TOP 10 CONGLOMERATES more . The company has been steadily building a cargo handling capacity ( dry , bulk and liquid cargo ) of over 190 million tonnes .
When it comes to shipping it would be hard to forget China Ocean Shipping Company ( COSCO ) as it has over 13 vessels and calls at over a thousand ports worldwide . Another government-owned entity , COSCO is a conglomerate that is not going to be waning anytime soon .
Amazingly , Hitachi is a conglomerate that in itself is owned by a wider ‘ super conglomerate ’ called the DKB Group which has truly eye-watering revenues in the region of 150 trillion Yen . Hitachi has a huge assortment of subsidiaries , not least in the rail and logistics industries . Scanning back over the Middle East now , and Dubai World was a conglomerate that stood out for us at Supply Chain Digital . Although the overarching group is an investment company , its impressive portfolio of subsidiaries include DP World which owns more than 65 marine terminals in six continents across the globe . Another subsidiary in the Dubai World enclave includes P & O , a company that operates ferries to a range of European ports , including the strategically important Dutch ports .
Talking of Holland , SHV Holdings is another name that made it onto our global list of conglomerates . It is regarded as one of the world ’ s largest trading groups and although is very involved in power and energy sectors , it also owns Mammoet ; a specialist heavy lift and transport company . Rounding up our list of Top 10 conglomerates is Eurotunnel , not just because it provides us with a rail route out of England ! Eurotunnel is the parent company of GB Railfreight ; and CEO John Smith wrote an exclusive article about the state of logistics for us . The conglomerate also owns Europorte and MyFerryLink .
SHV Holdings also owns MyFerryLink
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