Major Shipping Container Manufacturers in the World

Shipping containers are the indispensable need of a medium to large scale international shipping trade. A shipping container is a large rectangular box of steel (mostly) manufactured to carry heavy loads, storage, and handling. During recent 20 to 30 years, more than 90% of goods trade is carried out by shipping containers worldwide.

Following are the top most popular countries manufacturing and supplying shipping containers worldwide:

China:

China is the leading country in manufacturing and supplying more than two million shipping containers annually. It has a number of bases and sub-branches all over the world producing supreme quality shipping containers and equipment.

Shipping container flooring and Plywood shipping flooring under sub-branch of CIMC that is Wood Development Co. Ltd.
Dry Cargo Containers,
Reefers (for shipping of all kinds of solid goods) with an annual capacity of two million TEUs,
Special containers (Nantong Special Container Co. Ltd and Xinhui Special Containers Co. Ltd. manufacturing folding cartons, heavy-duty wide-opening doors, etc.).

Name	Country	Capacity	Rank in world
China COSCO Shipping Corporation limited.	Shanghai, China.	105.92 million DWT	Ranked no.1 in China and the world
China Eastern Containers.	Shanghai, China.	150,000 TEU	No.2
CXIC Group Containers Co., Ltd.	Changzhou, China.	900,000 TEU	No.3
SINGMAS Container Holdings, Ltd.	Shanghai, China.	210,000 TEU	No.4
CMIC Group Co., Ltd.	Shenzhen, China.	200,000 TEU	No.5

Denmark:

“Maersk”, founded in 1904 is now the world’s largest container shipping, cargo carriers, and supply chain management. It has 130 sub-offices operating in almost every country of the globe. Maersk is well known for its Integrated Star Cool Reefers Shipping container’s quality, brings an evolution in the internal system of containers and flooring of shipping containers to provide more modern and improved system of cooling. An example of that is “star cool” and star cool “CA+”. It is environment-friendly, cost-efficient, and durable.

Built in system of shipping containers effectively controls the amount of oxygen, carbon dioxide and temperature as well.

England (YMC):

Yorkshire Marine Containers, England has been manufacturing shipping containers for 40 years. Having expertise in building the most modern and exceptional quality shipping containers are the attributes of YMC. Ranging from the manufacturing of simple standard containers, slide door, double door, open-top, reefer containers, and curtain-sided, fully customizable to the flooring of shipping containers, plywood shipping container flooring, etc.

Multi-use shipping containers (ISO containers) of YMC always remain in high demand. It is available in both 20’ and 40’ sizes can be used efficiently in shipping containers, bulk operators (farming, industry use, and waste management), and military uses.

Korea:

ISO Containers is Korean based shipping container manufacturing company supply a wide range of products all related to shipping. The products ISO supplying range from Teflon film, Shear stud to shipping container flooring, Super Freezing Reefer containers, Side Cargo Door containers, and 20ft Bitutainer. According to the World Shipping Council, the volume manufactured during the year 2018 estimated to be 216,600 TEUs.

Refrigerated containers of Korea are famous for their cold-cooled heat transfer, manufacturing of plywood shipping container flooring, high efficiency, the exceptional standard of insulation, and use in the cryogenic separation process.

USA:

W&K Container Inc. founded in 1995, its head office is located in California, USA. It has become one of the top ten most important manufacturers and flooring of shipping containers, serving the government and military as well as private sectors. Supply new and used containers ranging from 20′ cargo shipping containers to specialty storing containers like Tricon, Bicon etc.

The range of shipping containers, W&K supplying all over the world are:

20’ and 40’ ISO containers,
40’ High Cube containers,
10’ Storage containers,
20’ Open side “All Access” containers,
20’ and 40’ Double Door containers,
20’ Open side shipping containers,
Quadcon shipping containers (containers for moving bulk loads in various 20’ containers mostly four called four Quadcon container, when separated, called Standalone containers),
Bicon (two containers each of 10’×8’6″×8′ joined and shipped as one container of 20′) and
Tricon shipping containers (same as Bicon, but there are three containers combined together and shipped as one large container. When separated they are called standalone containers.)

Japan:

“Daikin industries” of Japan manufactures multi-use shipping containers, air and water cooled chillers, air purifiers etc.

Singapore:

“TLS Offshore Container” manufacturing and serving the shipping container market since 1905. TLS comes in the top ten countries famous for manufacturing shipping containers and flooring of shipping containers. Reefer containers of TLS are well known all over the world.

India:

“DCM Hundayi Limited”, manufactures and supplies a number of products including DVN containers, tank containers, customized containers, etc. located in Faridabad, DCMH facilitating local and international markets with its remarkable products and quality.

The shipping container is the need of trade. They are manufactured in almost every country according to their local needs. The containers to be supplied internationally must be of good quality. The above-discussed countries are those that provide quality shipping containers all across the world.

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