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Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) is one of the largest
containerised shipping lines in the world handling 500,000 TEUs
in Hong Kong annually.
OOCL has a substantial fleet of 34 modern vessels serving routes to
Europe, the US and the Far East.
is one of the largest global
container operators on the planet,
providing customers with fully
integrated, containerised
transportation services.
The Hong Kong based carrier -
principally serving destinations in
Europe, the US and the Far East
from Hong Kong — utilises a very
modern fleet of 34 container vessels
to carry 1.6 million TEUs across the
globe yearly.
Its vast worldwide network
encompasses six principal trade
routes covering the Trans-Pacific,
Trans-Atlantic, Far East/Europe, Far
East/Australia, Far East/Middle East
and Intra-Asia markets.
OOCL's operations through Hong
Kong Port are complemented by
weekly East/West services carried out
by "Grand Alliance" members
Hapag-Lloyd, Malaysian International
Shipping Corporation, NYK Line,
OOCL and P&O Nedlloyd.
The formidable new alliance is the
largest such strategic grouping in the
world, involving more than 100
deep-sea container ships offering a
combination of weekly services
across a vast area stretching from
North America to Japan.
Stanley C. Shen, OOCL's General
Manager Corporate Affairs, said:
"The new alliance has
created an exceptionally
strong product to meet
our customers' needs
both for the present and
the future. Together we
ensure a balanced fleet
deployment in the major
trades of the world
container market. The consortium
will also bring new opportunities
and value to all member carriers
and customers/'
OOCL's commitment to
upgrading its fleet has recently led
to it taking delivery of a 2,800 TEU
ice-class vessel and the last of eight
state-of-the-art 5,000 TEU capacity
new buildings for use on its Asia-
Europe service.
As a Hong Kong-based company
located on the doorstep of China,
OOCL has built an extensive
network of services, people and
offices throughout China catering for
customers' ever increasing needs in
trading with one of the world's
largest economies.
Information is the key to
successful business
and OOCL is not
only a leader in
information
technology in
container
transportation, but
also in the global
business
environment.
OOCL has invested
heavily both in
terms of hardware
and people in the
development of the information
systems to serve customers' present
and future needs. Almost all its
offices, including those in
extremely remote locations, have
online direct links with its global
information network, enabling
its people to capture and
redistribute vital cargo
information anywhere.
All people at OOCL share the
"We take it personally" spirit and
always take extra steps in serving
their customers.
In addition to owning and
operating its own fleet of container
vessels, OOCL operates container
terminals, owns 160,000 TEUs and
1 3,000 container chassis and
provides container management,
road haulage, agency, forwarding
and cargo consolidation services.
OOCL, which employs around
1,000 staff in Hong Kong and a
further 3,000 at 140 offices and
agencies worldwide, is a subsidiary
of Orient Overseas (International)
Limited, a public company listed on
the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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