COSCO VancouverCOSCO 40 foot containerSemi-submersible heavy lift vessel Xiang Rui KouPresident of COSCO Group Capt. Wei Jiafu (left) meets with Deputy Foreign Minister of Greece, Dimitris Kourkoulas (right), 2012.
China Ocean Shipping Company, Limited, formerly China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company,[a] commonly known for its abbreviated name COSCO Group, or simply, COSCO, is one of the major holding companies for COSCO Shipping, one of the world's largest shipping companies. COSCO Shipping was formed in January 2016 by a merger of COSCO and China Shipping Group as one conglomerate. It is a state-owned enterprise.[1]: 68
COSCO was founded in 1961 as a Chinese Government owned shipping and logistics services supplier company.[2]
COSCO headquarters is in Ocean Plaza in the Xicheng District in Beijing.[3][4] 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.[5] The fleet calls at over a thousand ports worldwide.[6] It ranks among the largest in both number of container ships and aggregate container volume in the world.[7] In 2012, it was among China's top 15 brands.[8]
It was the largest dry bulk carrier in China and one of the largest dry bulk shipping operators worldwide. In addition, the Group is the largest liner carrier in China.[9]
COSCO division COSCO Shipping Port Company manages the company's port operations.[1]: 68
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