China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO)
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China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company, known as COSCO or COSCO Group, is a Chinese shipping and logistics services supplier company. It is a government-owned company of the People's Republic of China. Its headquarters is in Ocean Plaza in the Xicheng District in Beijing. It owns more than 130 vessels (with a capacity of 600,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU)) and calls on over a thousand ports worldwide. It ranks sixth largest in number of container ships and ninth largest in aggregate container volume in the world.
They are 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.
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December 12, 2019
Government of Greece to sell majority stake in Piraeus Port Authority
The government of Greece has launched a transaction to sell a 67% stake in Piraeus Port Authority, the company responsible for the management of pier 1 in Piraeus port near Athens. The Port of Pi...
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September 24, 2019
Cosco Shipping enters agreement for the sale of three Chinese port terminals stakes
COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited, a leading ports operator in the world, has entered into an agreement with SIPG (HK) for the sale of the company stakes in three port terminals China. The facilities...
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March 14, 2019
COSCO Shipping Ports takes 60% stake in Chancay Terminal from Volcan CompañÃa Minera
COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited has announced its acquisition of a 60% stake in Terminales Portuarios Chancay S.A. (Chancay Terminal) from Volcan Compañía Minera S.A.A. for a total consider...
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January 10, 2019
Bids submitted for takeover of Californian port concession
Bids have reportedly been submitted for the sale of Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL)'s 40-year concession to operate Long Beach Container Terminal by Blackstone Group, KKR, EQT Partners and Macqu...
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February 02, 2017
China's COSCO to increase stake in Qingdao port operator
COSCO Shipping Ports has announced it will acquire a 16.82% stake in Qingdao Port International (QPI), operator of China's sixth busiest port.
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October 21, 2016
APM Terminals sells container terminal
APM Terminals has concluded an agreement with China COSCO Shipping Ports subject to customary conditions for the sale of a minority share in a new joint venture created for the APM Terminals Global Te...
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August 22, 2016
Cosco completes acquisition of Piraeus port
COSCO Container Lines Co., Ltd. (COSCO), a Chinese leading provider of integrated container shipping service, has announced it has officially completed the acquisition of a majority sta...
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April 11, 2016
China Cosco signs Piraeus port majority stake
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March 22, 2016
Signature date set for Piraeus Port privatization
According to a senior source from the Greece privatization fund (TAIPED), the signing of the agreement for the transfer of the majority stake in Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) to China’s Cosco Pac...
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February 01, 2016
Greece accept Cosco´s improved offer for Piraeus port
Greece accepted on Jan. 21 an improved bid of €368.5 million by Cosco Group to acquire a 67 percent stake in Piraeus Port.
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