By the end of January 2026, COSCO SHIPPING Lines owned and operated 453 container vessels with a total capacity of approximately 2.5 million TEUs 

COSCO SHIPPING Lines and Orient Overseas Container Line owned and operated 591 container vessels with a total capacity of 3.6 million TEUs

The Chinese shipping company Cosco has announced that it has reopened container bookings to some Persian Gulf countries after they were interrupted for three weeks due to the war against Iran waged by the US and Israel. Despite Tehran allowing some Chinese vessels stranded in the Gulf to pass through, the Shanghai-based state-owned company was among several shipping groups that suspended operations in the Strait of Hormuz. 

Following Iranian announcements that "non-hostile" 

Following Iranian announcements that "non-hostile" vessels will be permitted to transit the Strait, Cosco has decided to resume new container bookings for general cargo shipments from the Far East to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Iraq with immediate effect. However, no details have been provided regarding voyages out of the Gulf.

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Cosco specified that “the new booking arrangements and actual transportation are subject to change due to the unstable situation in the Middle East region”.

About :COSCO SHIPPING Lines 

COSCO SHIPPING Lines was formed with the integrated container businesses of COSCO Container Lines Co., Ltd. and China SHIPPING Container Lines CO., Ltd.. It commenced operation on 1st March 2016 with a registered capital of RMB23.664 billion. Its registered address is Hongkou District in Shanghai. The Company is mainly engaged in domestic and international container shipping services and related businesses. The Company is one of COSCO Shipping Group’s core business segments.

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COSCO SHIPPING Lines is headquartered in Shanghai with 28 divisions. The Company established 9 domestic branches located in Dalian, Tianjin, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, South China, Hainan and Wuhan respectively, and 9 overseas branches in Europe, North America, Southeast Asia, West Asia, South America, Australia, Japan, South Korea and Africa respectively. By the end of January 2026, COSCO SHIPPING Lines had a total of 273 corporate enterprises in China. The Company employs approximately 17,100 employees globally, including 5,357 overseas employees.

By the end of January 2026

By the end of January 2026, COSCO SHIPPING Lines owned and operated 453 container vessels with a total capacity of approximately 2.5 million TEUs (COSCO SHIPPING Lines and Orient Overseas Container Line owned and operated 591 container vessels with a total capacity of 3.6 million TEUs, leading the industry in terms of shipping capacity). The Company operates 422 international and domestic shipping routes, including 275 international routes (including international feeder services), 62 domestic routes, and 85 feeder routes along the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River. The Company’s fleet has called 656 ports located in 146 countries and regions worldwide.

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