China Navigation Company

The China Navigation Company Limited
Swire Shipping
Swire Bulk
Company typeLiner, dry bulk shipping, project cargo shipping, landside logistics, and integrated logistics
IndustryShipping
Founded1872
FounderJohn Samuel Swire
Headquarters
Key people
Sam Swire (chairman)

Swire Shipping: Jeremy Sutton (CEO)

Swire Bulk: Peter Norborg (CEO)
ParentSwire Group
Websitewww.swirecnco.com
www.swireshipping.com
www.swirebulk.com
www.swireprojects.com

The China Navigation Company Limited (CNCo) is a London-based holding company of merchant shipping companies Swire Shipping Pte Ltd and Swire Bulk Pte Ltd, both of which are headquartered in Singapore.[1][2][3]

The Swire flag is also the house flag of CNCo.

CNCo is part of the Swire group and wholly owned by John Swire & Sons Limited. Swire Shipping was formerly known as the China Navigation Company until October 2021, when it was renamed Swire Shipping.[4]

  1. ^ "China Navigation charts steady course". South China Morning Post. 11 August 2015.
  2. ^ "CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY LIMITED(THE) overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.
  3. ^ "Our Journey". Swire Bulk. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  4. ^ "China Navigation rebrands as Swire Shipping". 18 October 2021.