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Cross - Ocean B.V. (ID: 1478)
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Cross-Ocean B.V. is a Sino-Dutch joint venture Shipping Agency company, representing China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO), Beijing in the Netherlands. Established in 1980 between COSCO and Royal Vopak N.V., Cross-Ocean B.V. also represents China Ocean Shipping Container Lines Co. Ltd. (COSCON), Shanghai in Dutch ports. COSCON currently owns 118 container vessels totaling some 210 thousand TEU, among which 6 post - panamax full container vessels with a capacity of 5446 TEU each. With over 20 main shipping routes connecting 100 and more ports on the globe, COSCON ranks among the top 7 global shipping companies. Besides services to Japan, Taiwan and USA, COSCON operates weekly fixed day full container services to and from Europe to Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Qingdao, Yantian, Xingang and Ningbo. Cross-Ocean B.V. takes care of COSCON s marketing, pricing and global contracting as well as full logistics services for container goods moving from and to Europe to the Far East and Asia. With excellent connections in Chinese ports and hinterland destinations Cross-Ocean B.V., through COSCO s extensive network and freight offices in China, can offer expert information to the market on the moving of goods from and to China. COSCON has a leading position in the port of Rotterdam and is continuously expanding its global reach either under its own directives or in close cooperation with other container lines. Recently an announcement was published whereby COSCO, K-LINE, YANG MING and HANJIN have expressed their intention to form an alliance in order to optimize each carrier s assets and rationalization of their services. By doing so they intend to create the most competitive and highest quality service available to the shipping market. The joint venture Cross-Ocean B.V. is instrumental in creating the right conditions for COSCON to operate this high quality service in the port of Rotterdam. Cross - Ocean B.V.