China's COSCO teams up with Tesla to digitize logistics

Shipping giant hews to Beijing's Belt and Road as it charts its future

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The "Cosco Shipping Aries" container carrier unloads in Hamburg, Germany. The Cosco Group calls at more than 1,500 ports in 160 countries. © Reuters

SHIN WATANABE, Nikkei staff writer

DALIAN, China -- Chinese state-owned shipping company COSCO Group has tied up with Tesla to undertake a digital transformation, a process the leading container carrier expects to help unsnarl the mess that international logistics has become amid the pandemic.

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