COSCO SHIPPING Lines was formed with the integrated container businesses of COSCO Container Lines Co., Ltd. and China SHIPPING Container Lines CO., Ltd.. It commenced operation on 1st March 2016 with a registered capital of RMB23.664 billion. Its registered address is Hongkou District in Shanghai. The Company is mainly engaged in domestic and international container shipping services and related businesses. The Company is one of COSCO Shipping Group’s core business segments.

COSCO SHIPPING Lines is headquartered in Shanghai with 28 divisions. The Company established 9 domestic branches 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, South Korea and Africa respectively. By the end of March 2025, COSCO SHIPPING Lines had a total of 268 corporate enterprises in China. The Company employs approximately 17,200 employees globally, including 5,407 overseas employees.

By the end of March 2025, COSCO SHIPPING Lines owned and operated 426 container vessels with a total capacity of approximately 2.3 million TEUs (COSCO SHIPPING Lines and Orient Overseas Container Line owned and operated 554 container vessels with a total capacity of 3.4 million TEUs, leading the industry in terms of shipping capacity). The Company operates 402 international and domestic shipping routes, including 266 international routes (including international feeder services), 57 domestic routes, and 79 feeder routes along the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River. The Company’s fleet has called 638 ports located in 146 countries and regions worldwide.

The Ocean Alliance, made up of COSCO SHIPPING Lines, CMA CGM, Evergreen and OOCL, came into operation on 1st April 2017 and extended the cooperation until 31st March 2032.

The frequency, scale, coverage and efficiency of this partnership’s shipping services are unparalleled in the market. The Company leverages the partnership to further optimize its own service network, expand service coverage and provide our global customers with more stable and high-quality service products, endeavor to make contribution to the stability of global supply chain.

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.