is about the subsidiary of orient overseas international limited . for the parent company of orient overseas container line see orient overseas international limited . this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . june 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message orient overseas container line type subsidiary industry shipping founded 1969 headquarters hong kong china parent orient overseas international limited website www.oocl.com orient overseas container line oocl is a hong kong based container shipping and logistics service company . oocl is one of the world s largest integrated international container transportation logistics and terminal companies 1 with more than 320 offices in 70 countries around the world providing 78 services covering international trading markets with a fleet of more than 300 ships including grand alliance member line vessels feeder and oocl owned and operated vessels . oocl has vessels of different classes with capacity varying from 2 500 twenty foot equivalent units teu to 13 000 teu and ice class vessels for extreme weather conditions . the grand alliance 2 was formed in 1998 . its members are hapag lloyd germany nyk japan and oocl hong kong . contents 1 liner services 2 container terminals 3 information technology 4 environmental care 5 community responsibility 6 security 7 oocl logistics 8 history 9 see also 10 references 11 external links liner services edit oocl offers around 78 weekly services around the world . linking asia europe north america the mediterranean the indian sub continent the middle east and australia new zealand the company offers transportation services to all major east west trading economies of the world . oocl is one of the leading international carriers serving china providing a full range of logistics and transportation services throughout the country . container terminals edit oocl affiliated companies own or operate dedicated container terminals in north america and asia namely long beach container terminal in california and kaoct in kaohsiung taiwan . information technology edit starting from 1993 after six years of research the group succeeded in rolling out an it system that was specially designed for the container shipping industry integrated regional information system 3 iris 2 in 1999 . iris 2 integrates the business processes of all oocl offices customers shipments and financial information into one system . oocl was a finalist for the coveted smithsonian institution award for innovation in 1999 for the groundbreaking achievements with iris 2 . iris 2 is written in gemstone s smalltalk making it one of the largest smalltalk applications in the world . 4 environmental care edit oocl was the first container shipping line in the world to have achieved the safety quality and environmental sqe management system certification which consolidates the ism code iso9001 .2000 and iso14001 requirements . oocl maintained a 100 percent compliance with the port of long beach green flag program in 2006 and 2007 . oocl donated its rebates totaling us 140 000 back to community projects and charities in long beach . oocl also complies with the qualship 21 program which identifies quality operation of non us flagged vessels and holds the most rigid safety and pollution prevention standards in the world . oocl has a had a voluntary fuel saving program in place since 2001 which is the most effective way to cut down on greenhouse gases especially co2 . initiatives to minimize fuel consumption include weather routing systems to provide shorter routes safely optimum trim balance of cargo and minimum ballast water fuel injections and exhaust valve timing control for better efficiency shaft generator and exhaust gas economizer for generating electricity regular maintenance to keep the ship clean and free of marine growths such as barnacles algae and mollusks . this maintenance includes polishing the propeller and hull and monitoring engine performance . oocl conducted a shore power study in 2003 and a sea water scrubber study in 2005 in order to compile different ways to reduce emissions at both port and sea . in 1992 five years in advance of the montreal protocol an international treaty designed to protect the earth s ozone layer oocl chose to change the design of its refrigerated container machinery in order to eliminate the production of cfcs chlorofluorocarbons . today oocl only uses cfc free refrigerants in all its reefer containers . oocl voluntarily complied eight months early with the port of long beach clean truck program . from 1 jan 2008 oocl stopped using pre 1989 trucks for all port moves between southern californian terminals and off dock rail ramps again helping to reduce emissions . community responsibility edit the tung oocl scholarship was set up in 1995 to support the continued education of young people . currently the tung oocl scholarship comprises two programs university scholarship program china and employee s children scholarship program . the university scholarships have been established in six universities . they are tsinghua university peking university fudan university shanghai jiaotong university zhejiang university and nanjing university . since the establishment of the scholarship more than 2 500 undergraduate and post graduate students have been awarded scholarships with more than us 2.3 million in funding . every year a selection panel is set up in each university to shortlist potential candidates based on academic results and performance plus active participation in extracurricular activities . based on the same selection criteria the employees children scholarship is awarded annually to the children of employees in all oocl offices in all countries and regions . oocl also participates in many other types of community support with worthy purposes . one of the major and on going projects that oocl is involved in is project hope health opportunities for people everywhere . oocl is assisting with the transportation of the latest diagnostic medical equipment and supplies from the united states donated by global corporations to shanghai children s hospital china . oocl sponsors many musicals and shows visiting the asia pacific region including cats phantom of the opera we will rock you swan lake on ice musical moments and chitty chitty bang bang . security edit oocl participates in the customs trade partnership against terrorism program c tpat which is a voluntary government business initiative to build cooperative relationships that strengthen and improve overall international supply chain and u.s. border security . oocl also complies with the international ship and port facility security code isps code . the isps code states that as threat increases the only logical counteraction is to reduce vulnerability . subsequently ships will be subject to a system of survey verification certification and control to ensure that their security measures are implemented . this system will be based on a considerably expanded control system as stipulated in the 1974 convention for safety of life at sea solas . oocl also complies with the container security initiative csi and the us customs 24 hour advance cargo manifest declaration rule . 5 oocl logistics edit oocl logistics ltd. oll the ooil group s international freight consolidation and logistics service unit began in 1979 . services extend from basic freight consolidation services to the management and operation of more comprehensive programs involving multi modal transportation warehousing and distribution activities . history edit an oocl vessel passing by ct9 container terminal 9 in hong kong an oocl container ship on the elbe in hamburg germany . oocl was founded by c. y. tung in 1947 as the orient overseas line . it changed its name to orient overseas container line in 1969 when it began the process of containerization . in 1969 oocl was the first asian shipping line to transport containerized cargo across the pacific and in doing so changed the face of global trade in the asia pacific region . at its peak oocl had a shipping fleet with over 150 freight ships with a cargo capacity exceeding 10 million tons ; it was one of the world s top seven shipping lines . at one stage it also owned the seawise giant the largest ship ever built . the founder of oocl the late c. y. tung dreamed of creating the first international chinese merchant fleet . in 1947 he achieved that dream when the first ship with all chinese crews reached the atlantic coast of the usa and europe . regular cargo and passenger services were subsequently developed under the name of orient overseas line . when containerization began in 1969 the company was renamed orient overseas container line . in those days victory class vessels could carry 300 teu a far cry from today s post panamax vessels that ply the world s oceans . in april 2003 oocl took delivery of the sx class oocl shenzhen 6 then the largest containership ever built at 8 063 teu 2006 it was passed by emma m rsk . after c. y. tung s death in 1982 c. h. tung assumed the leadership of orient overseas international limited ooil oocl s parent company for 14 years . in 1996 c. c. tung took over at the helm on his brother c. h. tung s election as chief executive of the hong kong special administrative region . in september 1970 tung purchased the famous oceanliner rms queen elizabeth to convert it into a floating university to be known as seawise university in his efforts to keep the world campus afloat program alive . on 9 january 1972 the ship caught fire during refurbishing and sank into hong kong s victoria harbour and the wreckage had to be scrapped three years later . in 2003 oocl lost one of its senior executives courtenay allan who was at the time its transatlantic trade director . courtenay died after falling down a lift shaft on one of its ships the oocl montreal in le havre . 7 in 2007 the case has moved on where the french authorities are investigating in various jurisdictions around the world to establish the facts behind the case . various initiatives by the allan family have included a visit to hong kong with c. c. tung chairman of oocl in december 2006 . there are many other shipping companies whose history has become part of oocl by absorption . these include furness withy houlder brothers manchester liners shaw savill psnc prince line & the alexander shipping company . 8 in 2015 oocl ordered six of the largest container ships holding up to 20.150 teu each . 9 see also edit nautical portal companies portal hong kong portal tung chao yung seawise giant orient overseas international limited furness withy houlder brothers shaw savill pacific steam navigation company manchester liners top intermodal container companies list references edit oocl career opportunities grand alliance google search information technology oocl.com oocl success story gemstone customer advisories oocl.com oocl shenzhen oocl.com we ll never let the chinese hide the truth about our father s horrific death say grieving sons the daily mail history of oocl oocl.com stensvold tore 10 april 2015 . samsung setter ny rekord for containerskip igjen samsung sets new record again . teknisk ukeblad . retrieved 10 april 2015 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to orient overseas container line . oocl official website history of oocl ooil group oocl logistics grand alliance service center retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title orient overseas container line & oldid 738904478 categories shipping companies of hong kongcontainer shipping companiestransport companies established in 19691969 establishments in hong konghong kong brandshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from june 2016all articles 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