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Trans-Pacific Maritime
Special Report
Journal of Commerce Top 15 Container Carriers by US Exports to Asia
Containerized US exports to Asia, 2025 vs. 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in laden TEUs
The Journal of Commerce Top 15 Container Carriers by US Exports to Asia accounted for 99.6 % of the nearly 5 million TEUs in westbound trans-Pacific trade in the 2025, a decrease of 0.9 % from 2024 and 6.8 % from 2021. The Top 5 carriers hanlded 66.4 %( 3.3 million TEUs) of US exports to Asia last year, down from 68.7 %( 3.4 million TEUs) in 2024.
Ocean carrier
US exports to Asia
Percent change
Website
Market
From
From
From
From
Rank
World, US headquarters
share
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2021
2022
2023
2024
1
CMA CGM / APL
16.6 %
1,063,302
1,098,327
968,052
868,852
822,274
-22.7%
-25.1%
-15.1%
-5.4%
cma-cgm. com; apl. com Marseille; Norfolk, Va.; Singapore; Scottsdale, Ariz.
2
Cosco Shipping / OOCL
15.4 %
962,276
856,161
818,295
786,549
763,357
-20.7%
-10.8%
-6.7%
-2.9%
coscoshipping. com; oocl. com Shanghai; Secaucus, NJ; Hong Kong; Salt Lake City
3
Ocean Network Express( ONE)
14.0 %
954,461
821,466
930,019
832,000
695,373
-27.1 %
-15.3%
-25.2%-16.4%
one-line. com
Singapore
4
Evergreen Line
10.8 %
557,842
469,600
538,061
524,262
537,010
-3.7%
14.4 %
-0.2%
2.4 %
evergreen-line. com
Taipei; Jersey City, NJ
5
Mediterranean Shipping Co.( MSC)
9.5 %
374,411
334,043
434,739
415,005
469,274
25.3 %
40.5 %
7.9 %
13.1 %
mscgva. ch
Geneva; New York
Market Share of Top 5 Carriers
by US Exports to Asia
73.7 %
72.1 %
71.4 %
68.7 %
66.4 %
Top 5 Carriers by US Exports to Asia 3,912,292 3,579,596 3,689,166 3,426,667 3,287,288-16.0 %-8.2 %-10.9 %-4.1 %
6
A. P. Møller- Maersk *
8.7 %
460,944
364,721
402,137
485,094
430,114
-6.7%
17.9 %
7.0 %-11.3%
maerskline. com
Copenhagen; Florham Park, NJ
7
Hapag-Lloyd
6.8 %
137,607
168,228
170,902
226,555
335,565
143.9 %
99.5 %
96.3 % 48.1 %
hapag-lloyd. com
Hamburg; Piscataway, N. J.
8
HMM
6.7 %
303,019
347,670
371,758
358,787
330,876
9.2 %
-4.8%
-11.0%
-7.8%
hmm21. com
Seoul; Irving, Texas
9
Yang Ming Line
4.4 %
221,921
263,092
236,079
223,823
217,975
-1.8%
-17.1 %
-7.7%
-2.6%
yangming. com. tw
Keelung; Newark, N. J.
10
Zim Integrated Shipping Services
2.8 %
145,885
90,866
180,620
125,927
137,046
-6.1%
50.8 %
-24.1%
8.8 %
zim. com
Haifa; Norfolk, Va.
11
SM Line
1.7 %
50,711
61,858
58,235
78,032
84,461
66.6 %
36.5 %
45.0 %
8.2 %
smlines. com
Seoul, South Korea
12
Wan Hai Lines
1.2 %
45,955
56,711
16,243
22,316
58,815
28.0 %
3.7 %
262.1 % 163.6 %
wanhaiusa. com
Taipei; Phoenix, Ariz.
13
Hede( Hong Kong)
0.7 %
21,865
35,556
62.6 %
hken. shhede. com
Hong Kong
14
Sea Lead
0.2 %
9,420
sea-lead. com
Singapore
15
Swire Shipping
0.1 %
13,307
14,502
12,056
7,326
6,885
-48.3%
-52.5%
-42.9%
-6.0%
swireshipping. com
Puyallup, Wash.
MARKET SHARE OF TOP 15 CARRIERS
BY US EXPORTS TO ASIA
99.6 %
99.6 %
99.4 %
99.7 %
99.6 %
TOTAL TOP 15 CARRIERS BY US EXPORTS TO ASIA 5,291,641 4,947,244 5,137,197 4,976,392 4,934,001-6.8 %-0.3 %-4.0 %-0.9 % TOTAL US EXPORTS TO ASIA 5,310,693 4,965,801 5,170,177 4,991,223 4,952,238-6.7 %-0.3 %-4.2 %-0.8 %
* A. P. Møller- Maersk includes Maersk, Sealand, Safmarine and Hamburg Süd. Source: S & P Global © 2026 S & P Global
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