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Container ships, 2025
2,431 container ships reported to THETIS-MRV for 2025, emitting 53.7 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 | 536 | −12% | 14.3 | 217 | 12.9 | 2,665 | 4.0% | 57 |
| 2 | Maersk2 companies | 179 | −35% | 10.6 | 223 | 14.7 | 3,741 | 1.3% | 4 |
| 3 | CMA CGM5 companies | 196 | −14% | 14.0 | 213 | 12.3 | 2,962 | 4.3% | 29 |
| 4 | COSCO Shipping10 companies, 3 in container | 79 | −46% | 8.8 | 280 | 14.9 | 3,983 | 1.9% | – |
| 5 | Hapag-Lloyd AG | 63 | −53% | 7.6 | 280 | 15.6 | 3,654 | 1.9% | 12 |
| 6 | Seaspan Ship Management Ltd. | 88 | −39% | 9.9 | 209 | 14.4 | 2,268 | 1.9% | 8 |
| 7 | Evergreen2 companies, 1 in container | 34 | −49% | 8.3 | 311 | 17.3 | 2,862 | 2.1% | 1 |
| 8 | TECHNOMAR SHIPPING INC-LIB | 40 | −3% | 15.9 | 187 | 13.1 | 3,302 | 3.4% | – |
| 9 | HMM2 companies | 41 | −54% | 7.5 | 238 | 11.8 | 2,585 | 3.6% | 2 |
| 10 | Anglo-Eastern10 companies, 2 in container | 33 | +3% | 16.9 | 191 | 13.1 | 3,510 | 3.4% | – |
| 11 | ONESEA SOLUTIONS PTE LTD | 28 | −38% | 10.1 | 210 | 13.9 | 3,075 | 2.0% | – |
| 12 | Zodiac2 companies, 1 in container | 20 | −49% | 8.3 | 238 | 13.9 | 3,576 | 1.8% | – |
| 13 | Synergy Marine15 companies, 4 in container | 13 | −39% | 10.0 | 271 | 15.5 | 3,037 | 0.9% | – |
| 14 | Peter Dohle Schiffahrts-KG | 26 | +58% | 25.8 | 132 | 14.5 | 4,589 | 2.7% | – |
| 15 | Eastern Pacific Shipping2 companies | 20 | −37% | 10.3 | 210 | 14.9 | 3,405 | 3.8% | 7 |
| 16 | Shoei2 companies | 11 | −50% | 8.1 | 292 | 14.0 | 4,242 | 2.6% | – |
| 17 | COSTAMARE SHIPPING COMPANY S.A | 18 | −28% | 11.8 | 261 | 14.4 | 1,966 | 4.9% | – |
| 18 | Offen Group13 companies | 13 | +4% | 16.9 | 256 | 15.1 | 2,384 | 2.3% | – |
| 19 | Arkas2 companies | 46 | +78% | 29.0 | 104 | 10.6 | 2,149 | 4.1% | – |
| 20 | Danaos2 companies, 1 in container | 23 | 0% | 16.3 | 172 | 12.7 | 2,303 | 4.0% | – |
| 21 | ZIM8 companies | 14 | +10% | 17.9 | 165 | 13.9 | 3,072 | 2.9% | – |
| 22 | HL Crewmanagement GmbH | 24 | +4% | 17.0 | 157 | 12.5 | 5,454 | 3.1% | – |
| 23 | Columbia Shipmanagement3 companies | 25 | +83% | 29.8 | 110 | 11.2 | 2,891 | 3.5% | – |
| 24 | NYK5 companies, 1 in container | 11 | −33% | 11.0 | 200 | 12.3 | 3,271 | 2.6% | – |
| 25 | ASM Maritime BV | 13 | −4% | 15.7 | 164 | 12.8 | 2,868 | 3.4% | – |
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 t44.8 g CO₂/t·nm
- 10–30k t22.2 g CO₂/t·nm
- 30–60k t14.4 g CO₂/t·nm
- 60–100k t10.3 g CO₂/t·nm
- >100k t7.11 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.
- DNV44.5% / 49.0%
- ABS30.6% / 24.0%
- ClassNK8.9% / 5.5%
- China Classification Society4.8% / 2.8%
- RINA4.3% / 6.5%
- EnvService2.0% / 3.3%
- Korean Register1.9% / 2.1%
- Verifavia1.2% / 3.5%
- Lloyd's Register0.5% / 2.5%
- Swiss Climate0.5% / 1.0%
- 7 others0.9% / 3.1%
How fuel is measured
Each ship's monitoring plan names one or more of the four MRV methods.
Most common combinations
- A30%
- B + C28%
- C21%
- B13%
- A + C5%
- A + B1%
- A + B + C1%
Share of 2,578 emission reports that name a method; a report can name several.
Notes
- Medians and rankings use 2,208 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.