Western Railroad Discussion > Top Ten Container Carriers Import /Export to US

Listed below are the Top Ten Container carriers of import goods to the US by TEU for period Jan thru March 2016

1  CMA CGM /APL          606,957   This is result of buyout of APL by CMA CGM
2  Mediterranean           552,165
3  Maersk                        424,629
4  China Cosco              372,448     Result of merger between China Shipping and Cosco Lines
 5 Evergreen                   349,002
 6 Hapag-Lloyd/CSAV   326,668     Result of merger
7 Hanjin                           252,144
8 OOCL                           204,810
9 K LINE                         201,675
10 NYK LINE                 195,865

Top Ten Container Carriers of export goods from US JAN-MARCH 2016

1  Mediterranean Shipping               390,079         
2 CMA CGM/APL                                 355,857
3 Maersk                                              266,544
4 Hapag-LLoyd/CSAV                       224,728
5 Evergreen                                        171,578
6 NYK                                                   138,861
7 OOCL                                                138,501
8 China Cosco                                    124,176
9 Hanjin                                               119,118
10 MOL                                                 99,667

I could not find the breakdown of these figures as to how the numders break down by port

With all the mergers, buyouts and vessel sharing agreements over the next year we will see a shift in International traffic on  the west  coast between the BNSF and/or UP--it should be interesting to see how it works out

Info from Journal of Commerce JUly 25 2016

FYI

Dale Smith








 

Dale,

Do you have any figures of value both imported and exported?

J.

I don't have any of those numbers but as you know the import goods are all high value goods and export goods are low value

Dale Smith

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A significant % of US exports fly overseas on their own wings.  I read somewhere that a single Boeing 737 is the equivalent of  12,000 container boxes imported into the US. 

Highly unlikely on both counts.

Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> A significant % of US exports fly overseas on
> their own wings.  I read somewhere that a single
> Boeing 737 is the equivalent of  12,000 container
> boxes imported into the US. 

Unless you talking about something much smaller than a shoe box, that makes no sense.

Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> A significant % of US exports fly overseas on
> their own wings.  I read somewhere that a single
> Boeing 737 is the equivalent of  12,000 container
> boxes imported into the US. 

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

UP used to send a daily train east out of the APL north facility in Seattle, it's still quite a shock to me that operation went away almost overnight.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

funnelfan Wrote:
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> Unless you talking about something much smaller
> than a shoe box, that makes no sense.
>
> Lackawanna484 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > A significant % of US exports fly overseas on
> > their own wings.  I read somewhere that a
> single
> > Boeing 737 is the equivalent of  12,000
> container
> > boxes imported into the US. 

how much is a container box of plush toys worth?

Yeah, a 737 (and 777, 787, et al) are worth a bunch, but we still run a trade deficit.
 

funnelfan Wrote:
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> Unless you talking about something much smaller
> than a shoe box, that makes no sense.
>
> Lackawanna484 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > A significant % of US exports fly overseas on
> > their own wings.  I read somewhere that a
> single
> > Boeing 737 is the equivalent of  12,000
> container
> > boxes imported into the US. 

We're talking value, not boxes.