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hatrack

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10. Let's add something else - where are the biggest shipping companies in the world based?
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 07:37 AM
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1. MSC - market share 20.2%, based in Switzerland
2. Maersk - market share 14.3%, based in Denmark
3. CMA GCM - market share 12.7%, based in France
4. COSCO - market share 10.6%, based in China
5. Hapag - Lloyd - market share 7.4%, based in Germany
6. Ocean Network Express - market share 6.2%, based in Japan
7. Evergreen Marine - market share 5.7%, based in Taiwan
8. HMM - market share 2.9%, based in South Korea
9. Zim Integrated - market share 2.5%, based in Israel
10. Yang Ming - market share 2.2%, based in Taiwan

So, we "liberate" Greenland, and even if companies based in NATO member nations are the only ones of the top ten here to end shipping to and from American ports, that's 1,699 container ships no longer serving the United States and its consumers.

Attacking Greenland - that is, attacking a fellow NATO member - is the very definition of force majeure, and under those conditions no carrier in the world would face legal entanglements from withdrawing its ships from American routes. In case you were wondering, these 10 companies represent 84.7% of global container ship capacity, and there is no American merchant marine capable of "picking up the slack".

So yeah, along with national economic collapse, let's contemplate a world of Targets, Wal-Marts and Amazon Fulfillment Centers in their new role as bat, bird and coyote habitats.

https://blog.shipsgo.com/top-shipping-carriers/

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And when the U.S. Economy tanks, no_hypocrisy Yesterday #1
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One other thought KS Toronado Yesterday #3
Exactly. Duncanpup Yesterday #4
Really?! Delphinus Yesterday #9
Are these chucklefucks making any plans to bring our service members home? KS Toronado Yesterday #12
Yes creon Yesterday #13
Trump and Hegseth seem to think that brute force conquers all. democrank Yesterday #5
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Much more Delphinus Yesterday #7
Oh my goodness! Delphinus Yesterday #8
Let's add something else - where are the biggest shipping companies in the world based? hatrack Yesterday #10
There were a couple of OPs showing not only the shipping thing, mwmisses4289 Yesterday #11
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