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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.

COSCO SHIPPING calls at Eurofos, Marseilles

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...

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....

Port of Piraeus hosts Chinese promotional event

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 28, 2023 – The Port of Piraeus has hosted a Chinese promotional event organised by Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone...

ICS Chairman Grimaldi meets with CSA and Chinese officials

News Release – Grimaldi Group – April 12, 2023 The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) Chairman Emanuele Grimaldi met with Mr Feng Bo, the...

AIIA: China’s overseas ports acquisition program

Canberra, Australia (PortSEurope) April 11, 2023 – In recent years, increasing Chinese investments in foreign ports have attracted media attention....

Turkey’s Safiport to receive Chinese cars

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) March 8, 2023 – Safiport has handled the delivery of 4,000 Chery cars by a Ro-Ro vessel of China’s COSCO Shipping....

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