Top 10 Shipping Companies


Shipping can be categorized according to their containerization. A container is made according to standard dissensions (TEU- Twenty feet equivalent) and can be loaded, stacked, transported and unloaded easily around the world. The standard dimensions of a container is One TEU = 8 feet wide, 8 feet high and 20 feet long. A container can be easily loaded and unloaded, hence reducing the time required for transportation. A ship may contain many number of these containers, and hence a shipping company can be classified according to the total TEU's.


Top 10 Shipping companies according to their total TEU :


         Shipping Company
                     TEU
       APM-Maersk
                  2,566,277
       Mediterranean Shipping Co.
                        22,05,206
       CMA CGM Group
                        13,36,868
       COSCO Container Limited
                        6,51,149
        Hapag-Lloyd
                        6,34,067
        Evergreen Line
                        6,08,251
        APL
                        6,03,514
        CSCL
                        5,54,747
        Hanjin Shipping
                        4,85,258
        MOL
                        4,60,702
                                                         
*Total world TEU capacity is : 15,899,687


                                                      * ( Data source : Alphaliner   updated : Mar  2012 )