Container transport

The company mainly operates international and domestic maritime container transport services and related businesses through its wholly-owned subsidiary COSCO Shipping Lines and indirectly controlled subsidiary Orient Overseas International. By the end of September 2024, COSCO Shipping Lines has a self-operated container fleet of 528 ships, with a total capacity of about 3.28 million TEUs, and the fleet size continues to rank first in the industry. The company operates 299 international routes (including international feeder routes), 54 China coastal routes and 83 Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River feeder routes, with a total of 624ports in about 145 countries and regions around the world.

COSCO SHIPPING Lines Co., Ltd

COSCO Shipping Lines, a subsidiary of COSCO Shipping Holdings,  is headquartered in Shanghai with 30 departments. It has established domestic branches in 9 ports located in Dalian, Tianjin, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, South China, Hainan and Wuhan respectively, and 9 overseas branches in Europe, North America, Southeast Asia, West Asia, South America, Australia, Japan, Korea and Africa respectively. By the end of October 2024, COSCO SHIPPING Lines had a total of 247 corporate enterprises in China and overseas with over 400 marketing and service outlets spread across the world. The Company employs 16,700 staff globally, including 5,308 overseas members. 

Looking ahead, COSCO SHIPPING Lines will adhere to the strategic goal of “To become a world-class integrated container ecosystem supplier, leading in customer-orientation and value creation”. Equipped with a global and integrated service network, COSCO SHIPPING Lines will strive to ensure the stable and smooth operation of the industrial and supply chain, actively build a global and digital container supply chain service system, and create greater value for global customers and upstream and downstream partners.

Orient Overseas (International) Limited

  “Orient Overseas Container Line” and “OOCL” are trade names for transportation provided separately by: Orient Overseas Container Line Limited (“OOCLL”) and OOCL (Europe) Limited respectively and both are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Orient Overseas (International) Limited, a public company (0316) listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.  OOCL is one of the world's largest integrated international container transportation and logistics companies, with about 130 offices in more than 100 major cities.  As one of Hong Kong's most recognized global brands, OOCL provides customers with fully-integrated logistics and containerized transportation services, with a network that encompasses Asia, Europe, the Americas, Africa and Australasia.

OOCL is well respected in the industry with a reputation for providing customer-focused solutions, quality services and continual innovation. It is also an industry leader in the use of the latest technologies to enhance global supply chains. OOCL's modern fleet today includes some of the youngest, largest, fuel efficient, and environmentally friendly vessels carrying cargo on hundreds of trade routes around the world, providing a vital link in Global Trade.