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Container Shipping - Statistics & Facts
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Overview of container trade
Projected container market CAGR between 2016 and 2019
4.7%
International seaborne trade carried by containers
1,834mt loaded
Quantity of loaded freight in international maritime trade
10,702 mt loaded
Number of container ships in the world merchant fleet
5k
Most frequented maritime trade routes
Trans-Pacific
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Global container fleet
Capacity of container ships in seaborne trade
253m dwt
Gross tonnage of Germany’s container ship fleet
62m
Largest container ship operator based on orderbook TEUs
Evergreen Line
Maersk is the leading container ship operator globally
4.02m TEUs
2017 Maersk revenue
30.9bn USD
Number of ships owned by Maersk
312
COSCO's FY 2016 EBIT margin
8.7%
Number of chartered ships in Hapag-Lloyd's fleet
111
Number of ships in Evergreen Line's order book
75
Container ship fleet's TEU capacity in 2020
21.7
Number of TEUs in the existing container ship fleet
20.3m
Container shipping - Important statistics
- 1. Overview of container trade
Global container market - growth in demand 2008-2019Projected global container market demand growth between 2008 and 2019
- +Loaded freight in international maritime trade 1970-2017
Quantity of loaded freight in international maritime trade from 1970 to 2017 (in million metric tons loaded)
- World seaborne trade - carried by containers 1980-2017
International seaborne trade carried by container ships from 1980 to 2017 (in million tons loaded)
- 2. Global container fleet
- Seaborne trade - capacity of container ships 2018
Capacity of container ships in seaborne trade from 1980 to 2018 (in million dwt)*
- +TEU capacity of the global container ship fleet based on nominal TEUs
TEU capacity of the global container ship fleet as of January 1, 2017, based on nominal TEUs
- +Number of TEUs - global containership fleet 2017
Number of TEUs in the global containership fleet as January 1, 2017
- Size of container ship fleets by nationality of proprietor 2017
Container ship fleet size as of 3rd quarter 2017, by group owner domicile (in gross tonnage)
- +Number of merchant ships by type 2008-2017
Number of ships in the world merchant fleet between January 1, 2008 and January 1, 2017, by type
- Leading container ship operators - total TEUs 2018
The world's leading container ship operators as of October 29, 2018, based on TEU capacity
- APM-Maersk - number of ships 2018
Number of APM-Maersk ships as of October 29, 2018
- +Scrapped container ships worldwide 2012-2016
Number of scrapped container ships worldwide from 2012 to 2016
- 3. Operators and ports
- +Logistics - leading ocean freight forwarders worldwide 2017
The world's leading ocean freight forwarders in 2017, based on ocean freight TEUs (in 1,000s)
- Leading container ship operators - owned and chartered ships 2018
The world's leading container ship operators as of October 29, 2018, 2018, based on number of owned and chartered ships
- Leading container ship operators - share of world liner fleet 2018
Leading ship operator's share of the world liner fleet as of October 30, 2018
- Largest container ports worldwide - by volume of cargo handled 2017
The largest container ports worldwide in 2017, based on throughput (in million TEUs)
- +Major marine terminal operators - global market share 2017
Market share of major marine terminal operators worldwide in 2017, based on throughput
- Leading container ship operators - owned and chartered TEUs 2018
Owned and chartered TEUs of the world's leading container ship operators as of October 29, 2018
- +Revenue of AP Møller - Mærsk A/S 2006-2017
AP Møller - Mærsk's revenue from FY 2006 to FY 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)
- +PSA International - throughput 2009-2017
PSA International's throughput from FY 2009 to FY 2017 (in million TEUs)
Container shipping - Important statistics
1. Overview of container trade
- Global container market - growth in demand 2008-2019
- Loaded freight in international maritime trade 1970-2017
- World seaborne trade - carried by containers 1980-2017
2. Global container fleet
- Seaborne trade - capacity of container ships 2018
- TEU capacity of the global container ship fleet based on nominal TEUs
- Number of TEUs - global containership fleet 2017
- Size of container ship fleets by nationality of proprietor 2017
- Number of merchant ships by type 2008-2017
- Leading container ship operators - total TEUs 2018
- APM-Maersk - number of ships 2018
- Scrapped container ships worldwide 2012-2016
3. Operators and ports
- Logistics - leading ocean freight forwarders worldwide 2017
- Leading container ship operators - owned and chartered ships 2018
- Leading container ship operators - share of world liner fleet 2018
- Largest container ports worldwide - by volume of cargo handled 2017
- Major marine terminal operators - global market share 2017
- Leading container ship operators - owned and chartered TEUs 2018
- Revenue of AP Møller - Mærsk A/S 2006-2017
- PSA International - throughput 2009-2017
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