China Steel Express Corporation (CSE), established in February, 1996, is a 100% wholly-owned subsidiary of CSC with a paid-in capital of N.T.$ 4.225 billion. CSE’s scope of business includes shipping services for raw materials, ship chartering, operational management of ships, operation of a shipping agency, shipping of steel products, etc. Its missions are to ensure a smooth supply of raw materials for the CSC Group, reduce transportation costs, maintain stable deployment of ships, and achieve the CSC Group’s goals for growth and diversification.

To protect the earth and the oceans, CSE not only strictly abides by all relevant domestic and international laws and regulations but also follows MARPOL developed by IMO to adopt concrete measures to save energy, reduce carbon emissions and the greenhouse effect, and prevent air pollution caused by all vessels. In addition, the application of the Energy Efficiency Design Index, EEDI, in new shipbuilding projects has been implemented to build ECO ships. The Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan, SEEMP, has also been implemented on all vessels to ensure the most energy-efficient operations. CSE has commissioned research institutions of ship technology to develop new energy saving methods and has placed new shipbuilding orders to qualified shipyards that are capable of building ECO ships with high efficiency.

As of December 2023, CSE owns 21 vessels including 15 Large Capesize vessels(200,000 DWT), 2 Large Handy vessels(35,000 DWT), 2 Mid-size Handy vessels(28,000 DWT) and 2 General Cargo vessels(12,000 DWT). The total capacity is 3.265 million DWT.

CSE has been granted the Outstanding Industry Collaboration Award and Fleet Expansion Award by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, R.O.C. for several years. Apart from that, CSE has started to participate in the competition held by Taiwan Institute for Sustainable Energy(TAISE) and has been awarded every year since 2013. In 2023 CSE won 2 awards which are Taiwan Corporate Sustainability Award & Corporate Sustainability Report Gold Award in transportation industry.

To upgrade the quality of shipping for imported steelmaking raw materials and export of steel products of the CSC Group, CSE will provide ECO ships, set the operational goal of replacing old vessels with new ones, follow the requirements of international conventions on ships and port states, be devoted to the navigational safety of the fleet and maintenance of the marine environment, and reduce the emissions of harmful gases.