1. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman Maritime University,
Bangladesh

2. Welcome to Presentation on
Liner Shipping
By
Imdadul Haque Bhuiyan
Id: 2013(MPSM)
BSMRMU

3. Shipping & Liner shipping
Shipping originally referres to transport by sea.
Liner shipping is the service of transporting
goods by means of high-capacity, ocean-going
ships that transit regular routes on fixed
schedules.

4. About Liner Shipping
• Transportation by sea in the early days was
done by sailing ships, which depended on wind
and weather.
• There are approximately 400 liner services in
operation today,
• Most providing weekly departures from all the
ports that each service calls.

5. Impact of Liner Shipping
Positive:
• Lowering of Costs
• Increases in Availability
• Economic Growth
• Large Loads
• Global Economic Engine
Negative:
• Time
• Environmental Costs

6. Mega Shippers - The World’s 5
Biggest Shipping Companies
• From Danish major Møller-Maersk to
German shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K.
Lines, Ship-technology.com profiles
the world’s top 5 biggest shipping
companies based on TEU or weight
carrying capacity of their
containerships.

7. 1. A.P. Møller-Maersk
Capacity: 2.8m TEU
2. Mediterranean Shipping Company
Capacity: 2.43m TEU
3. CMA CGM
Capacity: 1.55m TEU
4. American President Lines (APL)
Capacity: 1.1m TEU
5. Hapag-Lloyd
Capacity: 1m TEU

8. Alphaliner - TOP 5
Operated fleets as per 25 January 2016

9. Types of liner service route

10. Liner Shipping in our Life. Example:

21. Thanks to All.

22. Reference:
• http://www.worldshipping.org/about-the-
industry/how-liner-shipping-works
• http://maritimewiki.org/wiki/Liner_Shipping
• http://www.alphaliner.com/top100/
• http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/ph
otos/oceans/#/kalbarri-surf_249_600x450.jpg