From 1964 to 12, cosco purchased the freighter "Shuguang" with bank loans for the first time in accordance with international practice. This makes COSCO the first shipping company in China to use bank loans to develop ocean-going fleet. Since then, COSCO has started to develop its own ocean-going fleet in accordance with the model of "buying a ship with loans and repaying the loan with profits". After more than 40 years' development, the fleet size and profitability have increased by nearly a thousand times: from a shipping company with more than 40,000 tons to a world-leading shipping company. Cosco people have made great contributions to the national economic development.
1967 in may, the "Dunhuang" of cosco Guangzhou branch set sail from Huangpu for western Europe, marking the opening of the first international liner route in new China. The 1960s and 1970s witnessed the large-scale development of COSCO's fleet. By the end of 1975, the total tonnage of COSCO's fleet had exceeded 5 million tons. During this period, it grew by a huge number of nearly one million tons per year, which attracted the attention of international shipping peers.
China's first container liner, the "Pingxiang City" of COSCO Shanghai Branch, set sail from Shanghai Port on September 26th, 0978 for Sydney Port, Australia. It marks the official start of ocean container transportation in China.
1979 In March, COSCO signed an agreement with Japan's Ino Shipping Co., Ltd. to hire COSCO crew in Beijing, and the labor export business of COSCO Corporation officially started. This is also the first time that seafarers have been sent abroad since the founding of New China.
1979 April 18, COSCO Shanghai Branch "Linhai Liu" set sail from Shanghai and arrived in Seattle, USA. This is the first China merchant ship to arrive at an American port after the founding of New China. Since then, China-US maritime transport routes that were interrupted immediately after the founding of New China have been resumed.
On June 8th, 1987, the computer command and dispatch center of Guangzhou Ocean Shipping Company, a subsidiary of China Ocean Shipping Corporation, was officially put into operation, marking the beginning of the computer command era of ship dispatching and transportation production of China International Shipping Company.
1988165438+1On October 29th, COSCO Group acquired the British shares of Zhonghao Shipping Agency Co., Ltd., making it a wholly-owned company of COSCO in the UK, and changed its name to COSCO (UK) Co., Ltd. with the approval of the Ministry of Communications on August 6th.1 This is the first wholly foreign-owned company in COSCO. Since then, COSCO Group has started the course of transnational operation.
199265438+On February 25th, the State Planning Commission, the State Commission for Economic Restructuring and the the State Council Economic and Trade Office approved the renaming of China Ocean Shipping Corporation as China Ocean Shipping (Group) Corporation, and agreed to establish China Ocean Shipping Group (hereinafter referred to as COSCO Group) with China Ocean Shipping (Group) Corporation as the core enterprise. 1993 February 16 cosco group was established in Beijing.
1 On March 20th, 1995, COSCO signed a contract with Shanghai Hudong Shipyard to build three 27,000-ton bulk carriers and170,000-ton bulk carriers in Hong Kong. This is the first time that COSCO has used foreign financing and domestic construction to build ships with flags of convenience.
1 February, 9981day, approved by the State Economic and Trade Commission, State Taxation Administration of The People's Republic of China and the State General Administration of Customs, the technical center of COSCO (Group) Corporation officially became a national technical center.
1March 4, 998 to1March 9, 9, president Chen Zhongbiao attended the Ninth National People's Congress in Beijing as a deputy to the National People's Congress, which was the first NPC representative since the establishment of COSCO Group.
On March 20th, 1998, Shanghai Zhongcheng Industrial Co., Ltd. was officially renamed as COSCO Development Co., Ltd., which marked that the first domestic holding company of COSCO Group entered the capital market by backdoor listing.
20001From October 23rd to February 2nd, Wei Jiafu, President of COSCO Group, visited Switzerland and Germany and attended the 30th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. At this meeting, COSCO Group was formally accepted as a full member of the World Economic Forum. This is also the first time that China enterprises have been accepted as full members of the World Economic Forum.
On May 8, 2000, Long Beach Port held an award ceremony for Chen Zhongbiao, the chairman of COSCO Group, at Hyatt Regency Hotel. The "Long Beach Harbor Navigator Honor Award" was awarded to 66 famous political and shipping leaders, including former US President Ronald Reagan and Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa.
On July 25th, 2000/kloc-0, COSCO (Group) Corporation successfully passed the ISO 900 1: 2000 quality management system, ISO 14000 environmental management system and OHSASI 800/kloc-0 jointly developed by China Classification Society Quality Certification Company, Norwegian Classification Society and National Occupational Safety and Health System Certification Center.
On June 8th, 2002, 65438+20021October 8th, China Ocean Logistics Company was announced to be established in Beijing. The re-established China Ocean Shipping Logistics Company has eight regional companies: Dalian, Beijing, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Guangzhou and Wuhan.
On April 18, 2002, COSCO Shipping A shares began to be listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, marking the official landing of COSCO Group's core shipping business in China capital market.
On June 8th, 2002, Wei Jiafu, President of COSCO Group, attended the 16th National Congress of China * * * Production Party as an official representative. On June 5th, 2005, president Wei Jiafu was elected as a member of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
On March 3, 2003, Zhang Fusheng, Party Secretary and Vice President of COSCO (Group) Corporation, was elected as a deputy to the National People's Congress and attended the first session of the National People's Congress as a non-voting member.
On March 2004 1, COSCO Investment (Singapore) was promoted to be a constituent stock (blue chip) of Shanghai Stock Exchange.
On March 9th, 2004, President Wei Jiafu was awarded the title of "Port Navigator". Established by Long Beach Port Authority 1954, this award is specially awarded to celebrities who have made outstanding contributions to the development of foreign trade and maritime transportation in Long Beach Port and California.
On July, 2004 15 ~ 16, "The First International Maritime Conference 2004 (China)" was held in Beijing. The meeting was co-sponsored by China Ocean Shipping (Group) Corporation, China Ocean Shipping Announcement and British Drewry Shipping Consulting Company.