THE 2014 YEARBOOK: STATISTICSGlobal Containershipping: Consolidation, Economy of Scale De? ne the SectorThe chart on these two pages, courtesy of Alphaliner - http://www.alphaliner.com/top100, highlights better in numbers than words the consolidation of the global container ship market, as of the total of 5,963 ships active on the liner trade (an aggregate 18,177,502 TEU and 230,590,490 dwt), nearly half of the ships (2,462) and more importantly, nearly 65% of the TEU (11,551,181 TEU) are controlled by the Top 10 companies, per the data from Alphaliner as of May 22, 2014.Source: Alphaliner - http://www.alphaliner.com/top100/Alphaliner - Top 100 : Operated ? eets as per 22 May 2014Total Owned Chartered OrderbookRnk Operator TEUShipsTEUShipsTEU Ships% ChartTEUShips% existing1 APM-Maersk 2,707,2995741,501,9252501,205,37432444.5%238,440148.8%2 Mediterranean Shg Co 2,443,6104911,057,9451941,385,66529756.7%429,4483717.6%3 CMA CGM Group 1,533,044422554,82686978,21833663.8%381,4574024.9%4 Evergreen Line 899,684198526,439110373,24588 41.5%260,0322128.9%5 COSCO Container L. 776,153159434,09396342,06063 44.1%73,77279.5%6 Hapag-Lloyd 774,936156420,60866354,32890 45.7%7 CSCL 638,639136456,72375181,91661 28.5%125,108819.6%8 APL 602,951111377,34349225,60862 37.4%9,20011.5%9 MOL 591,148116212,26434378,88482 64.1%100,0001016.9%10 Hanjin Shipping 583,71799264,91636318,80163 54.6%90,7201015.5%11 OOCL 512,79297354,60750158,18547 30.8%35,55246.9%12 NYK Line 496,867110295,59153201,27657 40.5%112,000822.5%13 Hamburg Süd Group 496,477109253,16543243,31266 49.0%94,9701119.1%14Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp.397,05787227,24246169,81541 42.8%229,3081957.8%15 Hyundai M.M. 374,85862131,17820243,68042 65.0%99,300926.5%16 PIL (Paci? c Int. Line) 360,671164247,518113113,15351 31.4%46,8001213.0%17 K Line 350,56267127,35221223,21046 63.7%69,350519.8%18 Zim 331,99783133,39425198,60358 59.8%19 UASC 288,75651198,1642690,59225 31.4%281,9261997.6%20 CSAV Group 255,0025096,89717158,10533 62.0%65,100725.5%21 Wan Hai Lines 179,75278160,8236818,92910 10.5%22X-Press Feeders Group 100,0447412,886987,15865 87.1%23 HDS Lines 88,608226,864381,74419 92.3%24 KMTC 83,1745128,5692354,60528 65.7%12,956415.6%25 NileDutch 74,886301,301173,58529 98.3%14,000418.7%26 SITC 71,0976734,1253336,97234 52.0%21,6001230.4%27 UniFeeder 58,57256 58,57256100.0%28 CCNI 51,43716 51,43716100.0%36,120470.2%29 Arkas Line / EMES 51,1073839,5942811,51310 22.5%5,00029.8%30 Simatech 50,3212113,485736,83614 73.2%8,700217.3%31RCL (Regional Container L.) 45,0183020,7551924,26311 53.9%32 Sinotrans 44,1763225,0741919,10213 43.2%33Quanzhou An Sheng Shg Co43,9174139,226324,691 9 10.7%13,088629.8%34 TS Lines 43,817273,156240,66125 92.8%35 Grimaldi (Napoli) 37,5173636,88235 635 1 1.7%24,4001165.0%36 Swire Shipping 37,5162831,378226,138 6 16.4%6,468417.2%37 Heung-A Shipping 33,761298,0241325,73716 76.2%5,275515.6%38 Meratus 33,3925232,330461,062 6 3.2%39 Matson 32,6662031,118171,548 3 4.7%7,200222.0%40 Schöller Group 31,238186,042325,19615 80.7%41 Seaboard Marine 29,360251,444227,91623 95.1%42 Salam Pasi? c 29,0794927,791471,288 2 4.4%43 Sinokor 28,9003219,031219,869 11 34.1%44 Samudera 28,8173410,9711817,84616 61.9%45 Zhonggu Shipping 26,0333815,9201410,11324 38.8%15,000657.6%46 Linea Messina 25,9011218,52887,373 4 28.5%11,600444.8%58 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • JUNE 2014MR #6 (58-65).indd 58 6/9/2014 11:29:35 AM