ONE Announces New Acquisition
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ONE acquires a minority stake in Dalian Container Terminal (DCT), aligning with its strategy to secure access to key regional ports. This move deepens port collaboration, highlights competition in Northeast Asia, and reflects the industry trend of integrating fleet, terminal, and digital assets for enhanced control over global shipping networks.
On December 23, Ocean Network Express (ONE) announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire a minority stake in Dalian Container Terminal (DCT).
The Dalian Container Terminal, located at Dalian Port in Liaoning Province, is the largest international container trade hub in Northeast China and a significant international container transshipment and foreign trade gateway in the Northeast Asia region. It is also one of the largest dedicated container terminals in the area. The terminal has a designed annual handling capacity of 6.6 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). It operates 14 container berths with a total quay length of 4,390 meters, and is equipped with modern handling facilities and deep-water channels capable of accommodating large container vessels. Previously, the terminal had long been operated with the participation of PSA International Pte Ltd (PSA), providing a foundation in international management. The current shareholders of Dalian Container Terminal Co., Ltd. include Dalian Container Development Co., Ltd. (holding 48.15%), PSA Dalian Port Investment Pte Ltd (holding 26%), China Shipping Terminal Development Co., Ltd. (holding 10.99%), Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) (holding 6.85%), COSCO SHIPPING Ports (Dalian) Co., Ltd. (holding 4.35%), and COSCO SHIPPING Ports Development Co., Ltd. (holding 3.66%).
ONE's acquisition of a minority stake in Dalian Container Terminal aligns with its strategy to secure port access in key regions. Hiroki Tsujii, Global Chief of Product & Network and Head of Global Product & Network Management at ONE, stated, "This minority stake acquisition is in line with our strategy of securing access to key gateway terminals. Through this shareholding, we will be able to closely collaborate with Dalian Container Terminal Co., Ltd. (DCT) and contribute to its ongoing infrastructure and Green Terminal initiatives, working together to promote the terminal's continuous infrastructure upgrades and green transformation, further consolidating Dalian's position as a crucial international trade gateway in Northeast China." As a core hub for foreign trade transshipment in the Northeast, this acquisition not only deepens the collaboration between Dalian Port and ONE but also highlights the intensifying competition for port resources in Northeast Asia. ONE's move signifies that competition in the shipping industry is evolving towards an integrated model of "vessel fleet + terminals + digitalization," where top shipping lines' synergistic control over routes and terminal resources is becoming increasingly critical. This provides an important indicator for logistics professionals to understand industry trends. Currently, it has become an industry trend for liner companies to achieve synergy through capital investment in key terminals, with giants like Maersk, MSC, and CMA CGM having similar arrangements.