers on its ships. The Danish shipper has some 699 ships in its fleet, some 380 of which are chartered ships.
Leading container shipping companies worldwide based on number of ships as of March 27, 2019
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| Number of ships | |
|---|---|
| APM-Maersk | 708 |
| Mediterranean Shg Co | 530 |
| COS CO Group | 465 |
| CMA CGM Group | 512 |
| Hapag-Lloyd | 235 |
| ONE (Ocean Network Express) | 213 |
| Evergreen Line | 197 |
| Yang Ming Marine Transport | 101 |
| Hyundai M.M. | 76 |
| PIL (Pacific Int. Line) | 124 |
| Zim | 63 |
| Wan Hai Lines | 93 |
| IRISL Group | 50 |
| KMTC | 66 |
| Antong Holdings | 123 |
| Number of ships | |
|---|---|
| APM-Maersk | 708 |
| Mediterranean Shg Co | 530 |
| COS CO Group | 465 |
| CMA CGM Group | 512 |
| Hapag-Lloyd | 235 |
| ONE (Ocean Network Express) | 213 |
| Evergreen Line | 197 |
| Yang Ming Marine Transport | 101 |
| Hyundai M.M. | 76 |
| PIL (Pacific Int. Line) | 124 |
| Zim | 63 |
| Wan Hai Lines | 93 |
| IRISL Group | 50 |
| KMTC | 66 |
| Antong Holdings | 123 |
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This statistic displays the leading container shipping companies worldwide as of March 27, 2019, based on the number of owned and chartered ships. There were 235 ships in Hapag-Lloyd's fleet in March 2019.
Leading container shipping companies worldwide based on number of ships
Global seaborne trade was revolutionized in the 1950s, when the intermodal container was invented. Prior to the introduction of standard containers, cargo shipping used to be a lot more expensive, as well as time-consuming. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) defined the capacity of intermodal containers, making the twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) a standard measure used in the transportation industry. Today, between 80 and 90 percent of containers shipped around the world are either forty or twenty foot standard length containers. The world’s largest container ship operator, APM Maersk, has the capacity to transport around four million TEU containers on its ships. The Danish shipper has some 699 ships in its fleet, some 380 of which are chartered ships.
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Global seaborne trade was revolutionized in the 1950s, when the intermodal container was invented. Prior to the introduction of standard containers, cargo shipping used to be a lot more expensive, as well as time-consuming. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) defined the capacity of intermodal containers, making the twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) a standard measure used in the transportation industry. Today, between 80 and 90 percent of containers shipped around the world are either forty or twenty foot standard length containers. The world’s largest container ship operator, APM Maersk, has the capacity to transport around four million TEU containers on its ships. The Danish shipper has some 699 ships in its fleet, some 380 of which are chartered ships.
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