Western Railroad Discussion > Top Ten Global Fleet Operators

As per Journal of Commerce issue July27 2015 listed below are the top ten global fleet operators indicating total ships,Teu capacity, owned ships, chartered ships and market share

Asof July 13 total global liner trade TEU capacity was 19,699,762 capacity aboard 6021 ships. The top ten fleet operators control 65% of the market with 12,807,698 TEU in capacity with 52 percent chartered.

                 Total Shps     TEU CAP        OWN SHIPS      CHARTERED SHIPS        Market Share

1.Maersk    621               3092875            258                       363                                 15.7 %
2.MSC       503               2632977            196                        307                                13.4
3.CMA CGM 472               584288             91                        381                                8.9    
4.Hapag LLoyd  184           972870            70                         114                               4.9
5.EVERGREEN 202           949019           107                        95                                4.8
6.COSCO         168           862785            85                         83                                4.4
7.CHINA           140           700858            67                         73                               3.6
8.Hanjin            102           622440           38                          64                               3.2
9.HAMBURG SUD 129      608991            42                         87                               3.1
10 MOL              110        607113            29                         81                               3.1

TTL               2631           12,807,698      983                        1648                          52.0

FYI

Dale Smith                                                                         

Thanks for posting this interesting stuff.  Is MSC the outfit with the yellow
containers that have a big "M" on the side with smaller lettering?  Just
trying to match up the companies listed with what I see on the road.

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

Dale, all very interesting info. Please keep it coming.

ntharalson Wrote:
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> ... Is MSC the outfit with the yellow
> containers that have a big "M" on the side with
> smaller lettering? ...
>
> Nick Tharalson,
> Marion, IA

"MSC" is Mediterranean Shipping Company.  Most of the 10,000 to 11,000' BNSF intermodals are SLBTLPC1/2 or SLPCLBT1 (if not the generic SCO Southern California Ondock) which is Maersk and MSC containers (#1 and #2 are in an alliance, the P3 alliance with CMA CGM!).  I usually see a sizable cut of Hanjin or COSCO (CYKH alliance) containers with them on these long trains.  LPC is Logistics Park Chicago.

mapboy

I've seen a lot of "MSC" boxes in Caribbean  and Central American ports, also a lot of "Tropical" boxes.