Chairman Gao Weijie

Born in Shandong Province, China, Gao Weijie set his sights on a shipping career early in life; he joined China Ocean Shipping Co. (COSCO) in 1965. Since then, he was moved through many fields of shipping under COSCO Group, including ship husbanding, chartering, operations, pricing, and in commercial aspects of shipping, such as insurance, P& I, claim settlement etc.

Gao Weijie was involved with COSCO’s drive for containerization in its infant stages and has worked with COSCO’s overseas offices in the United Kingdom and the United States since 1979. He returned to China in 1990 to head COSCO’s European Liner Services and was appointed as COSCO’s divisional head in Transportation and Business Development which gave him a full exposure to COSCO’s world of business.

In 1997, Gao Weijie was promoted to the Executive Vice President of COSCO Group with responsibility of the group’s shipping, transportation and logistic business.

Gao Weijie was also actively involved in promoting COSCO’s international cooperation by serving as a member of Box Club, World Shipping Council, Asian Shipowners Forum and many other trade stabilization organizations. He was a spokesman for COSCO Group and worked hard in establishing public relations to promote mutual understanding and cooperation, not only among the international shipping communities, but also with many regulatory and government agencies.

Gao Weijie held the positions of Vice-Chairman in both China Shipowners Association and China International Freight Forwarders Association. At the same time, he was also serving as China’s maritime arbitrator.

In April 2004, Gao Weijie has been appointed as the full time Chairman of COSCO Americas, Inc., headquartered in Secaucus, New Jersey. and still serving as a board member of World Shipping Council based in Washington D.C. for COSCO Group.