COSCO, China Shipping to merge Shipbuilding Units
Sources of information: Qingdao Jinhan International Logistics
Date Time: 2016-10-14
China’s two biggest State-owned shipping companies plan to merge 11 shipbuilding yards into a single entity in one of the industry’s biggest consolidation moves yet, reports Wall Street Journal.
The two companies had already combined their fleets and port operations last year to create China COSCO Holdings, the world’s fourth biggest container operator in terms of capacity.
The combination of their shipbuilding arms will create China’s third biggest shipbuilding group.
Cosco owns six yards and China Shipping Group owns five. Cosco also operates two joint-venture yards with Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. (KWHIY).
The two companies have a combined workforce of more than 25,000.
