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China Shipping Container Lines Launches Big Container ShipSHANGHAI, Jan 21, 2011 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) -- China Shipping Container Lines Co., Ltd. (SHSE: 601866) , one of the container shipping service providers in the country, kicked off the first trip of a ultra large container ship yesterday. The container ship, the most advanced in the world, is set up by a South Korea-based company. It is one of the eight container ships that the Shanghai-listed company ordered. Of all the eight container ships, of which five will be delivered within the year and the remainder two be delivered at the beginning of next year. China Shipping Container Lines has ranked the Top 10 global container liner ship company list with a shipping capacity of 500-TEU. The company operates more than 140 container ships at the moment, of which 84.2% are 4,000-TEU. It has set up a network of 81 agents and over 300 sales outlets covering more than 100 countries and territories around the world by far. Source: www.cs.com.cn (January 21, 2011) |