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COSCO SHIPPING Lines

Headquartered in Shanghai, COSCO SHIPPING Lines has 27 departments. It has 9 port branches in Dalian, Tianjin, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, South China, Hainan, Wuhan, etc. in mainland China; 9 overseas branches in Europe, North America, Southeast Asia, West Asia, South America, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and Africa Division. As of the end of July 2022, COSCO SHIPPING Lines had a total of 224 domestic and foreign corporate enterprises. There are more than 400 domestic and overseas marketing service outlets and 17,000 employees worldwide, including 5,339 overseas.

Port of Lisbon receives new weekly call of Diamond Line

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 27, 2024 – The Port of Lisbon has been receiving a new weekly call since 20 August for the NET2 service, for...

COSCO SHIPPING sends megamax carrier to Port of Valencia

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 3, 2024 – China’s COSCO SHIPPING Lines has sent the COSCO SHIPPING Solar to the Port of Valencia. The ship has...

Alphaliner Top 100 container market ranking

Paris, France (Ports Europe) June 23, 2024 – The June 22, 2024 Alphaliner Top 100 global container market figures list 6,986 active ships, 30,046,280...

Tarros launches new service connecting Egypt, Greece and Algeria

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) June 7, 2024 – The Tarros Group has announced the launch of the PAE shipping line service. It is a joint service between...

COSCO SHIPPING & Rail Cargo Group hold talks

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) May 17, 2024 – ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) and COSCO SHIPPING have met for discussions on the business arrangement between...

COSCO Shipping Lines visits Safiport, Turkey

Kocaeli, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 8, 2024 – A delegation from COSCO SHIPPING Lines has visited Derince-based Safiport. It was comprised by Daniel...

COSCO SHIPPING calls at Eurofos, Marseille

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 3, 2024 – COSCO SHIPPING has started calls at the Eurofos terminal in Marseille as part of the AEM1, MD2 and MED 1...

COSCO SHIPPING calls Port of La Spezia, with 20,000 TEU on regular basis

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 17, 2024 – Starting this month, COSCO SHIPPING’s 20,000 TEU container ships will begin regular calls at the...

COSCO SHIPPING adds Genoa port to Asia-Mediterranean Service

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 15, 2024 – COSCO SHIPPING has added new vessels to its Asia-Mediterranean Service (AEM1) which will also call...

Update: OCEAN Alliance extended until 2032

Shanghai, China (Ports Europe) February 29, 2024 – The four leading ocean carriers, founding members of the world’s largest shipping network OCEAN...

OCEAN Alliance extended until 2032

Shanghai, China (Ports Europe) February 28, 2024 – The four leading ocean carriers, founding members of the world’s largest shipping network, extended...

COSCO SHIPPING opens branch in Casablanca

Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 5, 2024 – China’s COSCO SHIPPING Lines has opened its new branch office in Casablanca, Morocco. The...

Cosulich, COSCO buy Novara-based Trasgo

Milan, Novara (Ports Europe) January 12, 2024 – COSCOS, a joint venture of COSCO and Fratelli Cosulich, has bought Novara-based, trucking and logistics...

China’s COSCO Shipping line ends visits to Israeli ports

Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) January 8, 2024 – China’s state-owned COSCO Shipping has ended visits to Israeli ports for the time being. This...

New service links Aktau, Turkmenbashi & Constanta ports

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) December 12, 2023 – ADY Container LLC is launching a new service connecting Kazakhstan’s Aktau and Turkmenbashi...

No financing for El-Hamdania port, Algeria

Cherchell, Algeria (PortSEurope) November 2, 2023 – Cash-strapped Algeria is desperately seeking financing for its overambitious El-Hamdania project, the...

HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort tests cold ironing

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) October 5, 2023 – Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has successfully tested a shore-side power station at the...

COSCO Shipping launches new digital service between China and Greece

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 31, 2023 – Today, COSCO Shipping launches a new digital service between Chian and Greece – “Talent...

La Spezia Container Terminal welcomes the MedGulf service

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 28, 2023 – Starting in early August, Contship’s La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT) will be added to the...

Port of Piraeus welcomes massive OOCL container ship

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 13, 2023 – The Port of Piraeus has welcomed the newly built “OOCL Piraeus”, one of the largest ships in the world....

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