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CNCo

The China Navigation Company Limited (CNCo), founded in 1872, operates liner shipping services to over 120 international ports and is actively involved in container and dry bulk chartering on a worldwide basis.

CNCo's managed services include Bank Line (round the world); Chief Container Service (Australia to/from New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands); Greater Bali Hai (North Asia to/from the South Pacific Islands); Indotrans (Southeast Asia, India, Saudi Arabia

Ye olde Erradale, CNCo's 162,000 DWT
bulk carrier

to/from East Coast/Gulf USA and Canada); Indotrans Pacific (Australia and New Zealand to/from USA/ Canada West Coast and Pacific Islands); Tasman Orient Line (New Zealand, Fiji and New Caledonia to/from Southeast, East and North Asia).

Associated CNCo liner trades include Paradise Service (Japan, Korea to/from Papua New Guinea) and Polynesia Line (United States to/from the Pacific Islands).

China Navigation is also jointly responsible for line management of Tasman Asia (New Zealand from/to NE Asia) and New Zealand Orient Line (NZ from/to SE Asia).

Total vessels operated: 45
Owned vessels: 14
Fleet: 13 multi-purpose liners; one bulk carrier. In addition, two multi-purpose liners jointly owned with MOL

Representative offices located in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, USA, UK, India.

                  - Swire Group Fast Facts, as at June 2006.

CNCo's own new and comprehensive site in the cyber seas is at www.cnco.com.hk   Go there for all the latest news! Don't go to www.chinanav.com which is falling to bits and which someone has forgotten to take off the Internet.

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