List of freight ship companies

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

Ethiopia

 * Ethiopian Shipping Lines

South Africa

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

Azerbaijan

 * Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company

Bangladesh

 * Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (State-owned enterprise)

Mainland China

 * China COSCO Shipping "COSCO" (State-owned enterprise)
 * Sinotrans (HK) Shipping "Sinotrans" (State-owned enterprise)

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

 * Mercator Limited
 * Shipping Corporation of India (State-owned enterprise)
 * Dredging Corporation of India (State-owned enterprise)

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

 * Pakistan National Shipping Corporation "PNSC" (State-owned enterprise)

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

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

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

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

Argentina

 * Empresa Líneas Marítimas Argentinas "ELMA"

Brazil

 * Wilson, Sons

Chile

 * Compañía Sudamericana de Vapores "CSAV"