El Estrecho Digital

EED Sector Data · Shipping lines

KMTC

KMTC is the world’s 15th largest container carrier by fleet capacity, according to Alphaliner as of 13 October 2026. It operates 66 container ships with 163,876 TEU, 0.5% of the world liner fleet.
Rank 15South KoreaData as of 13 October 2026
Top 100Corporate website
World rank15thof the 100 largest carriers
Existing fleet163,876 TEU66 ships
Share of world fleet0.5%According to Alphaliner
Orderbook73,356 TEU11 ships · 44.8% of its fleet

Automatic reading of the data

Of that capacity, 94,721 TEU (30 ships) is owned and 69,155 TEU (36 ships) is chartered from other owners: 42.2% of its fleet is chartered, above the 37.3% average for the top 100.

It has a further 11 ships on firm order, with 73,356 TEU, equivalent to 44.8% of the fleet it operates today.

In the ranking it sits behind X-Press Feeders Group, which operates 21,631 TEU more, and ahead of Global Feeder Shipping LLC, with 15,265 TEU less.

Fleet breakdown

TEU
Owned94,721 TEU · 30 ships
Chartered69,155 TEU · 36 ships
Orderbook73,356 TEU · 11 ships

In the ranking

#CarrierTEUShipsShare
13SITC187,2971210.5%
14X-Press Feeders Group185,5071010.5%
15KMTC163,876660.5%
16Global Feeder Shipping LLC148,611580.4%
17DP World147,422850.4%

Nominal capacity of the container ships KMTC operates, owned or chartered, according to the Alphaliner Top 100 (AXS Marine) of 13 October 2026. It does not measure cargo carried. El Estrecho Digital stores a daily snapshot to track its trend.

Full carrier ranking Methodology Alphaliner Top 100

Indicators · EED Data

Read the monthly summary

All indicators →
Espacio disponibleLlega a la comunidad portuaria del Estrechopublicidad@elestrechodigital.com
NEXT TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSEAugust 2, 2027

Totality returns to the Strait of Gibraltar

In less than a year, the Moon's shadow will sweep across southern Spain with over 4 minutes of total darkness over Algeciras, Tarifa, and Gibraltar.

---Days
--Hours
--Mins
--Secs
Explore Eclipse Special (in Spanish)