Marine transportation plays a crucial role in global economic and trade, and nearly 90% of the world's goods are mainly transported by sea. As the main participant in this link, its every move touches the nerves of the vast number of cross-border people. There are nearly 100 shipping companies around the world, and the top ten companies alone account for more than 90% of the capacity market share.
These large ship companies are like adult giant whales on the sea, shuttled through routes on various continents of the world. They are amazing in size, and the power of an adult giant whales is enough to make people jaw-drop. Imagine how big the impact of the crowds of giant whales will have on this maritime system!
These ship companies have experienced many mergers and acquisitions in the long river of economic development, and have developed into their current huge size, and then they have joined forces to form a larger airline alliance.
These alliances dominate most of the world's ship market. Ship transactions, leasing, etc. between ship dealers need to be approved by the alliance before they can be carried out, which shows how powerful the voice is.
For cross-border people, especially cross-border logistics people, the words and deeds of these airlines and alliances are the focus of everyone's attention. Next, let’s take a brief look at these giant whales on the sea - the world’s top ten shipping companies and three alliances
1, Maersk (Maersk )
Maersk (A. P. Mueller- Maersk Group ) The world’s largest container carrier company was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.
services are all over the world, and their main business scope includes: export logistics, warehousing, distribution, and air freight. Maersk is spread all over the world, even if it is a small Pacific island or an inland point in Africa, does not have a place that Maersk cannot reach .
Maersk accounts for 17% of the global shipping market share, ranked first in the world's capacity .
total operating capacity is 731 ships/4.25 million TEU, of which 321 ships/2.4 million TEU and 410 ships/1.84 million TEU.
2, Mediterranean Shipping (MSC)
Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A, established in 1970, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
The second largest shipping company in the world. The main business scope includes route services, dry freight transportation services, refrigerated cargo transportation services, over-limit and bulk cargo transportation, warehousing solutions, cross-regional cooperation, ports, docks and yards, customs clearance, cargo trailers and other services.
Mediterranean Shipping focuses on developing shipping services between Africa and the Mediterranean. There are more than 200 routes, covering more than 150 countries and regions around the world.
Mediterranean Shipping accounts for 16.8% of the global shipping market . As a member of the 2M Alliance, as the expansion actions such as mergers and acquisitions become more and more active, the market share gap between Mediterranean Shipping and Maersk is getting smaller and smaller, and the capacity resources are comparable to Maersk.
total operating capacity is 626 ships/4.19 million TEU, of which 236 ships/1.41 million TEU and 390 ships/1.78 million TEU.
3, DaFlying Steamer (CMA)
France Marine Transport Group (CMA-CGM) is the first and third largest container global carrier in France and the world. Founded in 1978, it is headquartered in , Marseille, France.
routes 257, covering more than 160 countries and regions around the world. Dafei currently mainly focuses on FOB cargo, and Dafei's price is relatively high, but the customers specify a lot of goods. The East and East of the Mediterranean are the main routes for Dafei's pre-paid goods.
DaFlysteel has a market share of 12.4% in the global shipping industry.
As a giant of Ocean Alliance , Dafei has a total operating capacity of 550 ships/3.1 million TEU, of which 158 ships/1.26 million TEU and 392 ships/1.84 million TEU.
4, China Ocean Shipping (COSCO)
China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (hereinafter referred to as China Coco ), established in 1961. Directly managed by the Central People's Government.
COSCO has 266 routes in 160 countries and regions around the world. It is China's largest and fourth largest marine transportation company in the world.
COSCO is a member of the Marine Transport Alliance and has a global maritime market share of 11.8%.
total operating capacity is 485 ships/2.95 million TEU, of which 175 ships/1.55 million TEU are owned and 310 ships/1.39 million TEU.
5, Hapag-Lloyd (HPL)
Hapag-Lloyd AG is a container liner transportation company headquartered in Hapag-Lloyd AG, Germany, and was established in 1970 by the merger of Hapag and North German Deutsche merchant ships.
mainly provides container shipping services, with a service network covering 114 countries around the world and more than 300 regions.
Hpag-Lloyd’s global shipping market share accounts for 7.1%.
total operating capacity is 258 ships/1.77 million TEU, of which 110 ships/1.04 million TEU and 148 ships/730,000 TEU.
6, Ocean Network Express (ONE)
Ocean Network Express is a Japanese container transportation company headquartered in Tokyo and Singapore .
Marine Network was established in 2016 by Japanese shipping companies Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and K Line (Kawasaki Steamboat) to inherit the container transportation business of its parent company.
ONE currently has a market share of 6.3%.
Total operating capacity is 214 ships/1.56 million TEU, 84 ships/710,000 TEU, and 130 ships/850,000 TEU.
7, Evergreen Group (Evergreen)
Evergreen Group (Evergreen Line) was founded in 1968. It is headquartered in Taiwan, China. Its business scope is container transportation, international warehousing and logistics, etc.
service network is spread across more than 80 companies around the world, with more than 240 service outlets. In order to expand the efficiency of the terminal and reduce operating costs, Evergreen Group has multiple own container terminals, such as the fifth container center of Kaohsiung , Taiwan, Panama container terminal, Italy Taranto container terminal, etc.
Evergreen Group's global shipping market share is 5.8%.
total operating capacity is 207 ships/1.45 million TEU, of which 120 ships/730,000 TEU are owned and 87 ships/710,000 TEU are franchised and 810,000 TEU are franchised.
8, Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM)
Hyundai Merchant Marine is a comprehensive logistics enterprise headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It was founded in 1976 and currently serves in 110 countries and regions around the world.
Hydraft global maritime market share is 3.3%.
total operating capacity is 79 ships/820,000 TEU, of which 34 ships/540,000 TEU and 87 ships/280,000 TEU. 9, Yangming Maritime Transportation (YML)
Yangming Maritime Transportation (Yang ming marine) Taiwan Yangming Maritime Transportation Co., Ltd. was established in 1972 and is headquartered in Keelung, Taiwan. Yangming has container shipping, bulk transportation, logistics, terminals, etc.
Yangming Marine Freight accounts for 2.6% of the global marine freight market share.
fleet is mainly cargo ships, with a total operating capacity of 88 ships/630,000 TEU, of which 50 ships/210,000 TEU are self-operated capacity and 38 ships/420,000 TEU.
10, 0, 0,000 sea shipping (WHL)
,000 sea shipping (WAN HAI LINES LTD.) is a shipping company founded in 1965, with exclusive terminals in the north, central and southern Taiwan.
Currently, Wanhai Shipping has opened more than 20 routes in 31 countries.
0,000 HiShi Shipping accounts for 1.7% of the global shipping market.
operating capacity is 149 ships/410,000 TEU, of which 86 ships/240,000 TEU are self-operated and 63 ships/170,000 TEU are licensed.
