China Shipping Company Ranking



1. China COSCO Shipping Corporation


COSCO SHIPPING In the mid-1950s, Chairman Mao proposed the idea of ​​forming and developing China's ocean shipping fleet. On April 27, 1961, China’s first international shipping company, China Ocean Shipping Company, was established. After decades of continuous development and growth, as of 2020, China COSCO Shipping Group's operating fleet has a combined capacity of 105.36 million dwt/1317 ships, ranking first in the world. Among them, the container fleet size is 3.07 million TEU/507 ships, ranking third in the world; the dry bulk fleet has a capacity of 40.22 million dwt/410 ships, the tanker fleet has a capacity of 25.83 million dwt/204 ships, and the general cargo fleet is 4.59 million. DWT/162 ships, ranking first in the world.


2. COSCO Shipping Container Lines Co., Ltd.-COSCO


"COSCO Container Lines" under the former COSCO Group was formed by integrating the container business and service network of "CS Container Lines" under the former China Shipping Group. And officially opened on March 1, 2016. Now its self-operated fleet includes 376 container ships with a capacity of 2,057,350 TEUs. The container fleet ranks fourth in the world and first in Asia. COSCO Container Lines operates a total of 362 routes, including 228 international routes (including international branch routes), 47 China coastal routes, and 87 Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River branch routes. The ships it operates call at 329 ports in about 100 countries and regions around the world.


3. China Evergreen Shipping-EMC


China Evergreen Shipping is a container shipping company headquartered in Taoyuan City, Taiwan. Its main routes are from the Far East to North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The company has 240 ports in 80 countries around the world and operates approximately 150 full container ships. It operates the world's fourth largest container fleet. As of 2009, it has more than 190 ships with a total capacity of approximately 850,000 TEUs. What are the top ten shipping companies in China? China shipping company rankings.


4. China Merchants Energy Transportation Co., Ltd.


China Merchants Shipping was established in 2004, forming a business structure of "oil, bulk, gas, special". As of June 2019, China Merchants Shipping has operated and managed 215 ships (including orders) with 37.41 million deadweight tons, making it one of the world's leading shipping companies. Among them, the VLCC and VLOC fleet ranks first in the world, and the ro-ro fleet ranks first in China. The LNG business includes conventional LNG ships and 11 ice-class LNG ships in the Yamal project.


5. Orient Overseas Container Line, Hong Kong, China-OOCL


The Orient Overseas Container Shipping Company of Hong Kong, China was established in 1947 by Dong Haoyun (Dong Zhaorong). It now has a fleet of more than 150 freighters and a carrying capacity of more than 10 million tons. It is one of the seven largest shipping companies in the world. one. He also owned the largest ship in the history of the world's shipbuilding, the Sea Giant. In 2018, it was acquired by COSCO Shipping.


6, China Taiwan Yangming Shipping Group-YML


China Taiwan Yangming Shipping was established on December 28, 1972. It has agency offices in all important regions of the world to provide global shipping services. As of the end of December 2006, Yangming Shipping had 94 ships in operation, with a carrying capacity of 4 million deadweight tons, and an annual operating container of more than 2.4 million TEUS. The fleet includes container ships, bulk carriers, and coal carriers for Taiwan’s electricity transport. What are the top ten shipping companies in China? China shipping company rankings.


7. China Shipping Container Lines


China Shipping Container Lines was formerly known as China Shipping Container Lines Co., Ltd., a limited liability company jointly invested and established by China Shipping (Group) Corporation, China Shipping Development Co., Ltd., and Guangzhou Shipping (Group) Co., Ltd. on August 28, 1997. As of June 2011, China Shipping Container Lines has more than 150 ships with an overall carrying capacity of more than 560,000 TEUs, ranking it among the world's top 10 major classes. There are more than 80 international and domestic container routes in more than 100 countries around the world. Now it has more than 300 global agent outlets.


8. China Taiwan Wanhai Shipping Co., Ltd.-WHL


China Taiwan Wanhai Shipping was established in 1965. As of 2004, Wanhai had 66 full container ships in operation with a cargo capacity of more than 90,000 TEUs. Currently, of the 20 operating routes, there are 15 direct dials to 43 major international commercial ports, making Wanhai the most comprehensive and dense service network in Asia.


9, Ningbo Shipping


Ningbo Shipping was established on April 18, 1997. As of the end of 2018, the company's total assets reached 6.5 billion yuan and net assets were 2 billion yuan. It has a marine fleet of domestic coastal and ocean-going bulk carriers ranging from 20,000 to 75,000 ton with a total capacity of 1,575,800 dwt. In recent years, the company's annual freight volume has exceeded 25 million tons. What are the top ten shipping companies in China? China shipping company rankings.


10. SITC International Holdings Co., Ltd.-SITC


Established in 1991, as of December 31, 2019, the company operated a total of 82 container ships and 6 bulk carriers. Among them, 57 self-owned container ships; 68 routes are operated.