Please be informed that COSCO SHIPPING Lines Limited ("COSCO SHIPPING Lines" or "the Company") had network breakdown within the America regions on 23 July 2018; local emails and network telephone of the Company in the regions were thus couldn't operate properly; however, the Company's main business operation system is in normal operation, all vessels of the Company are operating without any interruption. For more details about the network problem, please refer to the corporate website of COSCO SHIPPING lines, http://lines.coscoshipping.com/home/

COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited was not affected by the America regions' network breakdown and is in normal operation, as systems of all the companies under China COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited are operating independently.

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