Top 5 Largest Container Shipping Companies in the World.

 Container shipping is one of the most important and necessary type of cargo transportation through the sea routes. In this present time,there does not exist any monopoly by anyone of the container shipping companies. This lead to a complete lack of friction and tension in the international cargo shipping community. Four of these leading container shipping companies on the basis of cargo carrying capacity can be listed down as follows;

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1. APM- Maersk

A shipping corporation based in Denmark, Maersk Shipping Line is a branch of the AP Moller-Maersk company. It made its debut in the international container shipping arena in the year of 1904.At present, the company has a fleet of around 711 container ships with a capacity of around 40,87,480 TEU.

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2. MSC- Mediterranean Shipping Company

The Swiss international cargo company established in the year 1970. At the present time, with a vessel line-p of over 524 container ships, the company is rated to be one of the most extensive cargo companies in the world with TEU capacity of around 3,308,955.

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3. COSCO- China Ocean Shipping Company

The Chinese company is one of the leading in terms of container shipping companies. At present, The company's operation are spread over 40 countries with a fleet of 461 container ships with a container carrying  capacity of 2,79,2448 TEU.

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4. Hapag-Lloyd

The German-based Hapag-Lloyd is one of the most renowned and well-feature companies in terms of international shipping companies. The companies was established in 1970  as a result of a merger between Hamburg- American Line and the North German company Lloyd. The companies has 231 ships catering to about 16,44,565 TEU container carrying capacity on a worldwide scale.

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