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Containership Operators’ US Import Totals by TEU

Apr 27, 2020

Containership Operator

2019

2018

2017

MSC

 3,040,486 

 2,962,485 

 2,762,659 

ONE1

 2,782,226 

 1,949,283 

 NA

Maersk

 2,097,811 

 2,203,114 

 2,063,383 

Evergreen Line

 2,037,913 

 1,947,151 

 1,798,562 

Hapag Lloyd

 1,982,991 

 1,932,830 

 1,646,884 

CMA-CGM 

 1,836,975 

 1,843,213 

 1,643,240 

COSCO Shipping Lines Co Ltd 

 1,611,628 

 1,746,502 

 1,702,464 

OOCL2

 1,353,477 

 1,328,386 

 1,195,164 

APL3

 1,240,767 

 1,333,070 

 1,215,315 

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp 

 935,802 

 943,921 

 873,697 

Hyundai M.M.

 908,597 

 931,455 

 924,647 

ZIM 

 689,689 

 679,912 

 548,244 

Hamburg Sud4

 638,849 

 601,589 

 451,855 

SM Line Corp

 305,449 

 283,982 

 188,328 

 PIL (Pacific Int. Line) 

 294,196 

 307,750 

 236,566 

 Seaboard Marine 

 276,086 

 252,831 

 225,886 

Transfruit Express Ltd 

 228,994 

 231,120 

 222,158 

Sealand5

 185,420 

 172,380 

 144,620 

Wan Hai Lines

 173,301 

 180,375 

 169,443 

 Crowley Liner Services 

 130,678 

 135,391 

 136,855 

OTHERS

 1,119,275 

 2,077,358 

 4,231,191 

US Total6

 23,870,610 

 24,044,098 

 22,381,161 

1: NA - ONE started in 2018

2: OOCL is part of COSCO

3: APL is part of CMA-CGM

4: Hamburg Sud is part of Maersk

5: Sealand is part of Maersk

6: Based on Bills of Lading

Source: Descartes-Datamyne

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