---- Ein LKW-Transporte einen Behälter mit Cosco auf einem Kai am Hafen der Stadt Rizhao Rizhao in der ostchinesischen Provinz Shandong, 5. April 2014. Shippi
--FILE--A truck transports a container of COSCO on a quay at the Port of Rizhao in Rizhao city, east China's Shandong province, 5 April 2014. Shipping and port giant China Cosco Holdings Co. is set to order at least 10 container megaships, joining an array of competitors in their quest to dominate the world's busiest ocean trade routes, people with direct knowledge of the matter said Tuesday (7 April 2015). The so-called Triple-E vessels, which can move 19, 000 containers each, will be ordered from a Chinese yard and will cost around $1.4 billion in total. "Cosco is in the final process of choosing among five Chinese yards and we may get the firm order by the end of May, " one of the people said. "The ships will be deployed in the Asia-to-Europe trade loop." A second person said Cosco had so far been reluctant to follow bigger competitorsªincluding the Maersk Line unit of Denmark's A.P. M?ller-M?rsk A/S, and Swiss-based Mediterranean Shipping Co.ªthat already have a number of such behemoths in their fleet.
