Sunday 24 July 2016

No to shark fin: China’s biggest shipping line Cosco pledges total ban on carrying product

No to shark fin: China’s biggest shipping line Cosco pledges total ban on carrying product

The international shark fin trade has been dealt a body blow as China’s biggest shipping and ­logistics company has pledged a total ban on their transportation. In a letter addressed to the Hong Kong branch of the US-based wildlife conservation group WildAid obtained by the Sunday Morning Post, China Ocean Shipping Company (Cosco Shipping) “pledges to implement” a “no shark fin” policy. Kang Bingjian, a company spokesman, confirmed the letter and the policy change, but could not give a time frame for the move.

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