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Tung Chao-yung or C. Y. Tung (traditional Chinese: 董兆榮; simplified Chinese: 董兆荣; pinyin: Dǒng Zhàoróng; 28 September 1912 – 15 April 1982), also known as Tung Hao-yun, simplified Chinese: 董浩云; traditional Chinese: 董浩雲; pinyin: Dǒng Hàoyún), was a Chinese shipping magnate, the founder of the Orient ...
Apr 14, 2017 · Shipping magnate Tung Chao-yung, 71, had died at the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital after a heart attack.
- Josh Ye
Feb 24, 2023 · Tung Chao-yung, also known as C.Y. Tung, was a Chinese shipping magnate who founded the Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL). He owned a shipping fleet with over 150 freight ships, and his fleet's cargo capacity exceeded 10 million tons.
The founder of OOCL, the late C Y Tung, dreamed of creating the first international Chinese merchant fleet. In 1947, he achieved that dream when the first ship with an all-Chinese crew reached the Atlantic coast of the USA and Europe.
Founder of Orient Overseas, Tung Chao-yung, operated the first all-Chinese crewed ship between Hong Kong and Europe and the east coast of the United States in 1947. However, Tung Chao-yung already established his Hong Kong operation in 1937. He was the vice-president of Shipowners Association in Tianjin at that time.
Mar 5, 2018 · After languishing in the shipyard, a deal was struck and the vessel was sold in 1981 to the founder of Hong Kong’s Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), Tung Chao-yung, father of the city’s...
Jul 15, 2017 · Its founder, Tung Chao-yung, owned the first Chinese-crewed steamship to travel from Shanghai to France in 1947, and went on to build a shipping empire of over 150 vessels.
