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Trans-Pacific Maritime
Special Report
Journal of Commerce Top 15 Container Lines by US Imports from Asia
Containerized US Imports from Asia , 2024 vs . 2020 , 2021 , 2022 and 2023 , in laden TEUs
The Journal of Commerce Top 15 Container Carriers by US Imports from Asia accounted for 98.9 % of the 19 million TEUs in eastbound trans-Pacific trade in 2024 , a increase of 17.3 % from 2023 and 14.4 % from 2020 . The Top 5 carriers handled 64 % ( 12.2 million TEUs ) of US imports from Asia last year , down from 65.2 % ( 10.5 million TEUs ) in 2023 .
Ocean carrier
2024
Annual US Imports from Asia
Percentage Change
2024
Website
market
From
From
From
From
Rank
World , US headquarters
share
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2020
2021
2022
2023
1 Cosco Shipping / OOCL
16.1 %
2,789,867
3,036,104
2,833,076
2,549,099
3,062,771
9.8 %
0.9 %
8.1 %
20.2 %
www . coscoshipping . com ; www . oocl . com
Shanghai ; Secaucus , NJ ; Hong Kong ; Salt Lake City
2 CMA CGM / APL
13.9 %
2,529,645
2,857,604
2,755,081
2,302,944
2,645,672
4.6 %
-7.4%
-4.0%
14.9 %
www . cma-cgm . com ; www . apl . com
Marseille ; Norfolk , Va .; Singapore ; Scottsdale , Ariz .
3 Ocean Network Express ( ONE )
11.7 %
2,265,357
2,064,531
1,882,610
1,925,929
2,230,843
-1.5%
8.1 %
18.5 %
15.8 %
www . one-line . com
Singapore
4 Mediterranean Shipping Co . ( MSC )
11.4 %
1,483,928
2,105,535
2,298,769
1,748,096
2,175,140
46.6 %
3.3 %
-5.4%
24.4 %
www . mscgva . ch
Geneva ; New York
5 Evergreen Line
10.8 %
1,910,053
1,963,612
2,015,435
2,015,274
2,058,439
7.8 %
4.8 %
2.1 %
2.1 %
www . evergreen-line . com
Taipei ; Jersey City , NJ
MARKET SHARE OF TOP 5 CARRIERS
BY US IMPORTS FROM ASIA
64.0 %
66.4 %
64.1 %
63.1 %
65.2 %
64.0 %
TOP 5 CARRIERS
BY US IMPORTS FROM ASIA
10,978,850
12,027,387
11,784,971
10,541,341
12,172,865
10.9 %
1.2 %
3.3 %
15.5 %
6 A . P . Møller - Maersk *
9.7 %
1,772,576
2,152,829
2,212,010
1,768,312
1,836,385
3.6 %
-14.7%
-17.0%
3.8 %
www . maerskline . com
Copenhagen ; Florham Park , NJ
7 Zim Integrated Shipping Services
5.6 %
627,912
915,659
775,398
723,818
1,064,545
69.5 %
16.3 %
37.3 %
47.1 %
www . zim . com
Haifa ; Norfolk , Va .
8 HMM
4.9 %
894,782
922,684
840,401
805,203
936,961
4.7 %
1.5 %
11.5 %
16.4 %
www . hmm21 . com
Seoul ; Irving , Texas
9 Yang Ming Line
4.4 %
874,760
747,803
698,934
710,547
844,374
-3.5%
12.9 %
20.8 %
18.8 %
www . yangming . com . tw
Keelung ; Newark , NJ
10
Hapag-Lloyd
4.4 %
632,732
611,112
579,082
620,491
828,348
30.9 %
35.5 %
43.0 %
33.5 %
www . hapag-lloyd . com
Hamburg ; Piscataway , NJ
11
Wan Hai Lines
2.6 %
170,007
541,105
662,645
374,754
494,708
191.0 %
-8.6%
-25.3%
32.0 %
www . wanhaiusa . com
Taipei ; Phoenix , Ariz .
12
SM Line
1.6 %
271,256
231,991
227,106
235,336
296,036
9.1 %
27.6 %
30.4 %
25.8 %
www . smlines . com
Seoul , South Korea
13
Matson
1.3 %
204,610
314,768
299,460
239,820
245,633
20.0 %
-22.0%
-18.0%
2.4 %
www . matson . com
Oakland , Calif .
14
Sea Lead
0.2 %
25,874
69,892
1,824
46,699
80.5 %
-33.2% 2460.0 %
www . sea-lead . com
Singapore
15
TS Lines
0.1 %
5,766
67
26,540
360.3 % 39500.7 %
www . tslines . com
Hong Kong
TOTAL TOP 15 CARRIERS
BY US IMPORTS FROM ASIA
98.9 %
16,427,485
18,491,211
18,155,665
16,021,512
18,793,095
14.4 %
1.6 %
3.5 %
17.3 %
TOTAL US IMPORTS FROM ASIA 100.0 % 16,524,281 18,760,077 18,664,069 16,177,559 19,008,551 15.0 % 1.3 % 1.8 % 17.5 %
MARKET SHARE OF TOP 15 CARRIERS BY US IMPORTS FROM ASIA
99.4 %
98.6 %
97.3 %
99.0 %
98.9 %
* A . P . Møller - Maersk includes Maersk , Sealand , Safmarine , and Hamburg Süd . Source : S & P Global © 2025 S & P Global
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