China COSCO Shipping

China COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited
Native name
 中国远洋海运集团有限公司
State-owned enterprise
Industry Marine transportation
Container shipping
Naval architecture
Financial services
Real estate development
Predecessor COSCO Group
China Shipping Group
Founded 2016 (2016)
Headquarters Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 Xu Lirong (Chairman)
Wan Min (President)
Services Intermodal freight transport
Bulk Shipping
LNG transportation
Real estate development
Passenger liner
Leasing
Ship building
Subsidiaries List of subsidiaries
Website en.coscocs.com
Cosco Shipping container mounted on a chassis.

China COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited, also referred to as the China COSCO Shipping Group or China COSCO Shipping, is a Chinese business conglomerate and state-owned enterprise headquartered in Shanghai. The group is engaged in a variety of business sectors, with a focus on integrated logistics, shipping, finance services, and equipment manufacturing.[1] The company was formed by the merger of the COSCO Group and the China Shipping Group in January 2016.[2] The merger was precipitated by an ongoing downturn in the containerized-ocean-freight and break bulk shipping industries that stymied the profits of both groups and motivated them to unite and endure the decline together.[3][4] The merged entity is composed of several business clusters each of which is managed by one or more subsidiaries. Its core business cluster is container, dry-bulk, and petroleum transport services.

As of 2016, the group's total fleet size ranks first globally, comprising 1114 merchant vessels and a total capacity of 85.32 million DWT. The dry-bulk shipping division ranks first globally, self-owning 365 vessels with a total capacity of 33.52 million DWT. The container shipping division; which is called COSCO Shipping Lines, has a capacity of 1.58 million TEU, making it fourth in the world.[1][5] Moreover, COSCO Shipping Lines aims to expand its fleet size to over 2 million TEU by 2018, which would make it the third-largest container line in terms of total capacity.[6]

History

In January 2016, the Chinese State Council approved the merger of COSCO Group and China Shipping Group, effectively forming China COSCO Shipping.[2]

An ongoing downturn in certain sectors of the merchant marine industry which began in 2013 and that was caused by a multitude of factors such as weak global GDP, sluggish trade,[7] vessel overcapacity, bloated retail inventories in the United States, and reduced demand for container shipping, eroded ocean-going cargo carriers' profits and triggered a wave of mergers and acquisitions. The overlapping businesses of both COSCO and China Shipping naturally fostered degrading competition between the two groups, and with the effect created by unfavorable market conditions, both companies were left financially anemic.[8] Thus, it was a logical decision for the two groups to consolidate and endure the downturn as a unified entity. Furthermore, the Chinese Governments' reorganization of the obsolete structural format of its state-owned enterprise system is also attributable to this and other Chinese mergers.[9]

According to some sources and analysts familiar with the matter, the merging process and transitional phase has frustrated many customers, resulting in a temporary dent in profits.[10]

Cosco Shipping container being transported on an intermodal freight train.

COSCO Group

The COSCO Group, founded in 1961 and headquartered in Beijing, was a Chinese state-owned business conglomerate providing logistics and shipping services around the world. The company owned over 300 total subsidiaries in China and abroad. Furthermore, the group's brand was among China's top 15 in 2012. The company was the largest dry bulk carrier in China and among the largest in the world. Its container line, named COSCO Container Lines, was the world's sixth-largest container shipping company in terms of fleet capacity. It owned more than 130 merchant vessels with a total capacity of 600,000 TEU. The company employed 130,000 people worldwide as of 2012.

China Shipping Group

The China Shipping Group was founded in 1997 and was headquartered in Shanghai. The group was also a state-owned business conglomerate supplying various transportation and shipping-related services. Its flagship brand and subsidiary, named China Shipping Container Lines, was the world's seventh-largest container shipping company based on fleet capacity.

Business areas

Logistics Industrial Business Cluster

  • Shipbuilding
  • Ship repair
  • Offshore equipment manufacturing
Cosco Shipping container ship.

Shipping Finance Industrial Cluster

  • Ship chartering
  • Container leasing

Shipping Services Industrial Cluster

  • Freight transport
  • Ship fuel supply
  • Shipping technology research and development
  • Ship management

Socialized Industrial Cluster

  • Real estate development
  • Hotel management
  • Maritime Universities

Internet & Business Cluster

  • Information technology

Subsidiaries and divisions

  • COSCO Shipping Lines, Ltd. (COSCON, formerly COSCO Container Lines Co., Ltd.)
  • COSCO Shipping Development Co., Ltd. (China Shipping Container Lines)
  • COSCO Shipping Ports Limited (COSCO Pacific)
  • China International Marine Containers
  • Florens Asset Management Co.Ltd.[11]
  • Dong Fang International Asset Management, Ltd.[12]
  • China COSCO Bulk Shipping (Group) Co., Ltd.
  • Xiamen Ocean Shipping Company
  • China COSCO Logistics Co., Ltd.
  • COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd.
  • COSCO Shipbuilding Industry Company
  • COSCO Manning Cooperation Inc.
  • China Marine & Seamen Service Corp.
  • Shanghai Ship and Shipping Research Institute
  • Guangzhou Maritime Transport (Group) Co., Ltd.
  • Hainan COSCO Boao Co., Ltd.
  • QingDao Ocean Shipping Mariners College
  • Shanghai Shipping (Group) Company
  • China Shipping Industry Co., Ltd.
  • China Ocean Shipping Agency Co., Ltd.
  • Dalian Ocean Shipping Co., Ltd.
  • China Shipping Passenger Liner Co., Ltd.

References

  1. 1 2 "China COSCO Shipping Group Profile". Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 "China COSCO Shipping History". Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Cargo Business News - Featured Story". Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Container Shipping Outlook 2016". Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Alphaliner - TOP 100 - Existing fleet on August 2016". Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "CSCL to get a new name as it shifts focus from boxes to finance". Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  7. ↑ hermes (10 July 2016). "G-20 pledges to boost sluggish global trade". Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "China's Cosco bleeds more as shipping pain worsens". Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  9. ↑ Geng, Andrew Sheng and Xiao (28 June 2016). "China's State-Owned Enterprises at a Crossroads". Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Disgruntled former CSCL customers leaving China Cosco Shipping in their droves -". 19 July 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "Florens". Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  12. ↑ "Dong Fang International Asset Management Ltd". Retrieved 11 August 2016.
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