Leading container ship alliances based on number of active ships 2018

Published by Statista Research Department, Oct 24, 2023
At 1,082 ships, 2M has the largest fleet size. The three shipping alliances are comprised of the world's largest container shipping companies. The three alliances have a total capacity of 17 million TEUs.

Leading container ship alliances as of June 2018, based on number of ships

CharacteristicNumber of ships
2M 1,082
Ocean Alliance 1,042
The Alliance 566
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Release date

November 2018

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2018

Supplementary notes

The figures only consider active ships.

2M: Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Co

Ocean Alliance: CMA and Evergreen Line

The Alliance: Ocean Network Express, Yang Ming, Hapag Lloyd

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