COSCO SHIPPING Development Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, researches, develops, manufactures, and sells containers in the United States, Asia, Hong Kong, Mainland China, Europe, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Container Manufacturing, Shipping Leasing, Container Leasing, and Investment Management. Its offerings include dry cargo, refrigerated, and special containers, container houses, after-sales services, integrated shipping, logistics, and industry finance services, as well as vessel chartering and financial leasing for container ships, dry bulk carriers, special-purpose vessels, and tankers. Formerly known as China Shipping Container Lines Company Limited, it changed its name to COSCO SHIPPING Development Co., Ltd. in November 2016; it was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.