Changes of the fleet and carrying capacity

1964-1997: structure of the fleet expanded from 8 medium and small-sized general cargo carriers to 135 vessels of various types and functions, including 22 general cargo carriers, bulk ships and multi-purposed vessels in total, and 111 semi-TEU vessels, TEU vessels and Ro-Ro ships in total. The carrying capacity of the Company therefore increased from 62 thousand DWT to 3.456 million.

1978-2005: fleet of container transport expanded from seven semi-TEU vessels and three Ro-Ro ships to 124 modern container ships of various types. The TEU-carrying capacity therefore increased from 931 TEUs to 320 thousand.

So far, the Company possesses 124 container carriers with a carrying capacity of up to 320 thousand TEUs. The Company operates over 60 international shipping routes, connecting more than 100 harbors in the world and forming the east-to-west main lines centered on China , the U.S. and Europe, the secondary lines supported by Japan , Australia and South East Asia, and branch lines in China , South East Asia and Europe . More than 1,000 agencies and sub-branches have been established in main countries and regions across the world. A network of 280 sales and service has been set up in main cities of China . The Company fully adopts entrusted management over the vessels and signed the Agreement on Entrusted Management of Vessels and the Agreement on Leasing Seamen with vessel management agencies. It carries out regulation inspection and examination on the fulfillment of the Agreements, safety management, technological status, etc. and conducts annual assessment on the safety management performed by the vessel management agencies, so as to urge the trustors to comply with the international conventions, rules, regulations of the harbors and the state laws and to meet the requirements of management of the company.

The Company widely introduces the most advanced information technology into navigation, freight charge and management, successfully applying IRIS-2 which improves the network of major operation, standardization of information and OEM, realizing some e-commercial business such as cargo tracking online, e-shipping space and far-ranging print of B/L and providing our clients with characterized services of high added value. Always market-oriented and in favor of the satisfaction of the clients, our Company advocates the valuable ideas of Good Global Honesty, Prominent Achievements, Dedication to the Society and Realization of Mutual Benefit under the pressure of intensive market competition, and the Company has also built up excellent sea routes such as Sino-Australia, North-western Europe, etc. and brand name services such as One-stop Service, HDS Service, etc. by applying the latest international service ideas and methods to improve the service quality, which has won widely-spread reputations among consigners and all walks of life. Some services have been studied and copied by many competitors of the industry. For years, the Company has won such laurels as “Shipping Line of the Year”, “ Schedule Reliability awards”, “Best Star” and “Customer Service” decided on by institutes of authority home and abroad such as Freight Transport Buyer Asia (FTB Asia) and Cargonews Asia.