The data describes the number of APM-Maersk ships as of August 30, 2018. Europe's biggest ship operator had eight ships in its order book as of August 30, 2018.
Number of Maersk ships In terms of twenty-foot-equivalent units, Denmark’s Maersk Lines is the world’s biggest container-shipping company. Twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) are the shipping industry’s standard unit of measure, denoting the capacity of a standard freight container. In August 2018, the Maersk Group had ships with a capacity of around 4.02 million twenty-foot-equivalent units, which could be broken down to some 2.
Chartered | 401 |
Owned | 312 |
Order book | 8 |