Who owns OOCL?
OOCL is owned by COSCO Shipping Holdings (China, SSE: 601919).[1]
COSCO Shipping Holdings owns 71.07% of OOCL rather than all of it.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Annual Results 2024 presentation, COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd, 21 March 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd. (71.07% stake) reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇳 China
- Origin
- 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
- Category
- Travel & transport › Container & bulk shipping
- Parent ticker
- SSE: 601919 HKEX: 1919
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About OOCL
OOCL is the container line of Orient Overseas (International) Limited, listed in Hong Kong as 316. COSCO SHIPPING Holdings' 2024 results presentation shows it holding 71.07 percent of OOIL at 31 December 2024, and a dual-brand fleet approach with COSCO SHIPPING Lines.
Ownership timeline of OOCL
- Current owner COSCO Shipping Holdings (71.07%) [1] reported
Where OOCL sits in COSCO Shipping Holdings
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
- COSCO SHIPPING Lines
- OOCL (71.07%)
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Other brands owned by COSCO Shipping Holdings
COSCO Shipping Holdings controls 2 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in travel & transport.
Also in travel & transport
Other brands in container & bulk shipping, and who owns them
The 78 brands in container & bulk shipping on Brandtree belong to 76 owners. The largest is Bahri, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bahri Dry Bulk | Bahri | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia |
| Klaveness Combination Carriers | Klaveness | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| Navig8 | ADNOC L&S | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates |
| Ardmore Shipping | Ardmore Shipping | 🇧🇲 Bermuda |
| ESL Shipping | Aspo | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Awilco LNG | Awilco LNG | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| BW LPG | BW LPG | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
| C3is | C3is | 🇬🇷 Greece |
About the owner: COSCO Shipping Holdings
COSCO Shipping Holdings is a publicly listed company headquartered in China. Brandtree records 2 brands under its control, and it is listed as SSE: 601919 and HKEX: 1919.
COSCO SHIPPING Holdings is listed in Shanghai and Hong Kong under the codes 601919 and 1919. Its 2024 results presentation shows COSCO SHIPPING Group holding 43.92 percent and public shareholders 56.08 percent at 31 December 2024. The same slide shows the company owning 100 percent of COSCO SHIPPING Lines and 71.07 percent of OOIL, parent of OOCL, and 71.55 percent of COSCO SHIPPING Ports.
COSCO Shipping Holdings: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇭🇰 OOCL and other Hong Kong brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 45 brands that began in Hong Kong. 6 of them (13%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, OOCL among them.
- Air Hong Kong — Cathay Pacific 🇭🇰
- COSCO SHIPPING Ports — COSCO SHIPPING Ports 🇭🇰
- China Merchants Port — China Merchants Port 🇭🇰
- Chu Kong Passenger Transport — Chu Kong Shipping 🇭🇰
- Freightos — Freightos 🇪🇸
- Globavend — Globavend 🇦🇺
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of OOCL?
The parent company of OOCL is COSCO Shipping Holdings, a publicly listed company headquartered in China.
Is OOCL Hong Kong or Chinese?
OOCL originated in Hong Kong, but it is owned today by COSCO Shipping Holdings, which is headquartered in China. So OOCL is a Hong Kong-origin brand under Chinese ownership.
Is OOCL still owned by COSCO Shipping Holdings?
Yes. As of 5 October 2026, OOCL is still owned by COSCO Shipping Holdings (71.07% stake). The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Annual Results 2024 presentation — COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd., Official document, published 21 March 2025; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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