According to the latest data released by Alphaliner, as of October 4, the global number of operational container ships totaled 7,424, with a total capacity of 33.1757 million TEU, equivalent to approximately 394 million deadweight tons. Among these, the total capacity of the top three liner companies accounts for 46.97% of the global market.
The top three global liner companies by capacity are Mediterranean Shipping Company (6.900 million TEU, share 20.80%), Maersk Line (4.617 million TEU, share 13.92%), and CMA CGM (4.066 million TEU, share 12.26%).
Alphaliner points out that the capacity rankings from 4th to 10th place are as follows: COSCO Shipping Group, Hapag-Lloyd, Ocean Network Express (ONE), Evergreen Marine, HMM, ZIM, and Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. The capacity of the top 7 companies all exceeds 1.8 million TEU.
Rankings 11 to 20 are as follows: Wan Hai Lines, Pacific International Lines, X-Press Feeders Group, SITC Container Lines, UniFeeder, Korea Marine Transport Co. (KMTC), Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), Sinokor Merchant Marine, Sea Lead Shipping, and Emirates Shipping Line.
Among the Chinese mainland liner companies on the list, COSCO Shipping Lines ranks 4th, SITC Container Lines ranks 14th, Tangshan Port HeDe Shipping ranks 24th, Ningbo Ocean Shipping ranks 25th, Antong Holdings (Quanzhou Ansheng Shipping) ranks 28th, Sinotrans Container Lines ranks 31st, Zhonggu New Renown Shipping ranks 33rd, Shanghai Jinjiang Shipping ranks 35th, CU Lines ranks 44th, Yangpu Xinyuan Shipping ranks 47th, Taicang Port Container Shipping ranks 61st, Dalian Port & Bohai Rim Container Shipping ranks 84th, Dalian Xinfeng Shipping ranks 86th, Tianjin Datong Shipping ranks 87th, and Guangxi Hongxiang Shipping ranks 98th.
