This list of freight ship companies is arranged by country. Companies listed own and/or operate bulk carriers, car carriers, container ships, Roll-on/roll-off (for freight), and tankers. For a list of companies that own and operate passenger ships (cruise ships, cargo-passenger ships, and ferries), see List of passenger ship companies.
Key " " - Call sign or common name, ( ) - Parent company or conglomerate, > - Previous company name, >> - Company name in local language
BC - Bulk carriers, CC - Car carriers, CS - Container ships, RR - Roll-on/Roll-off (for freight), TK - Tankers
Africa
Ethiopia Ethiopian Shipping Lines
South Africa Safmarine (Maersk, Denmark)
Asia Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company
Bangladesh Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (State-owned enterprise)
China
Mainland China China COSCO Shipping "COSCO" (State-owned enterprise) Sinotrans (HK) Shipping "Sinotrans" (State-owned enterprise)
Hong Kong Anglo-Eastern Group Fleet Management Limited The China Navigation Company (Swire Group, UK) Jinhui Shipping and Transport (Jinhui Holdings) Orient Overseas Container Line "OOCL" Pacific Basin Shipping Limited
India Mercator Limited Shipping Corporation of India (State-owned enterprise) Dredging Corporation of India (State-owned enterprise)
Indonesia Bumi Laut Group
Iran Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines "IRISL" (IRISL Group)
Israel Zim Integrated Shipping Services (Ofer Brothers Group)
Japan Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha "K Line" - BC, CC, RR, TK Mitsui O.S.K. Lines "MOL" (Mitsui Group) - BC, CC, RR, TK Nippon Yusen Kaisha "NYK Line" (Mitsubishi Group) - BC, CC, RR, TK Nissan Motor Car Carrier Ocean Network Express "ONE" (K Line, MOL, and NYK Line) - CS Toyofuji Shipping
Singapore BW Offshore Hong Lam Marine Masterbulk Tanker Pacific Neptune Orient Lines "NOL" (Temasek Holdings) Pacific International Lines "PIL" X-Press Feeders
South Korea EUKOR Hanjin Shipping (Hanjin Group) - BC, CS, RR, TK, CC Hyundai Glovis Hyundai Merchant Marine "HMM" (Hyundai Group) -CC, BC, CS, RR, TK STX Pan Ocean
Malaysia MISC Berhad (PETRONAS) Malaysian Bulk Carriers
Pakistan Pakistan National Shipping Corporation "PNSC" (State-owned enterprise)
Philippines 2GO Group "2GO" - CC, RR Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation > Sulpicio Lines - CS Carlos A. Gothong Lines "Gothong Shipping" - CC, RR Gothong Southern - CS Asian Marine Transport Corporation "Super Shuttle RORO" - CC, RR
Saudi Arabia Bahri (company) "formerly NSCSA"
Taiwan Evergreen Marine (Evergreen Group) Wan Hai Lines Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation (China Merchants Group)
Turkey Arkas Container Transport BMZ Group Cornships Management and Agency
Europe
Austria Austrian Lloyd Ship Management
Defunct Österreichischer Lloyd Austro-Americana
Belgium Compagnie Maritime Belge "CMB" Delphis Euro Marine Logistics Regie voor Maritiem Transport (State-owned enterprise)
Bulgaria Navibulgar
Croatia Alpha Adriatic Atlantska Plovidba Tankerska plovidba
Denmark Dampskibsselskabet Norden "D/S Norden" Dampskibsselskabet Torm "Torm" DFDS Tor Line (DFDS A/S) East Asiatic Company J. Lauritzen A/S Maersk Martin Bencher
Estonia Estonian Shipping Company (ESCO) Hansa Shipping
Finland Finnlines (Grimaldi Group, Italy) SeaRail (Tallink, Estonia / VR Group, Finland / Green Cargo
France Compagnie Générale Maritime (CMA CGM) Delmas (CMA CGM) Louis Dreyfus Armateurs TOWT
Defunct Compagnie Générale Transatlantique Messageries Maritimes
Germany F. Laeisz Hamburg Süd (From 1 December 2017 under ownership of Maersk) Hapag-Lloyd H. Vogemann Deutsche Afrika-Linien K Line European Sea Highway Services "KESS" Oldendorff Carriers
Defunct Norddeutscher Lloyd "NDL"
Greece Arcadia Shipmanagement Atlas Maritime Avin International Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises Costamare Delta Tankers DryShips Euroseas (company) Lykiardopoulo (Neda Maritime) Navios Maritime Holdings Top Ships Aegean Shipping Angelicoussis Group Blue Star Cargo Creta Cargo Lines Maran Dry Maran Gas Maran Ship Supplies Maran Tankers Neptune Lines Hellenic Sea Lines
Defunct Epirotiki Lines Excel Maritime Karageorgis (shipping company) Aegean Cargo Management S.A. ANEK Cargo Hellenic Line Hellenic Seaways Cargo NEL Cargo Salamis Lines
Iceland Eimskip
Italy Grimaldi Group Italia Marittima >Lloyd Triestino (Evergreen Group, Taiwan) Messina Line
Latvia Latvian Shipping Company (Latvijas kuģniecība)
Monaco Costamare
Netherlands Seatrade Dockwise (Boskalis, 2013)
Norway Aker American Shipping (Aker Group) Awilco LNG Belships Bergesen Worldwide (BW Group) Borgestad Camillo Eitzen & Co ASA (Eitzen Group) Christensen Canadian African Lines Color Group AS Det Stavangerske Dampskibsselskab "DSD" Norwegian Car Carriers AS "NOCC" Eitzen Chemical (Eitzen Group) Eitzen Maritime Services ASA (Eitzen Group) Farstad Shipping First Olsen Tankers Fred. Olsen & Co. GC Rieber Shipping Golar LNG Green Reefers Grieg Shipping Havila Shipping I. M. Skaugen J. J. Ugland J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi Knutsen O.A.S. Shipping AS Leif Höegh & Co Nor Lines Odfjell Siem Shipping Solvang Solstad Offshore Grieg Star Shipping Stolt-Nielsen United European Car Carriers Waterfront Shipping Westfal-Larsen Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics "WW" (Wallenius Lines AB, Sweden, and Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding ASA, Norway) Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding ASA "Wilhelmsen" Western Bulk Wilson ASA
Defunct A. F. Klaveness & Co Gerrards Rederi Norwegian America Line
Poland Polsteam > Polish Steamship Company >>Polska Żegluga Morska "PŻM"
Portugal Portline
Romania Histria Shipmanagement
Russia Far East Shipping Company "FESCO" Sakhalin Shipping Company " SASCO" Sovcomflot "SCF" >Sovtorgflot Volgotanker
Defunct Baltic Sea Steamship Company
Spain Defunct Compañía Transatlántica Española "Spanish Line"
Sweden Brostrom (from 2008 a part of Maersk) Johnson Line (Nordstjernan) Stena Sphere Wallenius Lines, (Soya Group)
Defunct DFDS Tor Line Rederi AB Slite Rederi AB Svea
Switzerland Mediterranean Shipping Company
Ukraine UkrFerry
United Kingdom Bibby Line
Defunct African & Eastern Trade Corporation African Steamship Company Anchor Line Alfred Holt and Company "Blue Funnel Line" Blue Star Line Bristol City Line British India Steam Navigation Company "British India Line" Clan Line Douglas Steamship Company (Hong Kong) Elder Dempster Line Ellerman Line Evan Thomas Radcliffe Fyffes Line Harrison Line Hong Kong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Company (Hong Kong) Loch Line London & Overseas Freighters Manchester Liners New Zealand Shipping Company Olau Line Orient Steam Navigation Company "Orient Line" OT Africa Line (CMA CGM, France) Overseas Containers Limited Pacific Steam Navigation Company Palm Line P&O (DP World, UAE) P&O Nedlloyd (Merged into Maersk) Port Line Red Star Line Royal Mail Lines Sea Containers (Headquarter in UK, and Bermuda) Shaw, Savill & Albion Line Silver Line Union-Castle Line United Africa Company
North America
Bermuda Frontline Ltd. (Hemen Holding, Norway) - TK Golden Ocean Group (Hemen Holding, Norway)
Canada Algoma Central (Great Lakes and trans ocean) Canada Steamship Lines (Great Lakes) CP Ships (Great Lakes and trans ocean, deduncted) Fednav (Great Lakes and trans ocean) Groupe Desgagnés (Great Lakes and trans ocean) Lower Lakes Towing (Great Lakes) Upper Lakes Shipping Company (Great Lakes)
United States American President Lines American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier American Steamship Company (Great Lakes) Crowley Maritime Great Lakes Fleet (Great Lakes) Interlake Steamship Company (Great Lakes) Matson Navigation Company Overseas Shipholding Group (Saltchuk) Pasha Hawaii SeaLand Waterman Steamship Corporation
Oceania
Australia Australian National Line (CMA CGM, France) Toll Domestic Forwarding (Toll Group)
Fiji Patterson Brothers Shipping Company
Nauru Nauru Pacific Line
New Zealand New Zealand Shipping Company (P&O, UK)
Defunct Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand
Samoa Pacific Forum Line
South America
Argentina Empresa Líneas Marítimas Argentinas "ELMA"
Brazil Wilson, Sons
Chile Compañía Sudamericana de Vapores "CSAV"
See also List of largest container shipping companies
References