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When Mr. Chen, Chief Executive Officer, established TS Lines, he had already accumulated solid 20-year experience in the ocean freight industry that included freight ship procurement, shipping operations, new freight route establishment, and financial management. He possesses sharp insights and management skills gained from his encounters with numerous turbulent cycles in the ocean freight industry and his studies of predictive industry forecasts through scenario simulations. He seeks to distinguish TS Lines as a reliable service provider through his emphasis on the company vision and corporate culture of service, excellence, shared goals, flexibility, motivation, and advancement. TS Lines was established on March 2, 2001. At the time of establishment, TS Lines immediately became a full service company with complete teams of personnel in documentation, operations, and financial management. This has propelled TS Lines to the TOP 20 ocean freight company in the world shortly following its creation. Although TS Lines came onto the scene during an economic recession, the company took advantage of its flat organizational structure and its experienced and energetic employees to lower operating costs and maintain profitability throughout the recession. Through Mr. Chen’s leadership and personnel management, TS Lines was very competitive. Additionally TS Lines took advantage of the recession by acquiring fixed assets at great discounts that included high quality ships, containers, and other resources to diversify its operations, thus minimizing its market risks. These efforts increased TS Lines competitiveness in ocean freight market and accelerated its growth.
2001
Commenced our trade lanes among Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan.
2002
2003
Commenced our express shipping services in Hong Kong, Cambodia, Thailand and Ho Chi Minh.
2006
Established our subsidiary in Japan.
2007
2008
Expanded our trade lanes to Bangladesh.
2010
2011
Established our subsidiary in mainland China.
Expanded our trade lanes to Yangon.
2014
2017
2021
2022
2023
Established our subsidiary in Manila, Philippines.
2024
JAN.16 | Delivered the 1,100 TEU container vessel "TS Surabaya" and the 2,900 TEU container vessel "TS Colombo."
MAR.08 | Optimized the regional service network by restructuring the Japan-Korea-Taiwan-South China service (JTK3)
MAR.13 | Upgraded the Japan (Kyushu)-Korea-Taiwan-South China service (PAS), extending the route to Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.
MAR.26 | Held the naming and delivery ceremony for the 7,000 TEU container vessels "TS Shanghai" and "TS Keelung ; Launched the new China-Middle East service (GLX2).
APR.30 | Delivered the 7,000 TEU container vessel "TS Hongkong."
MAY.17 | Established TS MARINA BAY PTE. LTD.
JUN.06 | Ordered two 14,000 TEU Neo Panamax container vessels and added two 7,000 TEU container vessels from Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding ; Held the naming ceremony for the 7,000 TEU container vessel "TS Dubai.
JUL.03 | Accumulated stake increase in T.S. LINES (U.A.E.) LLC, now holding 51% ownership.
JUL.18 | Announced the 2024 Trans-Pacific service network (AWC, AWC2).
JUL.30 | Delivered the 7,000 TEU container vessel "Kota Callao."
SEP.23 | Ordered two 4,300 TEU container vessels from Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard (GWS)；Introduced the new China-Middle East service (CME).
OCT.20 | Initiated two new China-South Africa services (EAD, EAM) and launched a new joint service from South China to Thailand (TRX).
OCT.30 | Accumulated stake increase in TSL Container Lines Philippines Inc., now holding 70% ownership.
NOV.01 | T.S. LINES is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
NOV.08 | Launched the new South China-Middle Est service (SMX).
NOV.25 | Delivered the 7,000 TEU container vessel "Kota Valparaiso."
DEC.13 | Nanjing branch was awarded the 'Rising Star Shipping Company' honor by Ningbo Zhoushan Port for achieving the highest growth in transshipment volume from Nanjing to Ningbo.
2025
APR.30｜Launched new Asia - Mexico service (MEX), providing direct connection from Shanghai - Qingdao - Pusan to Mexico
AUG.7 | Ordered four 5,300 TEU newbuild vessels from CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding, including the upgrade of two previously ordered 4,300 TEU vessels to 5,300 TEU, totaling six energy-efficient vessels.
NOV.19 | Ordered 2+2 units of 2,900 TEU newbuild vessels from Mawei Shipbuilding.
DEC | Expanded our trade network to the Red Sea region.
2026
T.S. Lines is a leading, fast-growing, and highly profitable container shipping company focused on the Asia region. Its operations are primarily concentrated in Asia, which is the world’s largest container shipping market and one of the fastest-growing regions in terms of shipping volume. The Company has established an extensive shipping network across Asia. As of December 31, 2025, it operated 46 services covering 22 countries and regions. Within the Asian market, the Company places a strong emphasis on high-frequency short-haul services originating from the Greater Bay Area of China, where it has maintained an operational presence for 24 years. In recent years, the Company has further expanded its network through the launch of several new long-haul services. These services complement the core service offering, enhance service diversity for customers, and create additional opportunities for business expansion.
TS Lines’ mission is to become a leading premium container shipping company promoting agile and seamless logistics solutions for international trades. To achieve this mission, we plan to pursue the following strategies:
• Strengthen our leading position in the Asia region market: We plan to enhance the frequency of services in our core services and upgrade the relevant vessels deployed in the Asia region to service the growing customer demand. We are exploring the opportunity to launch new liner services covering more ports in the Asia region, and we intend to establish more offices in selected cities in the Asia region.
• Selectively expand long-haul services with strong profitability potential: We plan to selectively expand our existing services and explore new markets for long-haul services which present strong potential profitability, leveraging our dynamic operating model.
• Expand and optimize our fleet of vessels and containers: We plan to expand the number of our owned vessels in a disciplined manner in order to optimize our cost structure and increase our shipping capacity or replace chartered-in vessels when their charters expire, depending on the container shipping market conditions.
• Continue to promote digitalization of our business: We plan to invest in our digital transformation by deploying advanced IT solutions to enhance the coordination and communication across all of our branches and offices, and to implement a next-generation internal operation system to ensure seamless coordination across our network.
• Strengthen our strategic collaboration with other carriers and selectively pursue strategic investments in port operation: We intend to further expand our strategic collaboration with our existing and potential partners, to further enhance our service coverage and capabilities, and achieve greater economies of scale in our services in order to further optimize our cost level.