OOCL
OOCL (legal entity Orient Overseas Container Line Limited) is a global mainline operator headquartered in Hong Kong. Founded in 1969, the line has spent 57 years building out its container service network and today operates a fleet of 105 vessels under the SCAC code OOLU. Total operated capacity stands near 855,000 TEU, placing the carrier among the recognised operators on its core trade lanes.
OOCL is most active on the following corridors: Asia-Europe, Transpacific, Transatlantic. Through its membership of the Ocean Alliance, the carrier shares vessel capacity with CMA CGM, COSCO Shipping, Evergreen Marine on East-West services. Direct customer contact is available via +852 2833 3888 or the carrier's web portal at oocl.com.
OOCL sample transit times
Indicative point-to-point transit times for services on which OOCL appears in rotation. Actual ETAs vary with vessel rotation, port congestion, weather and trans-shipment patterns. We update these figures every quarter against published carrier schedules.
| Origin | Destination | Transit | Frequency | Corridor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai, China | Piraeus, Greece | 28 days | Weekly | Asia-Mediterranean |
| Jebel Ali, UAE | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 21 days | Multiple weekly | Middle-East-Europe |
| Melbourne, Australia | Singapore | 12 days | Multiple weekly | Oceania-Asia |
How to track a OOCL container
Tracking a OOCL container starts with confirming the prefix. Look at the container's left-hand corner casting plate or the painted code on the door — the four-letter ISO 6346 owner code is followed by six numeric digits and a single check digit. Blue Water Facts no longer publishes a per-carrier owner-prefix list (see /accuracy/ for why); confirm the operator via the carrier's own tracking portal or your bill of lading. Visit oocl.com, navigate to the carrier's tracking or "track and trace" portal, and paste the full container number. The portal will return current vessel position, the next scheduled port call, the estimated time of arrival (ETA) and the most recent equipment events such as gate-in, loaded, discharged and gate-out.
If the carrier portal does not return a result, the most likely causes are: the container has not yet been gate-in at the origin terminal, the bill of lading number is in a different format (check whether the system expects an MBL versus an HBL), or the box is moving on a partner alliance vessel rather than a OOCL hull. In the last case, the schedule data lives with the operating carrier, not the equipment owner. OOCL's customer service can normally cross-reference the booking and route you to the correct alliance partner. Reach the carrier on +852 2833 3888 during European business hours.
Related ocean carriers
Operators most often compared with OOCL on overlapping trade lanes:
- CMA CGM — Marseille, France, founded 1978. SCAC CMDU.
- COSCO Shipping — Shanghai, China, founded 1961. SCAC COSU.
- Evergreen Marine — Taoyuan, Taiwan, founded 1968. SCAC EGLV.
- TS Lines — Hong Kong, founded 2001. SCAC TSLG.
- ANL — Melbourne, Australia, founded 1956. SCAC ANNU.
- Hua Jin Shipping — Hong Kong, founded 2003. SCAC HJSL.