Source: UNCTAD, Review of Maritime Transport.

World Container Fleet Ownership (in thousand TEUs)

The great majority of containers are either owned by maritime shipping companies or container leasing companies. An important trend in recent years has been the growing share of container ownership attributed to maritime shipping companies. This reflects a growing level of supply chain integration where maritime shippers are interacting with port terminal operators (some directly operate port terminals such as APM) as well as with inland transport systems. Additionally, the rising cost of new containers and the systematically low freight rates, have made the container leasing business less profitable.

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