Several
shipping lines are involved in
intermodal freight transport as part of
international trade
International trade is the exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories because there is a need or want of goods or services. (see: World economy)
In most countries, such trade represents a significa ...
.
List of largest container shipping companies
This is a list of the 30 largest
container shipping
Containerization is a system of intermodal freight transport using intermodal containers (also called shipping containers and ISO containers). Containerization is also referred as "Container Stuffing" or "Container Loading", which is the pr ...
companies as of 11 August 2022, according to ''Alphaliner'', ranked in order of the
twenty-foot equivalent unit
The twenty-foot equivalent unit (abbreviated TEU or teu) is an inexact unit of cargo capacity, often used for container ships and container ports.Rowlett, 2004. It is based on the volume of a intermodal container, a standard-sized metal box whi ...
(TEU) capacity of their fleet. In January 2022,
MSC overtook
Maersk for the container line with the largest shipping capacity for the first time since 1996.
Hanjin Shipping was also one of the biggest but it is now defunct.
Notes
See also
*
List of largest container ships
*
List of busiest container ports
*
Jones Act
References
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