The shipowner refers to the legal holder of the Certificate of Ship Ownership, that is, the person who legally owns the sovereignty of the ship, which can be a citizen, a legal person, a company or a group company. Here's a look at who has the largest fleet in the world, based on data from Clarkson, a world-renowned shipping research firm.
The top 6-10 shipowners in the global hand-held order volume in 2023 are Singapore East Pacific Shipping (eastern pacific shipping), Greecedynacom, the parent company of Seaspan, the world's largest independent container ship owneratlas corpNYK, the Greek shipping company Cardiff Group (cardiff marine
As the birthplace of Western civilization, Greece was one of the first countries in the world to conduct shipbuilding and sea voyages, with a long tradition of shipping. In addition, it is located on the north shore of the Mediterranean, connecting Europe, Asia and Africa, and its geographical advantages are more prominent after the opening ......of the Suez Canal in the 19th centuryThe combination of factors has made Greece a global shipping giant.
Greek shipowners were the largest financiers in the newbuilding market last year, with 267 new ships ordered totaling 26.6 million dwt, the highest in the past decade. Among them, the two most active Greek shipowners are George Prokopiou and George Economou, with a total of more than 70 oil tankers and bulk carriers.
It is worth mentioning that Chinese shipyards became the big winners. The former's ship-owning company, DYANCOM, has ordered 50 new ships from Chinese shipbuilders such as New Era Shipbuilding, DSIC Group, and Hengli Heavy Industries, with a total value of nearly US$3 billion. The latter-led Cardiff Group ordered 34 new ships last year from Yangzhou COSCO Shipping Heavy Industries, CSSC Chengxi, Nantong Xiangyu Haizhuang Co., Ltd., New Era Shipbuilding and Jiangsu Xinhantong Shipbuilding Heavy Industries.
ranked fifth on the listMitsui Merchant Marine, 57 ships with orders in hand, 2.76 million CGT (revised gross tonnage). As one of Japan's three largest shipping companies (the other two are NYK and Kawasaki Kisen), starting with the first four LNG (liquefied natural gas) powered car carriers in 2021, it has ordered as many as 32 LNG-powered ocean-going vessels in the past few years, accelerating the green transformation of the fleet, with the goal of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Evergreen ShippingIt ranked fourth with 67 ships and 3.43 million CGT hand-held orders. The largest shipping company in Taiwan and the sixth largest shipping company in the world has given an enviable year-end bonus for two consecutive years, with a year-end bonus of 40 months in 2021 and 45 months in 2022 (there are also ** reports that the highest is 52 months). In the first three quarters of last year, the company achieved revenue of 2070NT$200 million, net profit of 320NT$400 million, up 60% and 90% year-on-year, respectively. Despite the decline in performance, with the family foundation accumulated earlier, a 6-month bonus was still issued.
China's largest shipowner:COSCO Shipping。As of the end of last year, the group operated a fleet with a comprehensive capacity of 11,600,000,000,000 deadweight tons and 1,417 ships, ranking first in the world. Among them, 504 containers have a container fleet size of 3.05 million TEU (TEUs), ranking fourth in the world; The capacity of dry bulk fleet, oil and gas fleet, and general cargo special fleet is in the leading position.
Last year, China overtook Greece, the world's top shipbuilder for the first time, as the world's largest shipowner. China Shipping Shipping, China Merchants Group, and financial leasing companies such as BOCOM Financial Leasing, CSSC Leasing, CDB Financial Leasing, ICBC Financial Leasing, and CITIC Financial Leasing have made great contributions.
FranceCMA CGM(CMA CGM) held orders of 100 ships and 4.9 million CGT, ranking second. According to the latest data of alphaliner it operates 625 vessels with a total capacity of 35780,000 boxes, ranking third in the world, with a market share of 128%。
Although the existing size is similar to that of Maersk (675 ships, 411 ...).50,000 boxes) is still a big gap, but the number of hand-held orders from CMA CGM far exceeds the latter. Assuming that half of the new ships under construction are used to expand the fleet and half to replace old ships, then by the end of 2026, its fleet capacity will stabilize at around 4.2 million TEUs, which will surpass Maersk to become the world's second largest container shipping company.
The world's largest shipowner:Mediterranean Shipping (MSC).。Since surpassing Maersk for the first time in early 2022 to become the world's top container in terms of capacity, its lead has widened, with capacity increasing by 1.01 million cases to 5.61 million cases in the past 12 months, making it the first container line in the world to break the 5 million container mark.
Mediterranean Shipping received a total of 14 ships last year240,000 TEUs of the world's largest container ship and 26 neo-Panamax ships of 15,250-16,550 TEUs. Of these, 14 ships 2.The 40,000 TEU ships were built and delivered by Chinese shipbuilders (4 each from Hudong-Zhonghua and Jiangnan Shipbuilding, and 6 from Yangzijiang Shipbuilding).
At the same time, MSC holds the world's largest order volume, with a total of 97 ships and 5.03 million CGT. Among them, the number of orders placed by Chinese shipyards reached 74 ships and 3.4 million CGT, ranking second (second only to COSCO Shipping). For example, in August last year, it signed a large order with Zhoushan Changhong International for 10 LNG dual-fuel container ships of 10,300 containers, which is also the second cooperation between the two sides after signing 10 LNG dual-fuel container ships of 11,500 containers at the end of 2022.