In recent years, the shipping industry has gone through many changes and crises, and the ship companies have had to find a suitable way of surviving in the conditions of crises and global changes. The ship companies modernized their businesses and implemented many strategies, owing to which they became leaders in their bussines environments. They are parts of the industry of global character which connects markets and people across the world, which is proved by the fact that most of the transport is done using precisely those means. Therefore, this work describes the main characteristics of ship companies and what makes them the leaders. Besides that, it presents the most important strategies with their main elements and explains the benefits of each strategy in achieving a better position between competitors in the market. Following that, the main characteristics of survival on shipping market are demonstrated and MOL Group is given as an example of a leading global ship company with a long business tradition in the ship market.