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The company has 255 international routes, calling at 356 ports in 105 countries., [10] COSCO SHIPPING Lines has ordered several mega-ships, such as the 20,000 TEU COSCO Shipping Taurus and the 21,000 TEU Universe-class container ships. On June 26, 2016, COSCO Shipping Panama became the first vessel to sail through the newly widened Panama Canal.
The group was a Chinese state-owned multinational transportation conglomerate. By May 2014, China Shipping's container shipping subsidiary – China Shipping Container Lines – operated 156 container vessels with 656,000 TEU capacity. [6] China Shipping Container Lines' container ship CSCL Globe was the world largest in 2014. [7]
In 2003, COSCO Pacific is a co-investor of a phase of Qingdao Qianwan Container Terminal, for 20% shares of the SPV that carry the actual investment. [9] [10] In the same year, COSCO Pacific also formed a joint venture with PSA. [11] In 2008, COSCO Pacific made a bid for a 35-year concession to operate the container port of Piraeus.
COSCO was founded in 1961 as a state-owned shipping and logistics services supplier company. [1] COSCO headquarters is in Ocean Plaza in the Xicheng District in Beijing. [2] [3] It owns 1114 ships, including 365 dry bulk vessels, a container fleet with a capacity of 1,580,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU), and a tanker fleet of 120 vessels ...
A COSCO container ship sails from Boston Harbor. In 1961 China established a state-run maritime shipping company and subsequently signed shipping agreements with many countries, laying the foundation for developing the country's ocean transport. That organization developed into the present-day China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company . The Chinese ...
It was known as China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) and was among the world's largest container liner companies. It exited the container shipping business and was renamed to COSCO SHIPPING Development because of the COSCO-China Shipping merger in 2016. [1] As CSCL, the company was ranked 1503rd in 2012 edition of Forbes Global 2000. [2]
The businesses and subsidiaries of both China Shipping and COSCO were integrated into one conglomerate. [22] The merger was triggered by a downturn in the container and marine shipping industry that stymied the financial health of both China Shipping and COSCO, thus motivating the two to unite and endure the decline together.
At that time, COSCO International was the second largest shareholder of Sino-Ocean Group for 16.85% stake. [14] In 2015, the ultimate parent company, COSCO, merged with China Shipping Group to become China COSCO Shipping, or known as COSCO Shipping. Thus, the listed company was renamed into COSCO Shipping International (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.. [15]