Fleet04 Jun 2026
First dual-fuel methanol vessel enters the AE7 string
The 16,200-TEU Meridian Skagen begins commercial service between East Asia and North Europe, cutting well-to-wake emissions on the rotation by an estimated 67%.
ReadScheduled ocean freight · since 1971
Ocean freight,
moved with intent.
From a single reefer box to a full project charter, Meridian Line carries cargo across 119 trade lanes on fixed weekly schedules — with the digital tools to quote, book and watch it the whole way.
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/SHANGHAI/ROTTERDAM/SINGAPORE/LOS ANGELES/HAMBURG/SANTOS/JEBEL ALI/BUSAN/ANTWERP/NEW YORK/PIRAEUS/LAGOS/SHANGHAI/ROTTERDAM/SINGAPORE/LOS ANGELES/HAMBURG/SANTOS/JEBEL ALI/BUSAN/ANTWERP/NEW YORK/PIRAEUS/LAGOS
The fleet
Purpose-built tonnage, sailing fixed-day schedules.
258 vessels in service — from 2,800-TEU regional feeders to 16,000-TEU mainline ships, with methanol dual-fuel newbuilds joining the line through 2027.
258
Vessels
owned & chartered
11.4M
TEU / year
transported capacity
119
Trade lanes
across six continents
602
Ports of call
in 137 countries
What we carry
One carrier for every box on the manifest.
The network
119 strings, woven into a weekly clockwork.
Mainline loops, regional feeders and inland corridors connect into a single planned schedule. Every box rides a fixed-day departure with a transhipment plan booked before it leaves the quay.
AE7Asia – North Europe
31 daysTP3Transpacific – US West Coast
16 daysTA2Transatlantic – US East Coast
12 daysWAXEurope – West Africa
19 daysDecarbonising the fleet
Net-zero by 2045 — and on the water now.
Twelve methanol dual-fuel vessels are on order, the first already sailing the Asia–Europe loop. Slow-steaming, shore power at 18 berths and a growing share of rail on inland legs are bending the curve today, not in a press release for tomorrow.
−67%
WtW CO₂e on dual-fuel strings
18
Berths with shore-power
2045
Net-zero target year
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