Who owns MPC Container Ships?
MPC Container Ships is owned by MPC Container Ships ASA (Norway, Euronext Oslo Børs: MPCC).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: MPC Container Ships ASA Annual and Sustainability Report 2025, 27 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- MPC Container Ships ASA reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇳🇴 Norway, Oslo
- Origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- Category
- Travel & transport › Container & bulk shipping
- Parent ticker
- Euronext Oslo Børs: MPCC
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About MPC Container Ships
MPC Container Ships is a container tonnage provider that its 2025 annual report says was formed in April 2017 and that charters fully crewed feeder vessels to liner operators on fixed-rate time charters. In 2025 it divested older tonnage and acquired modern vessels, and the report puts its sea staff at around 1,400 seafarers.
Ownership timeline of MPC Container Ships
- Current owner MPC Container Ships [1] reported
Where MPC Container Ships sits in MPC Container Ships
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: MPC Container Ships
MPC Container Ships is a publicly listed company headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Brandtree records 1 brand under its control, and it is listed as Euronext Oslo Børs: MPCC.
MPC Container Ships ASA is a Norwegian-registered company with its business office in Oslo that, per its 2025 annual and sustainability report, provides feeder container tonnage on fixed-rate time charters. The report says it has been listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange since May 2018 under the ticker MPCC and that MPC Capital AG and affiliated entities together control 20.12% of its shares. It describes MPC Capital as its founding shareholder and sponsor.
MPC Container Ships: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇳🇴 MPC Container Ships and other Norwegian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 63 brands that began in Norway. 18 of them (29%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; MPC Container Ships is not one of them.
- Awilco LNG — Awilco LNG 🇳🇴
- Color Line — Color Line 🇳🇴
- Eidesvik Offshore — Eidesvik Offshore 🇳🇴
- Fjord Line — Fjord Line 🇳🇴
- Fjord1 — Fjord1 🇳🇴
- HX Expeditions — HX Group 🇬🇧
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of MPC Container Ships?
The parent company of MPC Container Ships is MPC Container Ships ASA, a publicly listed company headquartered in Norway.
Is MPC Container Ships Norwegian?
Yes. MPC Container Ships originated in Norway and its owner, MPC Container Ships ASA, is also headquartered in Norway.
Is MPC Container Ships still owned by MPC Container Ships ASA?
Yes. As of 5 October 2026, MPC Container Ships is still owned by MPC Container Ships ASA. 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] MPC Container Ships ASA Annual and Sustainability Report 2025 — MPC Container Ships ASA, Annual report, published 27 March 2026; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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