OOCL expands footprint in Latin America with services in Kingston
Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), the
world’s 13th-largest container shipping company, is expanding service to
Jamaica in 2020.
OOCL’s operations will provide a weekly
service from China to Kingston, through local agent Jamaica Freight and
Shipping Company.
In a statement about its service expansion
to Kingston, which further integrates OOCL’s Trans-Pacific route to its Latin
America and Trans-Atlantic service lines, shared that it looks forward to doing
business in the island.
“[W]e take pride in our ‘We Take It
Personally’ spirit, which is ingrained in our company culture and business
processes. OOCL core values are our people, being customer-focused, providing
excellent customer service through quality and being responsible to our
community. Our staff around the world strive to meet our customer’s service
requirements on every shipment. Our consistent, reliable and high service
quality is known and enjoyed by all our customers. The best way for you to get
to know us and see that we do follow our core values is to give us an
opportunity by doing business with us,”
The Hong Kong-based global container
transportation and logistics company, just celebrating 50 years of
containerisation, has its North and South America headquarters located in Salt
Lake City, Utah.
According to its website, OOCL operates
over 100 container vessels and has more than 120 offices across 100 major
cities around the world.
OOCL, as a member of the OCEAN Alliance, provides
nearly 200 services calling 600 international ports and terminals around the
world.
Together with sister company COSCO Shipping
Line, OOCL is the third ranked globally in terms of vessel capacity.
