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Containers
Leviathans at the gates: container minnows beware
The last months of 2015 are confirming what everybody has long sensed, but hated to admit: the rates are not…
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Greater China
‘The deal is very complex with a lot of uncertainties’: Cosco exec says China Shipping merger will take time
With speculation rising every day that an official announcement will come from Beijing on the merger between Cosco and China…
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Americas
US maritime commissioner confirms Cosco and CSCL merger
Commissioner William P Doyle of the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has confirmed that China Ocean Shipping Company (Cosco) and…
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Asia
CKYHE Alliance cuts Asia-North Europe and Mediterranean services
The CKYHE Alliance, made up of major container lines COSCO, K Line, Yang Ming, Hanjin Shipping and Evergreen, is to…
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Americas
China Ore Shipping orders seven valemax ore carriers
Joint-venture company China Ore Shipping (COS) has ordered seven 400,000-dwt valemax ore carriers from China’s Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, according to…
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Europe
Delayed oilfield development postpones FPSO delivery from Cosco Nantong
A floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit being built at Cosco Nantong shipyard for Sevan Marine has had its…
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Greater China
Cosco and China Shipping merger announcement due within one month
Both Cosco and China Shipping, via their Hong Kong-listed subsidiaries, have intimated that their proposed merger news will be revealed…
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Greater China
Cosco and China Shipping admit asset restructuring is on the cards
Cosco and China Shipping are keeping their shares suspended, the pair have said, until what they describe as a complex…
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Greater China
Cosco orders two VLCC newbuildings
China’s Cosco (Dalian) has ordered two new 319,000-dwt VLCCs to be built at Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co (DACKS).…
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Greater China
Coscol scores Shell semisub transport contract
The heavylift arm of China’s largest maritime conglomerate, Cosco Shipping (Coscol), has signed a contract with Shell Offshore to transport…
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Greater China
A glimpse at what the world’s largest shipping line looks like
The sheer enormity of the potential merger between China’s top two state-owned shipping conglomerates is revealed today in an exclusive…
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Greater China
Smaller Chinese owners react to merger speculation
China’s smaller owners, already not enamoured with the strength and overarching power of the nation’s top two lines, have reacted…
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Greater China
Future of container alliances thrown up in the air by Chinese merger talk
The merger talk between two state-run shipping conglomerates Cosco Group and China Shipping Group has caused a stir in the…
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Contributions
China’s mega shipping merger: ‘Some rice bowls will be broken’
So then what to make of the largest shake-up in Chinese shipping seen for a generation? If we go by…
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Greater China
Obstacles lie in wait for China’s mega shipping merger
The potential mega merger between two state-run shipping conglomerates, China Shipping Group and Cosco Group, which could be the largest…
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Contributions
Cosco – China Shipping merger: Can you make a national champion out of failures?
After many years of rumours, we now have confirmation that China’s government is moving to reorganise its largest shipping companies.…
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Greater China
Cosco and China Shipping commence integration plans as merger looms
China’s two state run shipping conglomeates Cosco Group and China Shipping have started the planning of an integration of operations…
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Finance and Insurance
Rumours of a Cosco and China Shipping merger boost stocks
Rumours that Cosco and China Shipping group are to merge have resurfaced, leading to a surge in speculative trading that…
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Greater China
Teekay Offshore delays two floating accommodation vessel deliveries
Teekay Offshore Partners (TOP) has delayed delivery of two semi-completed hulls, which are being converted to “high-end” floating accommodation units…
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Contributions
Retracing key management failures at China’s flagship shipping companies
When I initiated on the day of the China Shipping Container Lines IPO with a Sell rating back in 2004…
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