2. It comes as no surprise, that the shipping companies are the most crucial part
of the global supply chain.
The container shipping lines, with a current active fleet of over 6,200 vessels
and a capacity of more than 24.9 million TEU, are transferring a major amount
of any kind of goods and products across the world.
90 % of World Goods Traffic is carried on sea.
Top 7 Shipping Lines account for 77% of Traffic.
3. Updates / Information
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) - 1
•TEU: 4,287,473
•Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
•Year of Foundation: 1970
•Revenue: 28 billion US Dollars
•Employees: 100,000
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is the biggest shipping company in the world, which overtook
Maersk in late 2021. MSC currently operates a fleet of 646 cargo vessels and has 524 offices across
155 nations. The company sails on more than 215 trade routes with over 500 ports of call worldwide.
The 50-year old company was formed by a seafarer named Captain Gianluigi Aponte when he bought
his first vessel, Patricia and then Rafaela with which he opened a shipping line between the
Mediterranean and Somalia. Now, the company operates a modern fleet comprising of the Gulsan
Class vessels which are a new class of sustainable container ships, to minimize the environmental
impact. The company also has a division called MSC Cruises which focuses on holiday cruises which
was formed in 1989. The company has a total market share of 17%.
4. Updates / Information
A.P. Moller – Maersk - 2
•TEU: 4,275,542
•Headquarters: Copenhagen, Denmark
•Year of Foundation: 1904
•Revenue: 40.3 billion US Dollar
•Employees: 89,000
•A.P. Moller-Maersk is the second biggest shipping company in the world. It has been at the
top from 1996 to 2021. The company is a family business and is run by the Moller family. It is
of more than a hundred years old, and currently has a fleet of about 735 container ships which
includes 330 self-owned and 405 chartered vessels. For the future, the company has plans to
add methanol-powered ships to its fleet. The Danish company operates various diverse
business segments which include logistics, terminals and towage, ocean, manufacturing and
many others. Maersk’s digital container logistics platform TradeLens serves over 98 directly
integrated ports and terminals. As of January 2022, as the second largest container ship liner
in the world, the company held 17% of the global TEU, equivalent to that of its 2M Alliance
counterpart MSC.
5. Updates / Information
CMA-CGM - 3
•TEU: 3,200,673
•Headquarters: Marseille, France
•Year of Foundation: 1978
•Revenue: 31.45 billion US Dollar
•Employees: 110,000
CMA-CGM is the world’s third largest shipping company, an is France’s leading container shipping
company. CMA-CGM S.A. was formed 43 years ago as a result of a series of mergers between
previously established shipping corporations. Since then, it has been a worldwide leading shipping
group using 257 routes between 420 ports in 160 different nations ensuring coverage to more than
80% ports worldwide. The name CMA-CGM is the abbreviation of the names of two predecessor
companies, Compaigne Maritime d’ Affretement (CMA) Compaigne Generale Maritime
(CGM) [French] which translates as “Maritime Freighting Company” and “General Maritime Company”.
In the September of 2020 CMA-CGM inducted a 23,000 TEU container ship in its fleet of 566
container vessels. The CMA-CGM JACQUES SAADE named after its founder Jacques Saade is the
largest LNG powered ship in the world. the company has a total market share of about 12.7%.
6. COSCO Shipping - 4
•TEU: 3,022,882
•Headquarters: Beijing, China
•Year of Foundation: 1961
•Revenue: 44.6 billion US Dollars
•Employees: 118,240
China Ocean Shipping Company popularly known as COSCO Shipping, is the world’s fourth largest
shipping company, and is the largest Chinese shipping company. It is a former Chinese government
owned shipping and logistics supplier company. This company gained its recognition after coming up
as the integration of China Shipping Company and COSCO group in 2016. With a fleet of about 509
vessels COSCO serves 401 international and domestic shipping routes and calls in 356 ports in 105
nations. The company has a market share of 11.6%
7. Hapag-Lloyd - 5
•TEU: 1,745,032
•Headquarters: Hamburg, Germany
•Year of Foundation: 1970
•Revenue: 14.5 billion US Dollar
•Employees: 13,117
The Hapag-Lloyd AG is the fifth largest shipping company in the world. It is one of the most renowned
and well featured German international shipping and container transportation companies. This 50-year-
old company was formed by the merger of two German companies, namely, Hamburg-American Line
(Hapag) and Norddeutscher Lloyd. Hapag-Lloyd operates with a fleet of about 250 vessels with 392
sales offices spread over 129 countries worldwide. The company transports containerized cargo on
several major trade routes around the world, the most prominent ones being Latin America, Middle
East, trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific trade routes. Hapag-Lloyd has a 7.2% market share.
8. Ocean Network Express (ONE) - 6
•TEU: 1,577,156
•Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
•Year of Foundation: 2017
•Employees: 14,000
•Ocean Network Express Holding Ltd. is the world’s sixth largest shipping company. Also, it is one of
the newest companies that has appeared in this list. Jointly owned by the Japanese shipping
companies Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), K-Line and NYK, the company has a fleet of about 220 vessels
combined and offers 130 services each week with a coverage across 120 nations. The company was
formed as a part of a greater process of consolidation that was occurring in the container shipping
industry during 2016. Due to poor profits and surplus capacity the three companies merged their
container shipping divisions forming the sixth largest container shipping company in the world. Nippon
Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has a 38% stake in the joint venture whereas Mitsui O.S.K Lines and K Line
control 31% each. Recently ONE has announced the formation of a new Green Strategy Department
which will be involved in the environmental sustainability projects. The company has a market share of
about 6.1%.
9. Evergreen Lines - 7
•TEU: 1,477,644
•Headquarters: Taoyuan City, Taiwan
•Year of Foundation: 1968
•Revenue: 4.6 billion US Dollars
•Employees: 6,700
Evergreen Lines is the seventh largest shipping company in the world. Evergreen Marine Corporation
(Taiwan), Italia Marittima, Evergreen Marine (UK), Evergreen Marine (Singapore) and Evergreen
Marine(Hong Kong) all together comprise to seize the name Evergreen Line. The company operates
with a fleet of about 200 vessels and its trade routes are from the Far East to North America, Central
America and the Caribbean; from the Far East to Northern Europe and Eastern Mediterranean; Europe
to the East coast of North America; Far East to Australia, Mauritius, South Africa and South America
and many more. Evergreen is a one of its kind company that has built and chartered twenty 12,000
TEU F-type vessels so as to reduce the fuel and consumption and green house gas emissions. With its
fleet the company serves over 250 ports of call worldwide. Evergreen Line has a total market share of
about 5.9%.
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17. Single Booking Vs Combined Booking
1. There is an example of recent shipment from Nhava Sheva to Chittagong
2. If we will be booking via separate booking ( On Separate Shipping Lines ) then we can save USD 1362
3. Logistics cycle becomes faster.
Amount in USD
S. No. L-Meters W-Meters H-Meters
GROSS
WEIGHT
(MT)
Container
Requirement
Ocean Freight-
Combined Booking-
(A)
Ocean Freight-
Separate Booking-
(B)
Difference-
Gain/Loss=
(B-A)
1 16 2 1.75 10 1X40 FB 7959 7685 -274
2 5 3 1.5 10 1X20 FR 4800 4294 -506
3 In gauge Cargo 15 1X40OT 3900 3318 -582
Total 16659 15297 -1362
18. ODC Shipment Executed in Containerised Vessel
S.NO Period Port of Loading Port of Discharge
Dimensions ( Meters)
Weight- MT
Name of Shipping Line
1 Jun-20 Nhava sheva Laem Chabang 12.30X4.2X4.4/22 MT Maersk
2 Aug-19 Mumbai Port Hamburg 5.8X5.4X3.2/77 MT Maersk
3 Jul-19 Hazira King Abullah 12X6.5X6.5//24 MT MSC
4 May-20 Nhava Sheva Bremerhaven 6.70 X4.90 X3.30/55 Maersk
22. • Why High Freight Rates
• Difference between Tramper and LINER Vessel
• Inco Terms and precautions to be kept in mind
• FOB vs FAS
• FIO
• Question – Answers.
