--- description: Find out why Maersk was selected for the inaugural list title: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2021: Maersk image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c30ae37795c39cb/698a18e9e76ad2c052638cdb/maersk-time100-companies.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 26, 2021 # Maersk Shipping the world’s stuff by [Alison Van Houten](/author/alison-van-houten/) ## Alison Van Houten Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  A Mærsk container ship docked in Los Angeles, 2018. A Mærsk container ship docked in Los Angeles, 2018.Courtesy Maersk Amid 2020’s supply-chain disruptions—[clogged ports](https://time.com/5950030/suez-canal-boat-stuck-cost-billions/ "undefined"), limited flights, and sick and quarantined workers—this Danish logistics company, which has the greatest sea-cargo capacity in the world, still managed to ship almost 13 million containers filled with PPE, exercise equipment, work-from-home essentials and more. Lined up, the 40-ft. containers would circle the earth nearly four times. Those moves (coupled with average freight rates increasing by 18%) helped [Maersk](http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,844204,00.html "undefined")’s ocean sector hit record-high gross revenue, raking in $2.7 billion in the fourth quarter alone. On top of that, the company says it will use its refrigerated fleet to help distribute vaccines globally. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies/5950062/maersk/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies/5950062/maersk/"},"headline":"Maersk","datePublished":"2021-04-26T15:09:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T05:08:34.046Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies/5950062/maersk/","keywords":["Lists","franchise","TIME100 Companies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c30ae37795c39cb/698a18e9e76ad2c052638cdb/maersk-time100-companies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alison Van Houten","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alison-van-houten/"}],"creator":"Alison Van Houten","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c30ae37795c39cb/698a18e9e76ad2c052638cdb/maersk-time100-companies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies/5950062/maersk/","name":"Maersk"}}]}] ```