Corporate
Significant Events  
2011

​Year 2011

December

OOCL was honored with the “Award for Operational Excellence 2011” by one of our major export customers in the United States, the Scoular Company, to recognize OOCL’s operational excellence in providing the best customer-centric services amongst the major carriers.
Members of the Grand Alliance and New World Alliance agreed to create one of the leading vessel networks, known as the G6 Alliance, in the Asia-Europe trade lane.
OOCL was the first ocean carrier to successfully migrate to the new Automated Commercial Environment (ACE-M1) e-Manifest system, deployed by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. This system allows carriers to be more effective in their shipment management to and within the United States.
OOCL introduced the New Zealand-Northeast Asia Express (NZN), a new fixed-day weekly service that would broaden our market coverage and provide more efficient and high quality services to customers.

October
OOCL was awarded the “Ship Operator of the Year” at the Lloyd’s List Awards, Asia 2011 presentation ceremony.
OOCL was recognized as a good corporate citizen through its contribution to the construction of Baker Park in the City of Long Beach, California, USA. A groundbreaking ceremony for the Park was held and officiated by Mr. Bob Foster, Mayor of Long Beach and Councilman Mr. James Johnson of the 7th District.

September
OOCL and Freightliner Limited announced the renewal of their ten-year contract as part of their commitment to t he strategic cooperative partnership in providing the best inter-modal solutions to customers into the next decade.
OOCL announced that two Super Post-Panamax gantry cranes will be installed at the OOCL Kaohsiung Container Terminal (KAOCT) in Kaohsiung Port, Taiwan, China, to enhance service efficiency and productivity.

August

OOIL and its subsidiaries announced a profit after tax and non-controlling interests attributable to equity holders of US$175.0 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2011.

July
OOCL’s online schedule tools were ranked as the best in the industry according to a research carried out by SeaIntel Maritime Analysis.
OOCL celebrated the christening of OOCL Canada, an 8,888 TEU vessel, at a naming ceremony held at the new Changxing Island shipyard of Hudong - Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China.

June
OOCL was awarded the “Top Ranked Carrier 2011” in the Annual Ocean Carrier Performance Survey conducted by the Agricultural Transportation Coalition, a leading and influential association formed by agriculture and forest products exporters, importers and freight forwarders in the United States.
The shipbuilder of our 8,888 TEU vessel, OOCL Beijing, won the “Shanghai Municipality’s First Class Award for Science and Technology Advancement”. She was, by far, the largest container vessel designed and constructed using advanced and innovative technologies solely developed by shipbuilder Hudong - Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd. in China.

May
OOCL entered into an agreement with NYK to charter out four of its ten 13,200 TEU vessels on order to them for a period of three years. The first charter ship will be delivered to NYK in 2013.
OOCL announced the upgrading of the Scandinavian Baltic Express (SBX) services by deploying additional vessels. The increase in overall capacity and additional port coverage show OOCL’s commitment to the growing Baltic markets.

April

The naming ceremony of OOCL Beijing, the first of the eight 8,888 TEU vessels on order from Hudong - Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd. was held in Shanghai, China.

March

OOCL signed a contract with Samsung Heavy Industries for the construction of six 13,200 TEU vessels. This marked the first newbuilding order the company has placed for mega container vessels of this size.
OOIL and its subsidiaries announced a profit attributable to shareholders for 2010 of US$1,866.8 million, compared to a loss of US$402.3 million reported for 2009.

February
OOCL demonstrated its industry leadership in innovative IT solutions with the launch of OOCL Lite iPhone App which allow users to access real time sailing schedule of vessels anytime, anywhere at their finger tips.

January

To enhance customers’ convenience, OOCL introduced “Empty Pickup Appointment (EPA)” service, the first of its kind in the shipping industry. Customers can call our hotline to make appointments prior to their empty container pickup.