COSCO Shipping International (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd., stylized as COSCO SHIPPING International, and formerly COSCO International Holdings Limited, is a Hong Kong listed company and an indirect subsidiary of

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. It engages in ship trading and supplying services. It is headquartered in

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and it is listed in the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK) since 1992. COSCO Shipping International (Hong Kong) is incorporated in

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, as an

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. It is a

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company.

History

The company became a listed company since 1992. The company was known as Shun Shing Holdings and then COSCO International and currently COSCO Shipping International (Hong Kong).

Shun Shing Holdings

Shun Shing Holdings is a company incorporated on 9 September 1991 in

and registered as a "foreign company" in Hong Kong in 1992. On 11 February 1992, Shun Shing Holdings became a listed company. It is a parent company of a Hong Kong-based

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, Shun Shing Construction & Engineering (or in short, ; ). Shun Shing Construction had Singapore branch in the past. The Singapore unit formed a joint venture with Low Keng Huat and was awarded a contract as a main contractor for a residential housing estate project in 1994. In 1997, the listed company was acquired by

China Ocean Shipping (Group) Corporation China Ocean Shipping Company, Limited, formerly China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company, commonly known for its abbreviated name COSCO Group, or simply, COSCO, is a former Chinese Government owned shipping and logistics services supplier compan ...

(COSCO). The listed company suffered from an accounting scandal afterwards, as the new external auditors employed by the new owner, failed to discover the accounting irregularity made by the previous ownership. The scandal later led to

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(HKICPA) sue its own sub-committee. HKICPA once start a disciplinary investigation on the auditors but the sub-committee cancelled it. HKICPA demanded in the court to authorize themselves to re-elect a new board for the sub-committee, and restart the disciplinary investigation .

COSCO Shipping International (Hong Kong)

In 1997 the listed company was acquired by the Hong Kong division of

(COSCO). After the acquisition, the listed company, known as COSCO International at that time, engaged in real estate, civil construction and provides services for ship. It also sold paints to shipping companies as well as a provider of marine insurance. In 2001, COSCO International was the developer of Broadview Court, a public housing estates in Wong Chuk Hang (

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). The client of the project is the

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, while the estate was sold to the general public as part of the

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. In 2005, the listed company sold eight floors of

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, an office building, to its direct parent company, COSCO (Hong Kong), for HK$1.4

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. In February 2007, the listed company sold its former main business, Shun Shing Construction, to the parent company. COSCO International was a shareholder of a fellow listed company, fellow land developer,

Sino-Ocean Group Sino-Ocean Group Holding Limited is an investment holding company that engages in the property investment and development activities in the People's Republic of China. The company develops real estate projects such as mid to high-end residential p ...

. However, it was announced to sell of their shareholding in 2010. At that time, COSCO International was the second largest shareholder of Sino-Ocean Group for 16.85% stake. In 2015, the ultimate parent company, COSCO, merged with

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to become

China COSCO Shipping China COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited, abbreviated as COSCO Shipping, is a Chinese state-owned multinational conglomerate headquartered in Shanghai. The group is focused on marine transportation services. COSCO Shipping was established in J ...

, or known as COSCO Shipping. Thus, the listed company was renamed into COSCO Shipping International (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.. In 2018, the company acquired a manufacturer of marine paint as part of a vertical integration strategy of the company.

Shareholders

COSCO Shipping International (Hong Kong) is a listed company. As of November 2020, the market capitalization is HK$4

(Not yet

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adjusted). ,

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, COSCO Shipping (Hong Kong), is the parent company of COSCO Shipping International, which owns 66.12% shares of COSCO Shipping International (Hong Kong). COSCO Shipping (Hong Kong) is in turn parented by Mainland China incorporated

China Ocean Shipping Company China Ocean Shipping Company, Limited, formerly China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company, commonly known for its abbreviated name COSCO Group, or simply, COSCO, is a former Chinese Government owned shipping and logistics services supplier compan ...

(COSCO) and ultimately,

(COSCO Shipping). COSCO Shipping is one of the entity that was supervised by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) of the

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, making COSCO Shipping International qualifies for one of the criteria of red chip. Fellow listed companies

COSCO Shipping Ports COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, stylized as COSCO SHIPPING Ports is a Hong Kong listed company and investor in ports. The company is formerly known as COSCO Pacific Limited and was an indirect subsidiary of China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSC ...

, COSCO Shipping Holdings, COSCO Shipping Development, COSCO Shipping Energy, COSCO Shipping International (Singapore), are sister companies of COSCO Shipping International (Hong Kong). None of them are shareholders/subsidiaries of COSCO Shipping International (Hong Kong). COSCO Shipping International (Singapore) privatized fellow listed company Cogent Holdings in 2017, but not COSCO Shipping International (HK).

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