Synchronizing…

A public reference property of Baalvion

Open data · every figure carries its source

World Shipping DirectoryCompanies · Ships · Fleets

Overview Companies Ships Rankings Largest ships Countries Builders Flags Search the registry→

About the figures on this site

Company and vessel records are built from Wikidata (CC0), keyed on each ship’s IMO number. Written summaries are quoted from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) and linked back to the article. Photographs are the work of their named photographers, reused under the licence shown beside each one. Container-capacity rankings and published fleet sizes come from the Alphaliner Top 100 as reproduced on Wikipedia, and carry the as-of date they were published with.

Two fleet numbers, never merged

In this registry counts the individual ships we hold a record for — a verifiable lower bound. Reported fleet is the figure the company or the industry press publishes. Reference data links only a minority of the world fleet to an operator, so for the largest lines these differ by an order of magnitude. Each is labelled wherever it appears, and where a value is unknown it is left blank rather than estimated.

Browse

Overview
Companies
Ships
Rankings
Largest ships
Countries
Builders
Flags

© 2026 Baalvion. Directory content is reused under the licences named above; attribution travels with each record.

ships.baalvion.com

Shipping companies · World Shipping Directory

Directory
Companies

Directory

Shipping companies

Container lines, tanker and bulk operators, ferry and cruise companies, ship managers and state fleets — with the ships each one has on record here and the fleet size it publishes itself.

Refine

Population

Commercial operators
With ships on record
Ranked container lines
Everything

Companies. Excludes navies, state fleets and private owners.

Sort by

Capacity rank
Ships in registry
Reported fleet size
Gross tonnage
Oldest first
Name (A–Z)

Country of registration

← All countries

United States144

United Kingdom97

All countries →

Registered in Germany

147 companies

Hapag-Lloyd#5
water transport · Hamburg · founded 1970 · Gemini
In registry
25
Reported fleet
291
TEU
2,400,946
Peter Döhle Schiffahrts-KG
shipping line · Hamburg · founded 1956
In registry
84
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
CPO Containerschiffreederei
Hamburg
In registry
61
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Zeaborn Ship Management
Hamburg
In registry
56
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Columbia Shipmanagement
Hamburg · founded 1995
In registry
51
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Ahrenkiel Steamship
Germany
In registry
32
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Fairplay Towage Group
shipping line · Hamburg · founded 1905
In registry
20
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Adler-Schiffe
Westerland · founded 1950
In registry
14
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
AIDA Cruises
tourism industry · Rostock · founded 1960
In registry
12
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Reederei Nord
Hamburg · founded 1964
In registry
11
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Reederei Norden-Frisia
sea and coastal passenger water transport · Norderney · founded 1871
In registry
11
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Sloman Neptun Schiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft
sea shipping · Bremen · founded 1873
In registry
10
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
DDG Hansa
sea and coastal freight water transport (NACE 50.2) · Bremen · founded 1881
In registry
10
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
TUI Cruises
tour operator · Hamburg · founded 2008
In registry
10
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Reederei Wessels
shipping line · Haren · founded 1912
In registry
9
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
BBC Chartering
freight transport · Leer · founded 1997
In registry
9
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
TT-Line
water transport · Lübeck · founded 1962
In registry
9
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt Weser-Jade-Nordsee
Germany · founded 2019
In registry
8
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Hamburg-Amerikanische-Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft
sea and coastal passenger water transport · Hamburg · founded 1847
In registry
7
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Schlepp- und Fährgesellschaft Kiel
Kiel
In registry
7
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Reederei Warrings
Wittmund
In registry
7
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
A-ROSA Flussschiff
water transport · Rostock · founded 2001
In registry
7
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
W. Bockstiegel Reederei
Emden · founded 1983
In registry
6
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises
Hamburg
In registry
6
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Deutsche Seereederei
Rostock · founded 1952
In registry
5
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Federal Police of Germany
Potsdam · founded 2005
In registry
5
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Schiffahrt der Inselgemeinde Langeoog
Langeoog · founded 1927
In registry
5
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Briese Schiffahrt
Leer · founded 1984
In registry
5
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Ems
sea and coastal freight water transport (NACE 50.2) · Emden · founded 1843
In registry
5
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Hamburg Süd
sea and coastal passenger water transport · Hamburg · founded 1869
In registry
5
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Phoenix Travels
tourism · Bonn · founded 1973
In registry
4
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Reedereizentrum der Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung
Cuxhaven · founded 2021
In registry
4
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Bugsier-, Reederei- und Bergungsgesellschaft
Service activities incidental to water transportation · Hamburg · founded 1866
In registry
4
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
HEGEMANN GRUPPE
Bremen · founded 1914
In registry
4
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Baltrum-Linie
shipping line · Baltrum · founded 1928
In registry
4
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Oldendorff Carriers
shipping line · Lübeck · founded 1921
In registry
4
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Otto Wulf
water transport · Cuxhaven · founded 1922
In registry
4
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Scandlines Deutschland GmbH
Hamburg · founded 1998
In registry
4
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Norddeutscher Lloyd
water transport · Bremen · founded 1857
In registry
4
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
FRS
water transport · Flensburg · founded 1990
In registry
4
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt Cuxhaven
Cuxhaven · founded 1949
In registry
3
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Föhr-Amrum
Wyk auf Föhr · founded 1885
In registry
3
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt Ems-Nordsee
Emden · founded 2020
In registry
3
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Leonhardt & Blumberg
shipping line · Hamburg · founded 1903
In registry
3
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Stiftung Hamburg Maritim
advancement of art and culture · Hamburg · founded 2001
In registry
3
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Lower Saxony Water Management, Coastal Defence and Nature Conservation Agency
Lower Saxony · founded 2005
In registry
3
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Hamburg Atlantic Line
sea and coastal passenger water transport · Hamburg · founded 1957
In registry
3
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Federal Office for Food and Agriculture
Bonn · founded 1995
In registry
2
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Deutsche Bahn
business and other management consulting · BahnTower · founded 1988
In registry
2
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—
Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of Germany
Hamburg · founded 1868
In registry
2
Reported fleet
—
TEU
—

Showing 1–50 of 147 · page 1 of 3

Ships in registry counts individual vessel records attributed to the company here. Reported fleet is the company’s published total. They measure different things and are shown separately on purpose.