COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPANY
China Steel Express Corporation (CSE), established in February, 1996, is a 100% wholly-owned subsidiary of CSC with a paid-in capital of N.T.$ 4.225 billion. CSE’s scope of business includes shipping services for raw materials, ship chartering, operational management of ships, operation of a shipping agency, shipping of steel products, etc. Its missions are to ensure a smooth supply of raw materials for the CSC Group, reduce transportation costs, maintain stable deployment of ships, and achieve the CSC Group’s goals for growth and diversification. To protect the earth and the oceans, CSE not only strictly abides by all relevant domestic and international laws and regulations but also follows MARPOL developed by IMO to adopt concrete measures to save energy, reduce carbon emissions and the greenhouse effect, and prevent air pollution caused by all vessels. In addition, the applicaton of the Energy Efficiency Design Index, EEDI, in new shipbuilding projects has been implemented to build ECO ships. The Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan, SEEMP, has also been implemented on all vessels to ensure the most energy-efficient operations. CSE has commissioned research institutions of ship technology to develop new energy saving methods and has placed new shipbuilding orders to qualified shipyards that are capable of building ECO ships with high efficiency.
BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF OPERATION
As of December 2023, CSE owns 21 vessels including 15 Large Capesize vessels(200,000 DWT), 2 Large Handy vessels(35,000 DWT), 2 Mid-size Handy vessels(28,000 DWT) and 2 General Cargo vessels(12,000 DWT). The total capacity is 3.265 million DWT.
CSE has been granted the Outstanding Industry Collaboration Award and Fleet Expansion Award by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, R.O.C. for several years. Apart from that, CSE has started to participate in the competition held by Taiwan Institute for Sustainable Energy(TAISE) and has been awarded every year since 2013. In 2023 CSE won 2 awards which are Taiwan Corporate Sustainability Award & Corporate Sustainability Report Gold Award in transportation industry.
PROSPECTS
To upgrade the quality of shipping for imported steelmaking raw materials and export of steel products of the CSC Group, CSE will provide ECO ships, set the operational goal of replacing old vessels with new ones, follow the requirements of international conventions on ships and port states, be devoted to the navigational safety of the fleet and maintenance of the marine environment, and reduce the emissions of harmful gases. Furthermore, due to the volatile fluctuations and rapid changes of the bulk carrier freight market, it will focus on enhancing its market forecast capabilities, which will serve as the decision-making guidelines for investment, in order to get hold of the correct timing for investment so as to reduce operational risks. In coordination with the government’s policy on green energy and the developmental strategy of the CSC Group’s wind power business, it has branched out into the offshore marine engineering business to reach the goal of diversification for itself and the CSC Group.
| I-Chung Huang, Chairman |
| Dennis Lin, President |
| Liho Hsu, Vice President |
| Hsien-Te Lee, Vice President |
| Ching-Chun Meng, General Manager, Administration Dept. |
| Chun-Ting Li, General Manager, Commercial Dept. I |
| Yi-Ju Sung, General Manager, Commercial Dept. II |
| Hsin-Ta Lee, General Manager, Finance Dept. |
| Shing-Lung Hsu, Acting General Manager, Marine Dept. |
| Lingpang Tseng, General Manager, Technical Dept. |
| Pei-Wen Hsu, Chief Auditor, Internal Audit Office |
| Chien-Hsing Li, Chief Auditor, Occupational Safety and Health Office |
Welcome to establish social clubs to hold all kinds of activities and public welfare services.
The company encourages the establishment of associations, sports, tourism and public welfare activities.
Sea gallery in an atmosphere of arts
The saloon, galleries and rooms aboard the vessel are decorated with copper sculptures, large-scale calligraphy works, various kinds of works of art, and photographs taken by employees of CSC Group.
Humanized living space of cabin
- The crew’s quarters at both sides of the saloon are connected with each other to provide a more spacious living space with recreational function.
- Broader gangway on the upper deck/ Widened alleyway and ladders.
- The design of the accommodation spaces for the crew members is more humanized, and each accommodation space is equipped with sanitary and bathroom equipment.
- An additional shaft generator is installed, so the use of diesel generator can be suspended temporarily during sailing in order to reduce the noise in the engine room.
