This list of freight ship companies is arranged by country. Companies listed own and/or operate bulk carriers, car carriers, container ships, Roll-on/roll-off (for freight), and tankers. For a list of companies that own and operate passenger ships (cruise ships, cargo-passenger ships, and ferries), see List of passenger ship companies.

Key
" " - Call sign or common name, ( ) - Parent company or conglomerate, > - Previous company name, >> - Company name in local language

BC - Bulk carriers, CC - Car carriers, CS - Container ships, RR - Roll-on/Roll-off (for freight), TK - Tankers

• Ethiopian Shipping Lines

• Safmarine (A. P. Moller-Maersk Group, Denmark)

• Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company

• Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (State-owned enterprise)

• China COSCO Shipping "COSCO" (State-owned enterprise)
• Sinotrans (HK) Shipping "Sinotrans" (State-owned enterprise)

• Anglo-Eastern Group
• Fleet Management Limited
• The China Navigation Company (Swire Group, UK)
• Jinhui Shipping and Transport (Jinhui Holdings)
• Orient Overseas Container Line "OOCL"
• Pacific Basin Shipping Limited

• Mercator Limited
• Shipping Corporation of India (State-owned enterprise)
• Dredging Corporation of India (State-owned enterprise)

• Bumi Laut Group

• Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines "IRISL" (IRISL Group)

• Zim Integrated Shipping Services (Ofer Brothers Group)

• Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha "K Line" - BC, CC, RR, TK
• Mitsui O.S.K. Lines "MOL" (Mitsui Group) - BC, CC, RR, TK
• Nippon Yusen Kaisha "NYK Line" (Mitsubishi Group) - BC, CC, RR, TK
• Nissan Motor Car Carrier
• Ocean Network Express "ONE" (K Line, MOL, and NYK Line) - CS
• Toyofuji Shipping

• BW Offshore
• Hong Lam Marine
• Masterbulk
• Tanker Pacific
• Neptune Orient Lines "NOL" (Temasek Holdings)
• Pacific International Lines "PIL"
• X-Press Feeders

• EUKOR
• Hanjin Shipping (Hanjin Group) - BC, CS, RR, TK, CC
• Hyundai Glovis
• Hyundai Merchant Marine "HMM" (Hyundai Group) -CC, BC, CS, RR, TK
• STX Pan Ocean

• MISC Berhad (PETRONAS)
• Malaysian Bulk Carriers

• Pakistan National Shipping Corporation "PNSC" (State-owned enterprise)

• Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation
• Carlos A. Gothong Lines
• Gothong Southern
• Asian Marine Transport Corporation

• Bahri (company) "formerly NSCSA"

• Evergreen Marine (Evergreen Group)
• Wan Hai Lines
• Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation (China Merchants Group)

• Arkas Container Transport
• BMZ Group
• Cornships Management and Agency

• Austrian Lloyd Ship Management

Defunct

• Österreichischer Lloyd
• Austro-Americana

• Compagnie Maritime Belge "CMB"
• Delphis
• Euro Marine Logistics
• Regie voor Maritiem Transport (State-owned enterprise)

• Navibulgar

• Alpha Adriatic
• Atlantska Plovidba
• Tankerska plovidba

• Dampskibsselskabet Norden "D/S Norden"
• Dampskibsselskabet Torm "Torm"
• DFDS Tor Line (DFDS A/S)
• East Asiatic Company
• J. Lauritzen A/S
• Maersk Line (A. P. Moller-Maersk Group)
• Martin Bencher (Scandinavia) A/S

• Estonian Shipping Company (ESCO)
• Hansa Shipping

• Finnlines (Grimaldi Group, Italy)
• SeaRail (Tallink, Estonia / VR Group, Finland / Green Cargo

• Compagnie Générale Maritime (CMA CGM)
• Delmas (CMA CGM)
• Louis Dreyfus Armateurs

Defunct

• Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
• Messageries Maritimes

• F. Laeisz
• Hamburg Süd (From 1 December 2017 under ownership of Maersk)
• Hapag-Lloyd
• H. Vogemann
• Deutsche Afrika-Linien
• K Line European Sea Highway Services "KESS"
• Oldendorff Carriers

Defunct

• Norddeutscher Lloyd "NDL"
• Bernhard Schulte

• Atlas Maritime
• Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises
• Lykiardopoulo

Defunct

• Epirotiki Lines

• Eimskip

• Grimaldi Group
• Italia Marittima >Lloyd Triestino (Evergreen Group, Taiwan)
• Messina Line

• Latvian Shipping Company (Latvijas kuģniecība)

• Costamare

• Seatrade
• Dockwise (Boskalis, 2013)

• Aker American Shipping (Aker Group)
• Awilco LNG
• Belships
• Bergesen Worldwide (BW Group)
• Borgestad
• Camillo Eitzen & Co ASA (Eitzen Group)
• Christensen Canadian African Lines
• Color Group AS
• Det Stavangerske Dampskibsselskab "DSD"
• Norwegian Car Carriers AS "NOCC"
• Eitzen Chemical (Eitzen Group)
• Eitzen Maritime Services ASA (Eitzen Group)
• Farstad Shipping
• First Olsen Tankers
• Fred. Olsen & Co.
• GC Rieber Shipping
• Golar LNG
• Green Reefers
• Grieg Shipping
• Havila Shipping
• I. M. Skaugen
• J. J. Ugland
• J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi
• Knutsen O.A.S. Shipping AS
• Kristian Jebsens Rederi "Jebsens"
• Leif Höegh & Co
• Nor Lines
• Odfjell
• Siem Shipping
• Solvang
• Solstad Offshore
• Grieg Star Shipping
• Stolt-Nielsen
• United European Car Carriers
• Waterfront Shipping
• Westfal-Larsen
• Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics "WW" (Wallenius Lines AB, Sweden, and Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding ASA, Norway)
• Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding ASA "Wilhelmsen"
• Western Bulk
• Wilson ASA

Defunct

• A. F. Klaveness & Co
• Gerrards Rederi
• Norwegian America Line

• Polsteam > Polish Steamship Company >>Polska Żegluga Morska "PŻM"

• Portline

• Histria Shipmanagement

• Far East Shipping Company "FESCO"
• Sakhalin Shipping Company " SASCO"
• Sovcomflot "SCF" >Sovtorgflot
• Volgotanker

Defunct

• Baltic Sea Steamship Company

Defunct

• Compañía Transatlántica Española "Spanish Line"

• Brostrom (from 2008 a part of A.P. Moller-Maersk)
• Johnson Line (Nordstjernan)
• Stena Sphere
• Wallenius Lines AB, (Soya Group)

Defunct

• DFDS Tor Line
• Rederi AB Slite
• Rederi AB Svea

• Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. "MSC"

• UkrFerry

• Bibby Line

Defunct

• African & Eastern Trade Corporation
• African Steamship Company
• Anchor Line
• Alfred Holt and Company "Blue Funnel Line"
• Blue Star Line
• Bristol City Line
• British India Steam Navigation Company "British India Line"
• Clan Line
• Douglas Steamship Company (Hong Kong)
• Elder Dempster Line
• Ellerman Line
• Evan Thomas Radcliffe
• Fyffes Line
• Harrison Line
• Hong Kong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Company (Hong Kong)
• Loch Line
• London & Overseas Freighters
• Manchester Liners
• New Zealand Shipping Company
• Olau Line
• Orient Steam Navigation Company "Orient Line"
• OT Africa Line (CMA CGM, France)
• Overseas Containers Limited
• Pacific Steam Navigation Company
• Palm Line
• Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company "P&O" (DP World, UAE)
• P&O Nedlloyd (Merged into A. P. Moller-Maersk Group, )
• Port Line
• Red Star Line
• Royal Mail Lines
• Sea Containers "SEACO" (Headquarter in UK, and Bermuda)
• Shaw, Savill & Albion Line
• Silver Line
• Union-Castle Line
• United Africa Company

• Frontline Ltd. (Hemen Holding, Norway) - TK
• Golden Ocean Group (Hemen Holding, Norway)

• Algoma Central
• Canada Steamship Lines
• CP Ships
• Fednav
• Groupe Desgagnés
• Upper Lakes Shipping Company

• American President Lines
• American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier
• Crowley Maritime
• Matson Navigation Company
• Pasha Hawaii
• SeaLand
• Waterman Steamship Corporation

• Australian National Line (CMA CGM, France)
• Toll Domestic Forwarding (Toll Group)

• Patterson Brothers Shipping Company

• Nauru Pacific Line

• New Zealand Shipping Company (P&O, UK)

Defunct

• Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand

• Pacific Forum Line

• Empresa Líneas Marítimas Argentinas "ELMA"

• Wilson, Sons

• Compañía Sudamericana de Vapores "CSAV"

• List of largest container shipping companies