The document summarizes information on the 10 largest container shipping lines in the world by TEU capacity. It provides details on each company such as their headquarters location, year founded, fleet size, revenue, and environmental initiatives. The three largest companies are A.P. Moller–Maersk, Mediterranean Shipping Company, and CMA CGM, which have fleets of over 1 million TEU and operate hundreds of offices globally. The document outlines key facts about each company and their focus on reducing emissions and supporting communities.

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M. Rajesh Kumar
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2. 1. A.P. Møller-Maersk

3. TEU: 3,012,172
HQ: Copenhagen, Denmark
Founder : Arnold Peter Møller
Founded: 1904
Revenue: $40.3 Billion (USD)
Employees: 89,000
• A.P. Moller–Maersk Group’s largest operating unit is Maersk Line,
the world’s largest overseas cargo and freight carrier. They have
324 offices in 115 countries worldwide and operate 590 container
ships.
• They estimate they ship $675 billion worth of good each year,
almost as much as the GDP of Switzerland. Their Triple-E vessels
can hold 18,000 twenty-foot containers and their current fleet has 5
of these vessels in active service.

4. 2. Mediterranean Shipping Company

5. TEU: 2,659,489
HQ: Geneva, Switzerland
Founder: Gianluigi Aponte.
Founded: 1970
Revenue: $28.2 Billion (USD)
Employees: 24,000
• Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. (MSC) is the largest
privately owned shipping company in the world. They have 480
offices in 150 countries around the globe and call at a total of 315
different ports.
• Their total fleet consists of 480 container vessels including the 4
largest container ships in the world, each of which can handle
over 19,000 twenty-foot containers.

6. 3. CMA CGM (Compagnie Générale
Maritime )

7. • TEU: 1,799,291
HQ: Marseille, France
Founder: Jacques Saadé
Founded: 1978
Revenue: $15.7 Billion (USD)
Employees: 22,000
• CMA CGM Group is the world’s third largest shipping company.
They have a fleet of 471 vessels that call at 420 ports in 160
countries. In total they have 765 offices around the globe.
• Their largest ship is the CMA CGM Georg Forster which can
handle 18,000 twenty-foot containers. Their name is an French
acronym which stands for “Maritime Freighting Company –
General Maritime Company.”

8. 4. COSCO(China Ocean Shipping
Company )

9. TEU: 1,539,618
HQ: Beijing, China
Founded: 1961
Revenue: $10.2 billion USD
Employees: 130,000
• Following its takeover of China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL),
COSCO is now the world’s 4th largest shipping company, the largest
shipping company outside of Europe and one of only 4 companies
that has a total capacity above 1 million TEU.
• COSCO now owns 5 of the top 10 biggest container ships, each of
which is able to handle 19,000 twenty foot containers. In total the
group has 1114 vessels of which 285 are container ships.
• In February 2016, the COSCO Group merged with China Shipping
Group to form China COSCO Shipping.

10. 5. Evergreen Marine Corp.

11. • TEU: 929,700
HQ: Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Founded: 1968
Revenue: $4.6 billion USD
Employees: 3,389
• Evergreen Marine’s, Evergreen Line is the world’s 5th largest
container shipping company. They currently operate over 190
ships, which call at 240 ports worldwide in 80 different
countries.
• Their largest ships are the 8,500 TEU L-type container ship
which are considerably smaller than the biggest ships from
competing firms. However, they have adapted them to reduce
fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.

12. 6. Hapag-Lloyd

13. • TEU: 916,439
HQ: Hamburg, Germany
Founded: 1847
Revenue: $12 billion USD (estimate)
Employees: 9,500
• Hapang -Lloyd operate 175 modern container ships that
call at 350 ports in 117 different countries worldwide.
Each year they ship the 7.5 million TEU worth of
containers.
• In December 2014 they merged with Chile’s CSAV to
form one of the largest shipping companies in the world.
Their biggest ships are capable of carrying 13,000 TEU
worth of containers.

14. 7. Hamburg Sud

15. • TEU: 646,918
HQ: Hamburg, Germany
Founded: 1871
Revenue: $6.9 billion USD
Employees: 5,360
• Hamburg Süd was originally founded to help Hamburg
merchants trade with Argentina and Brazil. It’s now
grown into one of the world’s largest private shipping
companies with 133 ships in its fleet.
• It also owns Brazil’s Aliança which sails under the flag of
Brazil. The company has won many awards and is
focusing on ways to reduce its environmental impact.

16. 8. Hanjin Shipping

17. • TEU: 621,243
HQ: Seoul, South Korea
Founded: 1977
Revenue: $8.3 billion (USD)
Employees: 5,800
• Hanjin Shipping is South Korea’s largest shipping
company and its fleet consist of around 170 container
ships and bulk carriers. It has 4 regional Headquarters and
13 container terminals in the world’s largest ports.
• Each year the company moves over 100 million tons of
cargo. Its largest ships can carry just over 13,000 TEU,
owning 8 of these in total. Like the rest of the world’s
large container shipping companies Hanjin Shipping is
also focusing on corporate social responsibility by trying
to be more green.

18. 9. OOCL (Orient Overseas Container
Line )

19. • TEU: 565,113
HQ: Hong Kong
Founded: 1969
• OOCL has 320 offices in over 70 countries and operates
over 300 ships. In addition to shipping the company also
operates 2 important Container Terminals: Long Beach
Container Terminal, LLC. (LBCT LLC) and Kaohsiung
Container Terminal (KAOCT).
• Beyond its core business the company is working to
reduce its environmental impact through the use of IT and
helping support the children of employees via a university
scholarship program.

20. 10. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL)

21. • TEU: 544,817
HQ: Tokyo, Japan
Founded: 1884
Employees: 10,508
• MOL is the largest and oldest of Japan’s international shipping
companies. In total they operate 896 vessels and have ordered
6 new container ships that will be able to handle 20,150 TEUs
each.
• There are a total of 441 MOL group companies including
energy companies, passenger liners, financial services and
container terminals.