Company

Carrying the world's cargo since 1971.

Meridian Line Container Services A/S is an independent container carrier headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, operating scheduled services on every major trade lane.

Who we are

An operator, not just a booking desk.

Meridian Line owns and charters a fleet of 258 vessels and moves 11.4 million TEU a year. We plan our own schedules, position our own equipment and run our own inland corridors — so the commitment you book is the commitment we control.

Roughly 9,400 people in 137 countries keep that promise: terminal planners, route engineers, customs specialists and the crews at sea. The combination of physical operations and a modern digital stack is what lets a small reefer booking and a heavy-lift charter sit on the same manifest.

258
Vessels
11.4M
TEU / year
119
Trade lanes
602
Ports of call
137 countries
9,400 people
HQ Copenhagen

History

Five decades on the water

1971

Meridian Line founded in Copenhagen, Denmark with three breakbulk vessels.

1989

First fully cellular containership enters the Asia–Europe trade.

2008

Inland rail network launched across continental Europe.

2019

Digital booking and tracking platform goes live.

2025

Lead methanol dual-fuel vessel delivered.

Leadership

AB

Astrid Bergqvist

Chief Executive Officer

TO

Tomás Okonkwo

Chief Operating Officer

HL

Hannah Levensohn

Chief Commercial Officer

RM

Rahul Madsen

Chief Digital Officer

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%.

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Network21 May 2026

New fortnightly call at Walvis Bay added to the WAX service

Direct coverage for Namibian and landlocked SADC cargo shortens inland transit to Windhoek and the Copperbelt by up to five days.

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Digital09 May 2026

Tracking API v3 ships with vessel-level ETA confidence scores

Customers integrating the events API now receive probabilistic arrival windows alongside scheduled ETAs, drawn from live AIS and berth-window data.

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