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TRANSPORTATION
The system that moves the world's goods: the lines that sail the boxes, the lessors who own them and the factories that build them, and the firms that guard the gates they pass through. Three worldwide guides, verified October 2026.
THE WORLDWIDE GUIDES · OCTOBER 2026
THE WORLDWIDE GUIDE · OCTOBER 2026
THE WORLD'S SHIPPING LINES: 23 ENTRIES, EVERY FLEET MEASURED
From MSC's 7.4 million TEU to the regional powers — alliances, verified leadership, principal trades and contacts, plus the heritage entry for Hanjin, the line whose 2016 collapse stranded a fleet at sea.
THE WORLDWIDE GUIDE · OCTOBER 2026
THE WORLD'S CONTAINER COMPANIES: THE LESSORS, THE MAKERS, AND THE SEA CONTAINERS STORY
Triton's seven million TEU, Textainer's roll-up, the four factories that build the world's boxes, the 2026 cartel case stated plainly — and Sea Containers, the defunct house that invented the business, carried as heritage.
THE WORLDWIDE GUIDE · OCTOBER 2026
PORT SECURITY: THE FIRMS THAT GUARD THE GATES
The specialist security firms, the terminal operators' own forces, and the screening majors — plus the McKay lead, researched in the open and reported as unverified.
THE WORLDWIDE GUIDE · OCTOBER 2026
THE WORLD'S TRAIN COMPANIES: 30 OPERATORS, FREIGHT AND PASSENGER
From the Class I freight railroads — Union Pacific, BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern — to the great passenger operators of Europe and Japan: networks in route-kilometres, fleets, leadership verified, and the UP–Norfolk Southern merger carried as pending.
THE WORLDWIDE GUIDE · OCTOBER 2026
THE WORLD'S SHIPBUILDERS: 30 BUILDERS OF SHIPS, WARSHIPS AND CRUISE LINERS
The yards of Korea, China, Europe and America — order books and tonnage dated, yards named, leadership verified, and what each builder launches.