[Updated in 2021] Container transportation is one of the most important and necessary methods of Ocean freight services.

However, in the current era, there is no monopoly by any container shipping company, resulting in no friction and tension in the international freight industry.

Despite this, there are still a few international container shipping companies that are in a leading position in terms of the scale of their route operations.

Based on cargo capacity, 10 of these leading container shipping companies can be listed as follows: