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Orient Overseas (International) Limited (OOIL) is a Hong Kong,
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holding company involved in international transportation and logistics, and property investment and
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. It is the
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of Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), one of the world's largest container shipping companies.


History


Orient Overseas

Founder of Orient Overseas, Tung Chao-yung, operated the first all-Chinese crewed ship between Hong Kong and Europe and the east coast of the United States in 1947. However, Tung Chao-yung already established his Hong Kong operation in 1937. He was the vice-president of Shipowners Association in Tianjin at that time. Tung Chao-yung then named the company Orient Overseas Line. In 1969, the business was renamed as Orient Overseas Container Line. The holding company of the group, Orient Overseas Container (Holdings) Limited, was incorporated on 27 February 1973. It was a listed company in Hong Kong, and Kam Ngan stock exchanges since May 1973. These exchanges were merged in 1986. Jardine Matheson was a minority shareholder of the listed company. In 1973, Orient Overseas Line purchased passenger liner '' SS President Cleveland'' and renamed ''Oriental President''. In 1974, Orient Overseas Container (Holdings) acquired a bulk freighter company from the Tung family's C.Y. Tung Group, for HK$43 million. In 1976, the listed company acquired additional assets from the Tung family, including two container ships and 33% shares of another container shipping company,
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. In 1980, Orient Overseas Container (Holdings) acquired a British shipping company, Furness, Withy & Co. Shortly before the death of Tung Chao-yung in 1982,
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, his eldest son, succeeded to be the chairman of Orient Overseas. In 1983, Orient Overseas Container (Holdings) Limited, was renamed to Orient Overseas (Holdings) Limited.Hong Kong Companies Registry In February 1986, Orient Overseas (Holdings) Limited submitted a plan to the creditors for re-structuring the group of companies, including the formation of a new business unit centered on Orient Overseas Container Line Limited. In October,
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cancelled the application to the court on liquidate Orient Overseas. Orient Overseas was suspended in the
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(SEHK) due to its financial problem, which the suspension was lifted in February 1987. In the same year, Orient Overseas announced to consider to close down the oil drilling business unit. In November, the group announced to sell some subsidiaries of group, such as Kuwait Hong Kong General Insurance and others companies. The insurance and oil drilling businesses were acquired by
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. In May 1988, Orient Overseas acquired additional stakes in the Terminal No. 2, 4 and 6 of
Kwai Tsing Container Terminals Kwai Tsing Container Terminals is the main port facilities in the reclamation along Rambler Channel between Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong. It evolved from four berths of Kwai Chung Container Port () completed in the 1970s. It later ...
from
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Limited.


Orient Overseas (International) Limited

Orient Overseas (International) Limited (OOIL), was incorporated in Bermuda on 29 July 1986. Some time later, it became the new holding company of the group. OOIL became a listed company on 31 July 1992. OOIL's predecessor, Orient Overseas (Holdings) Limited (OOHL), ceased to become a listed company in the same year. Each OOHL's share is offered 1.08431411 shares of OOIL in exchange. Orient Overseas (Holdings) was deregistered and dissolved in 2005. The listed company also sold the stake in Furness Withy and the Kwai Tsing Container Terminals during its restructuring. The company paid dividend again in 1994, the first time since the restructuring. In 1996, Tung Chee-chen, Tung Chao-yung's younger son and Tung Chee-wah's younger brother, took over the chairman position of OOIL, since Tung Chee-wah's election as Chief Executive of Hong Kong. In 2006, Orient Overseas sold four container terminals to the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. In July 2017, OOIL received a US$6.3 billion take over bid from its Chinese rival,
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. The bid has been accepted by the Tung family, subject to shareholder and regulatory approval. The takeover was completed in 2018. In April 2019, OOIL sold a container terminal in Long Beach to Macquarie Group for US$1.78 billion. In May 2019,
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was denied to lease Wall Street Plaza, an office building located in New York. The building is owned by Orient Overseas' subsidiary, Orient Overseas Associates.


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* {{Hang Seng Index Conglomerate companies of Hong Kong Logistics companies of China Shipping companies of Hong Kong Shipping companies of Bermuda Transport companies established in 1947 1947 establishments in Hong Kong Transport companies established in 1986 1986 establishments in Hong Kong Companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange COSCO Shipping Offshore companies of Bermuda