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This list of freight ship companies is arranged by country. Companies listed own and/or operate bulk carriers, car carriers, container ships, Roll-on/roll-off (for freight), and tankers. For a list of companies that own and operate passenger ships (cruise ships, cargo-passenger ships, and ferries), see List of passenger ship companies.

Key
" " - Call sign or common name, ( ) - Parent company or conglomerate, > - Previous company name, >> - Company name in local language

BC - Bulk carriers, CC - Car carriers, CS - Container ships, RR - Roll-on/Roll-off (for freight), TK - Tankers

Africa

Ethiopia

  • Ethiopian Shipping Lines

South Africa

  • Safmarine (A. P. Moller-Maersk Group, Denmark)

Asia

Azerbaijan

  • Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company

Bangladesh

China

Mainland China

Hong Kong

  • Anglo-Eastern Group
  • Fleet Management Limited
  • The China Navigation Company (Swire Group, UK)
  • Jinhui Shipping and Transport (Jinhui Holdings)
  • Orient Overseas Container Line "OOCL"
  • Pacific Basin Shipping Limited

India

Indonesia

  • Bumi Laut Group

Iran

  • Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines "IRISL" (IRISL Group)

Israel

  • Zim Integrated Shipping Services (Ofer Brothers Group)

Japan

  • Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha "K Line" - BC, CC, RR, TK
  • Mitsui O.S.K. Lines "MOL" (Mitsui Group) - BC, CC, RR, TK
  • Nippon Yusen Kaisha "NYK Line" (Mitsubishi Group) - BC, CC, RR, TK
  • Nissan Motor Car Carrier
  • Ocean Network Express "ONE" (K Line, MOL, and NYK Line) - CS
  • Toyofuji Shipping

Singapore

  • BW Offshore
  • Hong Lam Marine
  • Masterbulk
  • Tanker Pacific
  • Neptune Orient Lines "NOL" (Temasek Holdings)
  • Pacific International Lines "PIL"
  • X-Press Feeders

South Korea

  • EUKOR
  • Hanjin Shipping (Hanjin Group) - BC, CS, RR, TK, CC
  • Hyundai Glovis
  • Hyundai Merchant Marine "HMM" (Hyundai Group) -CC, BC, CS, RR, TK
  • STX Pan Ocean

Malaysia

  • MISC Berhad (PETRONAS)
  • Malaysian Bulk Carriers

Pakistan

Philippines

  • Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation
  • Carlos A. Gothong Lines
  • Gothong Southern
  • Asian Marine Transport Corporation

Saudi Arabia

  • Bahri (company) "formerly NSCSA"

Taiwan

  • Evergreen Marine (Evergreen Group)
  • Wan Hai Lines
  • Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation (China Merchants Group)

Turkey

  • Arkas Container Transport
  • BMZ Group
  • Cornships Management and Agency

Europe

Austria

  • Austrian Lloyd Ship Management

Defunct

  • Österreichischer Lloyd
  • Austro-Americana

Belgium

  • Compagnie Maritime Belge "CMB"
  • Delphis
  • Euro Marine Logistics
  • Regie voor Maritiem Transport (State-owned enterprise)

Bulgaria

  • Navibulgar

Croatia

  • Alpha Adriatic
  • Atlantska Plovidba
  • Tankerska plovidba

Denmark

  • Dampskibsselskabet Norden "D/S Norden"
  • Dampskibsselskabet Torm "Torm"
  • DFDS Tor Line (DFDS A/S)
  • East Asiatic Company
  • J. Lauritzen A/S
  • Maersk Line (A. P. Moller-Maersk Group)
  • Martin Bencher (Scandinavia) A/S

Estonia

  • Estonian Shipping Company (ESCO)
  • Hansa Shipping

Finland

  • Finnlines (Grimaldi Group, Italy)
  • SeaRail (Tallink, Estonia / VR Group, Finland / Green Cargo

France

  • Compagnie Générale Maritime (CMA CGM)
  • Delmas (CMA CGM)
  • Louis Dreyfus Armateurs

Defunct

  • Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
  • Messageries Maritimes

Germany

  • F. Laeisz
  • Hamburg Süd (From 1 December 2017 under ownership of Maersk)
  • Hapag-Lloyd
  • H. Vogemann
  • Deutsche Afrika-Linien
  • K Line European Sea Highway Services "KESS"
  • Oldendorff Carriers

Defunct

  • Norddeutscher Lloyd "NDL"
  • Bernhard Schulte

Greece

  • Atlas Maritime
  • Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises
  • Lykiardopoulo

Defunct

  • Epirotiki Lines

Iceland

  • Eimskip

Italy

  • Grimaldi Group
  • Italia Marittima >Lloyd Triestino (Evergreen Group, Taiwan)
  • Messina Line

Latvia

  • Latvian Shipping Company (Latvijas kuģniecība)

Monaco

  • Costamare

Netherlands

  • Seatrade
  • Dockwise (Boskalis, 2013)

Norway

  • Aker American Shipping (Aker Group)
  • Awilco LNG
  • Belships
  • Bergesen Worldwide (BW Group)
  • Borgestad
  • Camillo Eitzen & Co ASA (Eitzen Group)
  • Christensen Canadian African Lines
  • Color Group AS
  • Det Stavangerske Dampskibsselskab "DSD"
  • Norwegian Car Carriers AS "NOCC"
  • Eitzen Chemical (Eitzen Group)
  • Eitzen Maritime Services ASA (Eitzen Group)
  • Farstad Shipping
  • First Olsen Tankers
  • Fred. Olsen & Co.
  • GC Rieber Shipping
  • Golar LNG
  • Green Reefers
  • Grieg Shipping
  • Havila Shipping
  • I. M. Skaugen
  • J. J. Ugland
  • J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi
  • Knutsen O.A.S. Shipping AS
  • Kristian Jebsens Rederi "Jebsens"
  • Leif Höegh & Co
  • Nor Lines
  • Odfjell
  • Siem Shipping
  • Solvang
  • Solstad Offshore
  • Grieg Star Shipping
  • Stolt-Nielsen
  • United European Car Carriers
  • Waterfront Shipping
  • Westfal-Larsen
  • Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics "WW" (Wallenius Lines AB, Sweden, and Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding ASA, Norway)
  • Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding ASA "Wilhelmsen"
  • Western Bulk
  • Wilson ASA

Defunct

  • A. F. Klaveness & Co
  • Gerrards Rederi
  • Norwegian America Line

Poland

  • Polsteam > Polish Steamship Company >>Polska Żegluga Morska "PŻM"

Portugal

  • Portline

Romania

  • Histria Shipmanagement

Russia

  • Far East Shipping Company "FESCO"
  • Sakhalin Shipping Company " SASCO"
  • Sovcomflot "SCF" >Sovtorgflot
  • Volgotanker

Defunct

  • Baltic Sea Steamship Company

Spain

Defunct

  • Compañía Transatlántica Española "Spanish Line"

Sweden

  • Brostrom (from 2008 a part of A.P. Moller-Maersk)
  • Johnson Line (Nordstjernan)
  • Stena Sphere
  • Wallenius Lines AB, (Soya Group)

Defunct

  • DFDS Tor Line
  • Rederi AB Slite
  • Rederi AB Svea

Switzerland

  • Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. "MSC"

Ukraine

  • UkrFerry

United Kingdom

  • Bibby Line

Defunct

  • African & Eastern Trade Corporation
  • African Steamship Company
  • Anchor Line
  • Alfred Holt and Company "Blue Funnel Line"
  • Blue Star Line
  • Bristol City Line
  • British India Steam Navigation Company "British India Line"
  • Clan Line
  • Douglas Steamship Company (Hong Kong)
  • Elder Dempster Line
  • Ellerman Line
  • Evan Thomas Radcliffe
  • Fyffes Line
  • Harrison Line
  • Hong Kong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Company (Hong Kong)
  • Loch Line
  • London & Overseas Freighters
  • Manchester Liners
  • New Zealand Shipping Company
  • Olau Line
  • Orient Steam Navigation Company "Orient Line"
  • OT Africa Line (CMA CGM, France)
  • Overseas Containers Limited
  • Pacific Steam Navigation Company
  • Palm Line
  • Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company "P&O" (DP World, UAE)
  • P&O Nedlloyd (Merged into A. P. Moller-Maersk Group, )
  • Port Line
  • Red Star Line
  • Royal Mail Lines
  • Sea Containers "SEACO" (Headquarter in UK, and Bermuda)
  • Shaw, Savill & Albion Line
  • Silver Line
  • Union-Castle Line
  • United Africa Company

North America

Bermuda

  • Frontline Ltd. (Hemen Holding, Norway) - TK
  • Golden Ocean Group (Hemen Holding, Norway)

Canada

  • Algoma Central
  • Canada Steamship Lines
  • CP Ships
  • Fednav
  • Groupe Desgagnés
  • Upper Lakes Shipping Company

United States

  • American President Lines
  • American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier
  • Crowley Maritime
  • Matson Navigation Company
  • Pasha Hawaii
  • SeaLand
  • Waterman Steamship Corporation

Oceania

Australia

  • Australian National Line (CMA CGM, France)
  • Toll Domestic Forwarding (Toll Group)

Fiji

  • Patterson Brothers Shipping Company

Nauru

  • Nauru Pacific Line

New Zealand

  • New Zealand Shipping Company (P&O, UK)

Defunct

  • Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand

Samoa

  • Pacific Forum Line

South America

Argentina

  • Empresa Líneas Marítimas Argentinas "ELMA"

Brazil

  • Wilson, Sons

Chile

  • Compañía Sudamericana de Vapores "CSAV"

See also

  • List of largest container shipping companies
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