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.
“Spain and Portugal are of growing importance to OOCL. Setting up OOCL offices is consistent with our global policy of having our own offices in our key markets, which ensures that our customers fully benefit from our sophisticated in-house integrated systems,” said Ted Wang, Managing Director OOCL (Europe) Limited.
“We have had an excellent relationship with Maritima del Oriente and Maritima do Oriente, which act as OOCL’s agents in Spain and Portugal respectively, and we appreciate their professionalism in having developed OOCL’s position in the Iberian market.”
Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. (OOCL) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Stock Exchange listed Orient Overseas (International) Ltd. OOCL headquartered in Hong Kong, is an international container transport and logistics service provider. Linking Asia, Europe, North America, the Mediterranean, the Indian sub-continent, the Middle East and Australia/New Zealand, the company offers transportation services to all major east/west trading economies of the world. OOCL is one of the leading international carriers serving China, providing a full range of logistics and transportation services throughout the country. It is also an industry leader in the use of information technology and e-commerce to manage the entire cargo process. Website: www.oocl.com
