COSCO PLANS MORE SHIPPING COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS

COSCO PLANS MORE SHIPPING COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS

    China Ocean Shipping Co., the parent company of Shanghai-based COSCO Container Lines, said that it plans to further strengthen cooperation with other shipping companies.
    COSCO Container Lines now has cooperation and space leasing agreements with "powerful shipping companies like "K" Line, Yangming, Evergreen, OOCL and so on," a spokesman for the Chinese carrier said.
    "This enables COSCO to obtain much more market space with low cost," the spokesman added. Given the growing trend towards worldwide shipping alliances, COSCO said that it will expand cooperation with other shipping companies and upgrade its service quality.
    COSCO Container Lines had joined, in January 1998, a global alliance with "K" Line and Yangming Marine Transport that covers the Asia/Europe, transatlantic and transpacific trades.