China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company, referred to as COSCO for short, is the largest shipping company in Chinese mainland, one of the largest ocean shipping companies in the world, and one of the 53 super-large state-owned enterprises directly under the central government in People's Republic of China (PRC). English: China Ocean Shipping (Group) Corporation, referred to as COSCO Group English: China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company English abbreviation: COSCO.
China Ocean Shipping Group (hereinafter referred to as COSCO or COSCO Group) is a large multinational enterprise group mainly engaged in international shipping, logistics terminal and shipbuilding, ranking 327th among Fortune Global 500 enterprises. ?
At present, COSCO Group owns and controls nearly 800 modern merchant ships, with a deadweight of over 56 million tons and an annual freight volume of over 400 million tons. Ocean routes cover more than 600 ports in the world 1 many countries and regions, and the fleet size ranks first in China and second in the world. Among them, the container fleet ranks first in China and sixth in the world; The dry bulk fleet ranks first in the world; The comprehensive strength of professional general cargo, multi-purpose and special transport fleet ranks among the top in the world; The tanker fleet is one of the supertanker fleets in the world today. Cosco Group has invested and operated 32 terminals worldwide, with a total berth of 157. According to the latest statistics released by Drewry in July, 2009, the throughput of COSCO Pacific Container Terminal under COSCO Group continued to be the fifth in the world in 2008.
COSCO Group has abundant logistics facilities and resources, and controls more than 4,000 logistics vehicles, including large transport vehicles with 289 axles and a maximum load of 8,000 tons, with a storage yard of 2.49 million square meters and a warehouse of 2.97 million square meters. Providing high value-added services to customers in the fields of household appliances, chemicals, electric power, financing, etc., and providing logistics services for many major domestic and international projects such as Qinghai-Tibet Railway, Tianjin Airbus and India Power Station, creating a number of industry records.
COSCO Group has several shipbuilding bases in China, and has 16 docks of 300,000-ton and 500,000-ton classes. Its business involves the construction, modification and repair of large ships and marine engineering. The level of production equipment assembly and production management is leading in China, and the technical ability, production efficiency and production cost are among the highest in the world. More than 500 large ships are repaired and rebuilt every year, with an annual shipbuilding capacity of 8.4 million tons. It is the largest ship repairing enterprise and the most advanced shipbuilding enterprise in China. ?
COSCO Group has formed a global pattern with Beijing as the center and nine regional companies such as Hong Kong, America, Europe, Singapore, Japan, Australia, South Korea, West Asia and Africa as the radiation points. There are more than 1000 enterprises and branches in more than 50 countries and regions, and the total number of employees is about 6.5438+0.3 million, including more than 400 overseas employees and more than 4,000 foreign employees, with total assets exceeding 300 billion yuan. ?
Cosco Group is one of the first China enterprises to enter the international capital market. As early as 1993, COSCO Investment was listed on the backdoor in Singapore. At present, it holds and shares in China COSCO, COSCO Pacific, COSCO International, COSCO Investment, COSCO Shipping, CIMC, China Merchants Bank and other listed companies at home and abroad. 20 10 on may 30th, China cosco was successfully selected into the FT global 500 list published by the financial times, a famous British financial media, ranking 450th. This is the third consecutive year that China COSCO has been on the list since 2008. ?
As a multinational company in China, COSCO has long paid attention to undertaking a wide range of "corporate citizenship" responsibilities. Cosco clearly stated that its mission is "to gradually develop and establish a leading position in the fields of shipping, logistics and shipbuilding, to maintain honesty and mutual trust with customers, employees and partners, and to maximize shareholder, social and environmental returns".
200 1, cosco established an integrated management system including international environmental management system and occupational safety and health management system, becoming the first enterprise in China to obtain the certification of the three management systems.
In 2004, COSCO formally joined the United Nations "Global Compact" program, more consciously and actively practiced the ten basic principles of the "Global Compact" and strived to achieve sustainable development. COSCO Group's Sustainable Development Report has been rated as a model report by the United Nations Global Compact for four consecutive years, making it the only Asian enterprise to be listed on the model report list of the Global Compact for four consecutive years. ?
COSCO Group actively cultivates "green competitiveness" by actively fulfilling corporate social responsibility and enterprise development strategy. Its main international business index is approaching the United Nations standard of "Top 65438 Global Multinational Corporations +000", and it is gradually establishing its position as a system integrator in the fields of international shipping, logistics terminals and shipbuilding, and moving towards the century vision of "global development, harmony and win-win" and "building a century-long cosco".