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Global Maritime Focus
Special Report
Journal of Commerce Top 40 Container Carriers by US Imports
Containerized US imports , Jan .– Sept . 2024 vs . Jan .– Sept . 2021 , 2022 and 2023 , in laden TEUs The Journal of Commerce Top 40 Container Carriers in US import trades carried 99.2 % ( 20.2 million TEUs ) of the 20.3 million TEUs in total US import volumes during the first nine months of 2024 , up 14.7 % year over year but down 2.6 % from 2021 . The top 5 carriers accounted for 62.2 % ( 12.6 million TEUs ) of US imports through September , up 16 % from the same 2023 period but down 5.6 % from 2021 .
Ocean Carrier
Jan . -Sept.
Jan . -Sept. US imports
Percentage change
2024
Website
2024 market
from
from
from
Rank
World , US Headquarters
share
2021
2022
2023
2024
2021
2022
2023
1
MSC
15.2 %
3,425,457
3,845,152
2,500,249
3,084,333
-10.0%
-19.8%
23.4 %
www . mscgva . ch
Geneva ; New York
2
CMA CGM / APL
12.8 %
2,695,062
2,800,046
2,306,208
2,593,080
-3.8%
-7.4%
12.4 %
www . cma-cgm . com ; www . apl . com
Marseille ; Norfolk , Va .; Singapore ; Scottsdale , Ariz .
3
Cosco Shipping / OOCL
12.5 %
2,588,312
2,510,497
2,188,282
2,541,784
-1.8%
1.2 %
16.2 %
www . coscoshipping . com ; www . oocl . com
Shanghai ; Secaucus , NJ ; Hong Kong ; Salt Lake City
4
A . P . Møller-Maersk *
11.7 %
2,743,292
2,861,619
2,188,205
2,373,121
-13.5%
-17.1 %
8.5 %
www . maerskline . com
Copenhagen ; Florham Park , NJ
5
Ocean Network Express
10.0 %
1,909,666
1,763,392
1,695,767
2,027,783
6.2 %
15.0 %
19.6 %
www . one-line . com
Singapore
Top 5 US Import Carriers Market Share 62.2 % 64.1 % 63.7 % 61.5 % 62.2 % Top 5 US Import Carriers 13,361,789 13,780,706 10,878,711 12,620,100 -5.6 % -8.4 % 16.0 %
6
Hapag-Lloyd
8.0 %
1,462,001
1,438,522
1,396,444
1,629,549
11.5 %
13.3 %
16.7 %
www . hapag-lloyd . com
Hamburg ; Piscataway , NJ
7
Evergreen Line
7.9 %
1,571,255
1,600,022
1,582,180
1,607,442
2.3 %
0.5 %
1.6 %
www . evergreen-line . com
Taipei ; Jersey City , NJ
8
Zim Integrated Shipping Services
4.3 %
812,187
714,891
646,542
879,859
8.3 %
23.1 %
36.1 %
www . zim . com
Haifa ; Norfolk , Va .
9
HMM
3.5 %
728,704
664,443
598,821
709,407
-2.6%
6.8 %
18.5 %
www . hmm21 . com
Seoul ; Irving , Texas
10
Yang Ming Line
3.4 %
652,206
593,991
560,842
696,311
6.8 %
17.2 %
24.2 %
www . yangming . com . tw
Keelung ; Newark , NJ
11
Wan Hai Lines
1.8 %
397,034
522,068
294,825
360,071
-9.3%
-31.0%
22.1 %
www . wanhaiusa . com
Taipei ; Phoenix , Ariz .
12
Sm Line
1.1 %
175,053
172,320
176,076
229,329
31.0 %
33.1 %
30.2 %
www . smlines . com
Seoul
13
Seaboard Marine
1.1 %
255,086
275,992
223,638
224,140
-12.1%
-18.8%
0.2 %
www . seaboardmarine . com
Miami
14
Dole / Tropical Fruit Americas
0.9 %
193,439
194,558
191,022
187,622
-3.0%
-3.6%
-1.8%
www . doleoceancargo . com
Jacksonville , Fla .
15
Matson
0.9 %
231,563
251,899
180,768
175,652
-24.1%
-30.3%
-2.8%
www . matson . com
Oakland , Calif .
16
Great White Fleet
0.7 %
130,288
137,840
145,174
139,415
7.0 %
1.1 %
-4.0%
www . greatwhitefleet . com
Antwerp ; Cincinnati
17
Crowley
0.6 %
151,962
156,257
140,663
125,762
-17.2%
-19.5%
-10.6%
www . crowley . com
Jacksonville , Fla .
18
Del Monte
0.5 %
100,311
126,059
115,060
110,324
10.0 %
-12.5%
-4.1%
www . freshdelmonte . com
Coral Gables , Fla .
19
Independent Container Line
0.4 %
89,951
94,365
86,178
89,640
-0.3%
-5.0%
4.0 %
www . icl-ltd . com
Richmond , Va .
20
ACL / Grimaldi Group
0.3 %
87,715
87,008
58,882
61,857
-29.5%
-28.9%
5.1 %
www . aclcargo . com www . grimaldi . napoli . it
Naples ; Westfield , NJ
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