10.17
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
According to a report by Representative Moolenaar, chairman of the U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, and others, COSCO Shipping has maintained a decades-long espionage partnership with the Chinese Communist Party. The report states that its cargo ships are suspected of using concealed equipment near the U.S. coast to intercept military communications, posing a serious counterintelligence threat to the United States.
10.16
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
On October 16, 2026 Beijing time, John Moolenaar, Chairman of the U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, together with Representatives Rick Crawford and Carlos Giménez, jointly sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin. The letter accused Chinese state-owned enterprise COSCO of using its vessels to conduct espionage near the U.S. coastline, and called on the Department of Homeland Security to take action.
10.14
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Washington, United States
Three Republican chairmen of special committees in the U.S. House of Representatives jointly wrote to the Secretary of Homeland Security in mid-October, demanding that the list of privileges for COSCO Shipping at U.S. ports be revoked and a review be launched.
2015.03
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·哥伦比亚
In March 2015, Colombian customs intercepted a 28,000-ton COSCO cargo ship bound for Cuba, finding 99 rockets, 3,000 artillery shells, 100 tons of military-grade explosives, and 2.6 million detonators, all manufactured by China North Industries Corporation and hidden beneath declared goods.