Corporate
Significant Events  
2012

Year 2012

December

OOCL Kaohsiung Container Terminal achieved a monumental increase in throughput of 1.3 million TEU in 2012,

a record growth rate of 24.7%.

November

OOCL was honoured in receiving the “Liner Trade Award for Australia – North East Asia” and “Environmental Transport Award” at the Lloyd’s List Australia Shipping and Maritime Industry Awards ceremony. OOCL also came highly commended in the category of “Liner Trade for Australia – Europe.”
The G6 Alliance announced their commitment to the Scandinavian market by offering a dedicated shuttle service from Germany to Gothenburg in Sweden.

October

OOCL won the “Container Line of the Year” award in the Gujarat-Far East trade lane, the first time that OOCL

has won such an award from the Daily Shipping Times in India.

September

OOCL Logistics entered into a business partnership with one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-tech materials, Bayer MaterialScience China, to provide them with supply chain logistics management services which include improving their operational efficiency.
OOCL introduced a new service to the Intra-Europe network, the Scan Baltic Express 3 (SBX3), as part of the SBX suite. The SBX3 complements the Baltic network by offering a comprehensive coverage between Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Lithuania, Finland and Sweden.

August

OOIL and its subsidiaries announced a profit attributable to equity holders of US$116.8 million for the six-month period ended 30th June 2012.
OOCL introduced a new service to the Intra-Asia network, the KTX5, as part of the KTX Suite. The KTX5 provides a comprehensive supplement to it s service network in the KTX Suite by covering Taiwan, Hong Kong, Xiamen and Japan.

July
Mr. Andy Tung, previously the Chief Operating Officer of OOCL, succeeded Mr. Philip Chow as the new Chief Executive Officer of the company effective 1st July 2012.

June

OOCL successfully received certification on the accuracy and transparency of its environmental data disclosure in an audit conducted by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) Consulting, using the internationally recognised and accepted Clean Cargo Working Group verification standard.
The first annual Sustainability Report was launched, signifying an important milestone in the Group’s sustainable development agenda and demonstrating its long-term commitment to corporate sustainability, transparency and accountability.
OOCL Brisbane, OOCL Hamburg, OOCL Rotterdam, and OOCL Tokyo were presented with the “Hong Kong Voluntary Observing Ship Awards” by the Hong Kong Observatory to recognize the vessel’s important contributions to providing marine climatological data needed to help identify prevailing weather conditions for preparing forecasts and warnings to the maritime community.
OOCL was recognised as a “Top Carrier 2012” by US agriculture and forest product exporters and importers from all over the world in the US Agriculture Transportation Coalition Annual Survey.

May
The grand opening of OOCL (Mexico) SA was held in Jardines en la Montana (Garden of the Mountain), Mexico City on 11th May 2012.
A commemorative Golden Pile event was held by OOCL and the Port of Long Beach to celebrate the kick off of the Middle Harbor Redevelopment Project in Long Beach on 14th May 2012.

April

OOCL and the Port of Long Beach signed an agreement for a 40 year lease of the Middle Harbor container terminal to OOCL on 3rd April 2012.
OOCL was proud to be honoured with two awards from the Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association in the categories of “e-Business” and “Region Carrier of the Year”.

March

OOCL announced the grand opening of OOCL Logistics Warehouse (Shanghai) Ltd. at the Lingang Logistics Park in Shanghai on 7th March 2012.
OOCL was presented with the “Green Award” by the Marine Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government and Hong Kong Shipowners Association in recognising our consistent efforts and dedication to taking a green approach in our business.
With the mission to promote maritime education and supporting the role that Chinese seafarers play in the world’s maritime transportation and logistics industry, OOCL announced the grand opening of the OOCL Maritime Academy and the International Seaman Training Centre in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, China.
OOIL and its subsidiaries announced a profit attributable to shareholders for 2011 of US$181.6 million, despite the deterioration in trading conditions over the course of 2011.

February
With our long history of support in education, OOCL sponsored the “Books for Asia program” organised by the Asia Foundation, distributing thousands of new books to students in need from 9 developing countries across Asia.
Members of the G6 Alliance announced their groundbreaking cooperation in the Asia-Europe trade to begin on the first week of March.
OOCL announced a new China-Bangkok Service to further extend its service network between China, Thailand, and Vietnam.

January

A steel cutting ceremony was held on 3rd January 2012 for the first of OOCL’s 13,200-TEU newbuild, in a line of 10 ordered from the Samsung Shipyard. The vessels will be the largest in the OOCL fleet.