Who owns HMM?
HMM is owned by HMM Company Limited (South Korea, KRX: 011200).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: HMM Company Limited business report for 2025 (사업보고서), DART, Financial Supervisory Service (DART), 18 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- HMM Company Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇰🇷 South Korea, Seoul
- Origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Category
- Travel & transport › Container & bulk shipping
- Parent ticker
- KRX: 011200
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About HMM
HMM is a South Korean container and bulk shipping line. Its 2025 business report describes a fleet from small ships to ultra-large container ships and VLCC tankers and names Korea Development Bank (35.42 percent) and Korea Ocean Business Corporation (35.08 percent) as its main shareholders.
Ownership timeline of HMM
Where HMM sits in HMM
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands in container & bulk shipping, and who owns them
The 78 brands in container & bulk shipping on Brandtree belong to 76 owners. The largest is Bahri, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bahri Dry Bulk | Bahri | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia |
| Klaveness Combination Carriers | Klaveness | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| Navig8 | ADNOC L&S | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates |
| Ardmore Shipping | Ardmore Shipping | 🇧🇲 Bermuda |
| ESL Shipping | Aspo | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Awilco LNG | Awilco LNG | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| BW LPG | BW LPG | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
| C3is | C3is | 🇬🇷 Greece |
About the owner: HMM
HMM is a publicly listed company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 1976. Brandtree records 1 brand under its control, and it is listed as KRX: 011200.
HMM Company Limited is the Seoul-based shipping group whose 2025 business report says it was established on 25 March 1976, listed on 5 October 1995 and renamed from Hyundai Merchant Marine to HMM in March 2020. The report gives its shareholders at 31 December 2025 as Korea Development Bank 35.42 percent, Korea Ocean Business Corporation 35.08 percent and the National Pension Service 5.34 percent. It runs container, bulk (tankers and dry bulk) and other (terminal) businesses.
🇰🇷 HMM and other South Korean brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 185 brands that began in South Korea. 7 of them (4%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; HMM is not one of them.
- Aero K — Aero K 🇰🇷
- Air Premia — Air Premia 🇰🇷
- Air Seoul — Korean Air 🇰🇷
- Eastar Jet — Eastar Jet 🇰🇷
- Hanjin — Hanjin 🇰🇷
- Jeju Air — Jeju Air 🇰🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of HMM?
The parent company of HMM is HMM Company Limited, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Korea.
Is HMM South Korean?
Yes. HMM originated in South Korea and its owner, HMM Company Limited, is also headquartered in South Korea.
Is HMM still owned by HMM Company Limited?
Yes. As of 5 October 2026, HMM is still owned by HMM Company Limited. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] HMM Company Limited business report for 2025 (사업보고서), DART — Financial Supervisory Service (DART), Annual report, published 18 March 2026; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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