A roaring start to the new year! China Minmetals and Vale's collaborative freight volume surpasses 100 million tons

Meanwhile, for the 325K ore carriers in operation, China Mining Transportation focuses on lean management and meticulous operation, scientifically and reasonably optimizing the ship's oil and water reserves, overcoming the influence of ship constants and cargo loading, striving to improve the ship's cargo loading capacity, and ensuring that the customer's cargo transportation volume per ship and voyage exceeds 318,000 tons, helping customers improve terminal operating efficiency and annual mine output.

Adhering to Customer First to Provide Superior Service

China Mining Transportation has always followed the overall strategic deployment of the Group and the Bulk Shipping Headquarters, actively promoting the "major customer" strategy, building a customer service platform, innovating and expanding service measures, striving to improve operational levels, and continuously providing customers with "professional, customized, and personalized" services. In response to the IMO 2020 sulfur cap and the rising cost of low-sulfur fuel, customers requested the installation of desulfurization equipment on China Mining Transportation's ore carriers, subject to compliance with international environmental regulations and relevant international conventions. After understanding the customer's needs, China Mining Transportation actively conducted scientific assessments of relevant technologies and equipment, and collaborated with customers to compare and analyze relevant equipment, manufacturers, and shipyards to determine the optimal desulfurization technology solution and promote ship yard modifications. China Mining Transportation also actively collaborated with relevant units and ships to provide maintenance and use training for the installed desulfurization equipment, improving the meticulousness of daily maintenance, helping customers reduce maintenance costs and consumption. In addition, China Mining Transportation collaborated with customers to implement the concept of green development and share social responsibility, actively exploring and promoting carbon reduction, emission reduction, and energy efficiency improvement work for its ships. Due to the impact of the rainy season in the first half of the year in Brazilian loading ports, the moisture content of the shipped goods was relatively high. Based on the principle of serving major strategic customers, and considering the operational safety and risk control of the ships, China Mining Transportation actively cooperated with and met the customer's needs for shipping iron ore with special moisture content, and assisted the customer's terminal in conducting flexible loading tests for rainy season cargo, improving and perfecting the corresponding cargo loading process. From 2020 to the present, at the request of customers, China Mining Transportation, with the concerted efforts of relevant departments of the Bulk Shipping Headquarters, has safely and successfully completed 27 voyages of transporting iron ore with special moisture content, receiving positive feedback and recognition from customers.

Since its establishment, China Mining Transportation has actively responded to customer needs, overcome the challenges of the epidemic and technology, and made every effort to overcome difficulties, repeatedly breaking records for the maximum cargo volume, maximum deadweight tonnage, and maximum draft of ultra-large dry bulk carriers calling at various ports, achieving multiple "firsts" for its ships while further consolidating the value foundation of serving customers and achieving win-win results for all parties.

June 30, 2015

The Yuanzhuo Ocean's first voyage became the first VALEMAX to call at Qingdao Dongjiakou Port;

June 11, 2021

The Yuansui Ocean's sixth voyage became the first VALEMAX to load iron ore with special moisture content in the rain;

July 6, 2021

The Yuanjian Ocean's 23rd voyage became the first VALEMAX to make a heavy-load direct voyage to Caofeidian Port;

September 22, 2022

The Yuangin Ocean's 13th voyage became the first VALEMAX with a full load draft of 23 meters to enter the Bohai Bay and call at Caofeidian Port, opening up a new deep-water channel in the Bohai Sea.

Culture Empowers Long Voyages, Building a Responsible Enterprise

In 2020, the Yuanshen Ocean won the International Maritime Organization (IMO) "Special Award for Bravery at Sea." This vessel, along with the Hai Zhu Rong Wang, showed bravery and skill in rescuing a distressed fishing vessel and Australian seafarers, demonstrating superb professional skills, good teamwork, and high international humanitarian spirit, showcasing the company's responsibility and commitment in times of emergency. China Mining Transportation works with the best, aligning with international standards, actively fostering a progressive corporate culture, building strong team cohesion, continuously strengthening the cooperation foundation between the Group, the Bulk Shipping Headquarters, and customers, and striving to build a stable, efficient, and professional operational cooperation platform for mutual benefit and win-win results.

At the same time, China Mining Transportation, together with Vale, overcame the adverse effects of internal and external factors intertwined since the COVID-19 pandemic, and shared social responsibility. During the COVID-19 pandemic, with the understanding and support of customers, China Mining Transportation and the ship management department completed a total of 130 voyages and crew changes for more than 3,000 crew members, achieving zero infections among crew members on board. The company and its customers' mutual assistance demonstrated their commitment to caring for seafarers.

Riding the momentum, a thousand sails compete; spurring our horses, we journey ten thousand miles. COSCO SHIPPING Lines' China Minerals Transportation, in cooperation with its client Vale, has achieved a breakthrough of over 100 million tons of cargo transportation. This is a milestone, but also a new starting point. Facing a new era of coexisting opportunities and challenges, China Minerals Transportation will forge ahead with determination and innovation, continuously improving service quality, enhancing customer loyalty, and bravely facing and overcoming difficulties. In the struggle of this new era, we will strive to win the initiative, gain the advantage, and secure the future.