Navalyze · Market view · Segment
Container ships, 2024
2,181 container ships reported to THETIS-MRV for 2024, emitting 55.0 Mt of CO₂. Efficiency is measured as g CO₂/t·nm.
The segment at a glance
Operators
Who runs container ships in EU trades, and how their fleets compare. Technical shows efficiency, speed and time at sea; commercial shows the allowance bill.
| # | Group | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MSC Group3 companies, 2 in container | 478 | −19% | 14.2 | 226 | 12.7 | 2,872 | 3.8% | 13 |
| 2 | Maersk2 companies | 168 | −33% | 11.6 | 231 | 14.6 | 4,016 | 1.3% | 4 |
| 3 | CMA CGM5 companies | 175 | −21% | 13.8 | 235 | 14.3 | 3,029 | 3.3% | 17 |
| 4 | COSCO Shipping11 companies, 3 in container | 67 | −52% | 8.4 | 273 | 15.1 | 4,027 | 1.8% | – |
| 5 | Seaspan Ship Management Ltd. | 58 | −46% | 9.4 | 216 | 14.5 | 3,017 | 1.8% | 4 |
| 6 | Anglo-Eastern10 companies, 2 in container | 49 | −13% | 15.3 | 193 | 14.5 | 3,832 | 2.8% | 6 |
| 7 | Evergreen2 companies, 1 in container | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | 0.0% | – |
| 8 | TECHNOMAR SHIPPING INC-LIB | 37 | −10% | 15.8 | 194 | 14.2 | 3,232 | 3.1% | – |
| 9 | Hapag-Lloyd AG | 31 | −58% | 7.4 | 263 | 13.9 | 3,042 | 2.9% | 6 |
| 10 | HL Crewmanagement GmbH | 23 | −41% | 10.4 | 227 | 14.5 | 4,393 | 2.6% | – |
| 11 | HMM2 companies | 31 | −60% | 7.1 | 240 | 12.8 | 3,202 | 2.9% | – |
| 12 | Shoei2 companies | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | 0.0% | – |
| 13 | Danaos2 companies, 1 in container | 22 | −20% | 14.1 | 220 | 14.2 | 3,047 | 3.1% | – |
| 14 | Synergy Marine14 companies, 4 in container | 15 | −52% | 8.4 | 247 | 15.0 | 3,269 | 0.1% | – |
| 15 | Peter Dohle Schiffahrts KG | 27 | +64% | 28.8 | 125 | 13.9 | 4,621 | 3.3% | – |
| 16 | Zodiac2 companies, 1 in container | 14 | −59% | 7.2 | 246 | 15.5 | 3,211 | 1.5% | – |
| 17 | K Line4 companies, 1 in container | 16 | −41% | 10.4 | 246 | 15.2 | 4,070 | 0.0% | – |
| 18 | COSTAMARE SHIPPING COMPANY S.A | 12 | −35% | 11.5 | 269 | 15.2 | 2,904 | 3.4% | – |
| 19 | Arkas2 companies | 42 | +55% | 27.2 | 110 | 11.2 | 2,728 | 4.4% | – |
| 20 | Eastern Pacific Shipping2 companies | 14 | −30% | 12.3 | 212 | 15.7 | 3,014 | 3.5% | 5 |
| 21 | Offen Group14 companies | 14 | −24% | 13.4 | 258 | 14.6 | 2,312 | 3.0% | – |
| 22 | SFL21 companies, 7 in container | 7 | −54% | 8.1 | 267 | 16.1 | 3,671 | 0.9% | – |
| 23 | Navios8 companies, 1 in container | 16 | −1% | 17.4 | 184 | 12.6 | 2,943 | 2.3% | – |
| 24 | Columbia Shipmanagement3 companies | 24 | +78% | 31.2 | 122 | 11.1 | 3,077 | 4.3% | – |
| 25 | ZIM8 companies | 12 | +6% | 18.6 | 162 | 14.7 | 3,486 | 0.7% | – |
Operators with at least 3 ships in this segment. Figures cover their ships in this segment only, so a group active in several segments (MSC runs container and cruise ships) has its full total on the market page. Groups combine ISM companies matched on name and known ownership; tell us at info@navalyze.com if one is in the wrong group. Click a column to rank by it.
Efficiency by ship size
Bigger ships move a tonne of cargo for less fuel, so ships are compared within size bands. Each row is drawn against the segment median.
- <10k t47.2 g CO₂/t·nm
- 10–30k t21.8 g CO₂/t·nm
- 30–60k t14.5 g CO₂/t·nm
- 60–100k t10.7 g CO₂/t·nm
- >100k t7.08 g CO₂/t·nm
Who verifies the reports
Accredited verifiers check each ship's MRV report. Their share of the segment's ships and CO₂.
- DNV43.6% / 47.5%
- ABS32.0% / 26.3%
- ClassNK8.2% / 5.3%
- China Classification Society4.5% / 2.3%
- RINA4.1% / 5.9%
- Korean Register2.0% / 1.8%
- EnvService1.3% / 2.3%
- Lloyd's Register1.1% / 3.4%
- Verifavia1.0% / 2.0%
- ICS Verification Services0.7% / 1.1%
- 7 others1.5% / 4.8%
How fuel is measured
Each ship's monitoring plan names one or more of the four MRV methods.
Most common combinations
- A35%
- C26%
- B + C19%
- B13%
- A + C4%
- A + B + C2%
- A + B1%
Share of 2,233 emission reports that name a method; a report can name several.
Notes
- Medians and rankings use 1,974 full-year reports with fuel; part-year and zero-fuel reports count towards totals only.
- THETIS reports time at sea on EU-scope voyages only, not time in port. CO₂ at berth is the closest measure of port activity it publishes.
- Speed and distance are derived from the published ratios; THETIS has no distance column.