China COSCO, Vale sign agreement on iron ore shipping

China COSCO, Vale sign agreement on iron ore shipping

Source: www.chinamining.org         Citation: Xinhua     Date: March 21, 2016

China COSCO Shipping Corp Ltd and Brazilian miner Vale on Friday signed an agreement on iron ore shipping, the latest cooperation between the two companies.

COSCO`s subsidiary China Ore Shipping will ship around 16 million tons of iron ore for Vale annually for the next 27 years.

 China COSCO Shipping Corporation is a new company formed by the restructuring of China`s top two shipping firms, officially established in February.

By amalgamating COSCO and China Shipping, the new conglomerate has the world`s largest total shipping capacity and the fourth biggest container fleet.

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