COSCO EXTENDS EDI SHIP MANIFEST SYSTEM

COSCO EXTENDS EDI SHIP MANIFEST SYSTEM

   COSCO Container Lines, the liner arm of the China Ocean Shipping Co. group, has introduced a paperless freight manifest transmission system in five transpacific and transatlantic liner services.
    On Oct. 1, COSCO extended the use of the system to its Trans-Atlantic Service I, Trans-Atlantic Service II, South East Asia, China Southeast and China Northeast services.
    The paperless system was initially tried on the carrier’s Far East/Mediterranean/U.S. East Coast service.