OOCL today announced the establishment of OOCL (Switzerland) AG, based in Basel effective 1 January 2006.
“OOCL has many important customers in Switzerland and this development is consistent with our global policy of having our own offices in our key markets.
December 12, 2005
MISC Berhad (MISC), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) and Pacific International Lines (PIL) have announced their co-operation to operate a two-loop weekly service from Port Klang and Singapore to New Zealand, with the first sailing scheduled in February/March 2006.
December 06, 2005
OOCL-operated Kaohsiung Terminal in Taiwan (KAOCT), is pleased to announce that as of May 2005, we have converted our entire container yard to a “green” enterprise.
November 29, 2005
OOCL is proud to announce that is has won the Shipping Line of the Year Award for its Australia-to-North Asia Trade at the 2005 Lloyds List DCN Australian Shipping and Transport Awards.OOCL colleagues attended the prestigious Awards Presentation at a black-tie dinner in Sydney on the evening of 17 November. This is the 10th year that the award has been presented.
November 28, 2005
Issued on behalf of the member lines of the Grand Alliance: Hapag-Lloyd Container Line (HLCL), MISC Berhad (MISC), Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), and Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL):– Slot-exchange and joint service to begin in early 2006 –Hamburg / Hong Kong / Kuala Lumpur / Seoul / Singapore / Tokyo – 6 October 2005: The member lines of the Grand Alliance (GA) and The New World Alliance (TNWA) today announced their agreement to co-operate on key trades from early 2006.
October 06, 2005
OOCL today announced the establishment of two new companies, OOCL (Spain) and OOCL (Portugal), effective 1 December 2005, as part of the company’s continuing development of OOCL’s growing business in Spain and Portugal.The new offices will be located in Barcelona, Bilbao, Vigo, Madrid, Lisbon and Leixoes.
October 06, 2005
OOCL believes that when our customers succeed, we succeed. In order to ensure that OOCL customers have the most up-to-date correct, complete and real-time Customs clearance and trade finance information of every major economic city and country – at anytime and anywhere - our Taiwan office has uploaded all the relevant information on the 'Shipping Information Board' on : www.oocl.com/country_info/taiwan.htm after the introduction of the shipping information board for Japan on July 30, 2005.
September 12, 2005
OOCL’s Global Data Centre was certified with the BS7799 Certification by Mr Fabrice Egloff the Executive Director of the Société Générale de Surveillance for Hong Kong (SGS). The BS7799 Certification is an internationally-recognized Code of Practice for Information Security Management Systems, adopted by ISO standard to form ISO17799.
September 01, 2005
The member lines of the Grand Alliance, Hapag-Lloyd Container Line (HLCL), Malaysia International Shipping Corp. (MISC), Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), and Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), have outlined their service structure for 2006, following a resignation notice being served by P&O Nedlloyd, which will take effect on or about February 12, 2006.
August 12, 2005
Orient Overseas (International) Limited (“OOIL”) Group today announced a profit before taxation of US$329.4 million compared with US$283.2 million for the same period last year. After taxation and minority interests, the Group reported a profit of US$308.9 million, compared with US$268.4 million earned during the first half of 2004
August 05, 2005
OOCL today announced value-creating features to its Japanese OOCL.com website (www.oocl.com/jp/), providing customers with ever-increased functionality and service.
From July 8, 2005, customers will benefit from a new homepage, containing invaluable schedule-related information.
June 30, 2005
Following the recent Grand Alliance press announcement on the 2005 product upgrade, the CEOs of Grand Alliance members Hapag-Lloyd, MISC, NYK and OOCL jointly expressed that they were united in their pledge to continue providing a high quality service to their customers.
June 24, 2005
The member lines of the Grand Alliance have announced new Asia-Europe and Transpacific services starting from July 2005. Eight weekly services will be provided between Asia and Europe and 11 on the Transpacific, including four all-water US East Coast loops.
June 22, 2005
OOCL announced today that it will introduce its own Vietnam/Hong Kong/Singapore (VHS) feeder service. The new feeder is a response to rapidly-rising demand for its services in Vietnam market, which in turn can be attributed to their high quality and reliability.
May 30, 2005
OOCL announced today it will revise its schedule rotations to enhance its coverage of the fast expanding Scan Baltic region.OOCL will have two separate dedicated fixed-day weekly service schedules using a total of five modern ice-breaking vessels.
May 06, 2005
OOCL announced today that it will establish its own office in Genoa, Italy, operating under the name OOCL (Italy) S.r.l. To open on July 1, 2005, the office will serve to meet the growing demand for OOCL services in the Italian market.
April 25, 2005
OOCL, along with CP Ships division Canada Maritime – its long-term partner in the St Lawrence Coordinated Service (SLCS) – has agreed to charter a fixed number of container slots to CMA-CGM on one of its Montreal-North Europe services. The agreement is expected to take effect in May.
April 11, 2005
OOCL’s eighth ‘SX-class’ container vessel, ‘OOCL Tianjin,’ was named in Tianjin today by the mayor of Tianjin Municipality, Mr. Dai Xianglong.The Chairman of OOIL, Mr. CC Tung, hosted the ceremony, which was attended a number of officials from Tianjin Municipality, including the Vice Mayor, Mr.Wang Xing-guo, as well as Mr. Wang En-de, Board Chairman of Tianjin Port (Group) Ltd., Mr.Yu Rumin, President of Tianjin Port (Group) Ltd, and Mr Chi Geun Cho, Executive Vice President of Samsung Heavy Ind
March 22, 2005
Orient Overseas (International) Ltd (“OOIL”) today announced a profit after taxation and minority interests of US$670.4 million for the year ended 31st December 2004, a 104% increase over the attributable profit of US$329 million recorded in 2003. The Directors are recommending a final dividend of US18 cents (HK$1.4) per share.
March 10, 2005
OOCL’s seventh SX-class (8,063 TEUs) vessel, OOCL Atlanta, was named today in the Geoje Shipyard of Samsung Heavy Industries, Korea – the yard where it was built.
The Chairman of OOIL, Mr. CC Tung, was present in the ceremony accompanied by his two daughters, Mrs. Leigh Tung Chou and Ms. Pamela Tung, who were the co-sponsors of the vessel.
February 25, 2005
Orient Overseas Container Line Limited (OOCL) signs a Letter of Intent under the terms of which OOCL will invest jointly with the Ningbo Port Group and others in the development of 5 berths at the Port of Beilun container terminal. Involving a total waterfront of 1,650 metres with a draft of 17 metres, OOCL will take a 20 percent stake in the project which will involve a total investment of up to US$650 million.
January 19, 2005
