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Explore the world's shipping carriers

Compare carriers across 16 criteria: fleet size, capacity, coverage, sustainability and reliability. More than 200 carriers referenced.

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200+
Carriers
16
Ranking criteria
Top 100
Ranked & rated
160
Countries served

Key data

The container shipping market

Companies referenced
200+
TEU of global capacity
~30M
Ranking criteria
16
Major alliances
3

About

How Seadex ranks ocean carriers

Seadex ranks container shipping companies across 16 objective criteria spanning their fleet, the ports they serve and their environmental performance, so you can compare carriers on the metrics that matter.

16 criteria used to rank carriers

  • Fleet Size
  • Volume Transported
  • Fleet Capacity
  • Ports Coverage
  • Global Presence
  • Maritime Routes
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Operational Efficiency
  • Container Safety
  • Total Emissions Reduction
  • Fleet Emissions Reduction
  • Alternative Fuels
  • Fleet Emissions
  • Total Company Emissions
  • CO2 Emissions (WtW)
  • Annual CO2 Reduction (Scope 1)

Each company profile details its fleet, alliances, subsidiaries and vessels. To track your containers across all these carriers from a single dashboard, Seadex relies on Safecube (opens in a new tab).

Rankings are grouped into three families — company size (fleet, capacity, revenue), operational coverage (ports, countries, maritime routes) and environmental impact (CO2 emissions, alternative fuels, efficiency) — because a single overall score would hide real trade-offs: a carrier leading on scale rarely also leads on emissions per TEU. Every carrier profile below links to the countries it serves and the ports it calls at.

Directory

All shipping companies

Browse Seadex profiles for shipping lines worldwide. Each profile covers fleet size, container capacity, service coverage and sustainability metrics.

Frequently asked questions

What is a container shipping carrier?

A container shipping carrier is a company that transports goods in standardized containers by sea, operating a fleet of vessels across global maritime routes and ports.

How does Seadex rank ocean carriers?

Seadex ranks ocean carriers across 16 objective criteria covering fleet size and capacity, network coverage, maritime routes and environmental performance, based on data aggregated from the world's container shipping companies.

What criteria are used to rank container shipping companies?

Companies are ranked on fleet size, TEU capacity, volume transported, ports coverage, global presence, maritime routes, energy efficiency and several CO₂ emission and reduction metrics.

How many shipping companies does Seadex reference?

Seadex references thousands of container shipping companies, including the major carriers grouped within the main global alliances.

How often is carrier data updated?

Fleet, alliance and ranking figures refresh daily from Seadex's dataset, while company profiles themselves are typically refreshed quarterly as new annual reports and fleet registries become available.

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