Above is an AIS recreation of the refloating from VesselTracker: One of the world’s largest containerships was pulled free overnight after spending five days hard aground on Germany’s Elbe River....

SHANGHAI, Jan 4 (Reuters) – China Ocean Shipping Group Co (COSCO) and China Shipping Group Co will become a new entity after merging, led by the latter’s current chairman, China’s...

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China announced plans to reorganize two major shipping groups with combined revenue of more than $40 billion, paving the way for the creation of one...

The Chinese government has reportedly approved the long-anticipated merger between two of China’s largest shipping groups, China Ocean Shipping Group Co (COSCO) and China Shipping Group, according to a report Beijing-based Caixin...

  A unit of China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) has entered into bareboat charter agreements for the leasing of six ultra-large containerships with a near record-setting carrying capacity of 21,000...

  By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI, Aug 11 (Reuters) – China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO) and China Shipping Group are in talks over a possible merger, a person with direct...

  By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China’s stocks rallied for their biggest gain in a month amid speculation the government will accelerate mergers of state-owned enterprises to bolster economic growth....

  China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) has entered into agreements for the construction and purchase of eight 13,500 TEU capacity containerships. The shipbuilding contracts are valued at US $934.4 million...

The second installment of the new world's largest containership by TEU capacity, CSCL Pacific Ocean, has officially been named and delivered by the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea.

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China has given four shipping lines including China Cosco 1.8 billion yuan ($293.3 million) in subsidies to encourage them to retire and upgrade their vessels, the four companies said.

By Clement Tan and Kyunghee Park Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) — In shipping these days, bigger is better. Even if it’s just one meter. China Shipping Container Lines Co. is ready...

China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) released their 2013 annual report today, and with it, revealed a year that showed major financial losses to the company due to a continued mismatch...

In the worst-kept secret in container shipping, the CKYH alliance of Cosco, K Line, Yang Ming and Hanjin Shipping is to team up with Taiwan’s Evergreen Line on the Asia to Europe tradelanes to form an enlarged operational grouping to be known as the CKYHE alliance.

South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s largest shipbuilder, has cut steel on the first of five 19,000 TEU containerships for China Shipping Container Lines (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd, marking the official start of construction on the soon-to-be record breaking ships.

CSCL announced today the sale of two containerships to CIC Digang for their eventual scrapping. The two vessels are the Xiang Hu and the Xiang Kai, both built in 1985 with capacities of...

Two top Chinese shipping lines severed ties with Iran as tough new U.S. sanctions over the country's disputed nuclear programme came into effect on Monday, leaving the country increasingly dependent on front companies and overland routes.

(Bloomberg) — Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. failed for eight years to win ship orders from China. That ended when it pledged to build the world’s biggest container carrier. China Shipping...

In a stock exchange announcement over the weekend, China Shipping Container Lines has expressed their intentions to build five, 18,000 TEU containerships. The new build contract has apparently not yet...

SHANGHAI–China Shipping Container Lines Co. (2866.HK, 601866.SH) said it expects to swing to a net profit in 2012 thanks to recovering demand and freight rates in the shipping industry. In...