COSCO EXTENDS EDI SHIP MANIFEST SYSTEM
COSCO Container Lines, the liner arm of the China Ocean
Shipping Co. group, has introduced a paperless freight manifest transmission system in
five transpacific and transatlantic liner services.
On Oct. 1, COSCO extended the use of the system to its Trans-Atlantic
Service I, Trans-Atlantic Service II, South East Asia, China Southeast and China Northeast
services.
The paperless system was initially tried on the carrier’s Far
East/Mediterranean/U.S. East Coast service.