About Swire

FAST FACTS

(All results refer to financial year 2007. Other data effective end July 2008.)

John Swire & Sons

Cold Storage + Freight Haulage

Cold storage plants Prime movers

No. of
locations (million
cubic feet)

USA: United States Cold Storage 31 158 18

Australia: Swire Cold Storage 22 67.7 122

Swire Materials Handling －－ 40

Kalari Holdings Pty －－ 243

Papua New Guinea: Steamships Trading Company －－ 97

Vietnam: Swire Cold Storage Vietnam 1 8

Sri Lanka: James Finlay 1 2.2

Agriculture

Clyde Agriculture		Total acreage: 1,864,000 Cotton: 27,000 acres Dryland winter crop (mainly wheat) 62,000 acres Cattle: 36,000 Sheep: 350,000
Markham Farm		Total acreage: 16,507 acres Cocoa and copra: 2,146 acres Cattle: 8,000 Vanilla: 6 acres
James Finlay		Tea: 45,000 acres in Kenya, Sri Lanka, Uganda Rubber: 3,700 acres in Sri Lanka Flowers: 1,050 acres under greenhouse or polytunnel in Kenya producing 520 million stems per annum for the UK and continental European markets Timber: 16,000 acres

Shipping + Marine Services

The China Navigation Company Limited (CNCo)

Founded in 1872, China Navigation owns and operates ships as well as acting as the holding company for its liner shipping operations and shipping agency interests. The liner shipping services are operated by CNCo’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Swire Shipping Limited (SSL). SSL operates nine liner trades, including westbound and eastbound round the world services as well as others within its core trading area of the South Pacific, Asia and Australasia. CNCo also manages its part-owned associate Greater Bali Hai Service, and has a minority interest in the Polynesia Line. CNCo and its subsidiaries are represented through offices in Australia, Mainland China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom and the United States. Swire Navigation Company Limited (SNCo) operates the NGPL South Pacific liner service and is involved in dry bulk chartering for capesize vessels. Tasman Orient Line operates four services linking New Zealand and the Pacific Islands with Asia. Swire Shipping Agencies has subsidiaries in Australia, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. Quadrant Pacific operates shipping agency and stevedoring services in New Zealand and jointly controls a shipping agency company in Fiji. Swire CTM Bulk Logistics is a joint venture between The China Navigation Company and CTM established in 2008 to pursue opportunities in the offshore logistics market.

Total vessels operated: 48 (45 multipurpose liners; three bulk carriers)
Vessels owned: 18 (one bulk carrier; 13 multipurpose wholly-owned; four multipurpose jointly-owned with MOL)
Cargo volume carried by managed services in 2007:
- Containers: 216,179 TEUs
- Break bulk: 4,347,556 revenue tonnes
- Total: 8,671,136 revenue tonnes

Swire Travel Limited

Swire Travel is one of Hong Kong’s leading business and leisure travel specialists. Associate companies operate in Mainland China and Taiwan.

Swire Oilfield Services Limited

Services to the international oil and gas industry, including container/tank and pump rental and chemical/aviation fuel storage and distribution
Fleet comprises some 40,000 cargo-carrying units

John Swire & Sons (PNG) Limited

Steamships Trading Company, 72% subsidiary shareholding - trading, marine, property, hotel, manufacturing, logistics and freight haulage interests in Papua New Guinea
Markham Farm Limited, cocoa and copra plantation and cattle farm