Orient Overseas Container Line Limited (OOCL), one of the world's largest integrated international container transportation and logistics services companies, today announced that it has upgraded to Oracle Database 19c to support its core mission-critical system—Integrated Regional Information System (IRIS-4). The upgrade will enable OOCL to leverage more data for better performance and higher efficiency and maintain security by patching without interrupting their flow of shipments as they continue to provide a vital link to world trade and create value for their customers’ employees, shareholders, and partners.

A connecter to all the world's leading economies, OOCL operates one of the world's most extensive integrated container transportation and logistics corporations. Known for its ability to manage disruptions, meet customers’ expectations, and deliver quality services, OOCL needed to adopt innovative features to keep its competitive edge. To do so, the company upgraded to Oracle Database 19c to minimize operational risks and costs while reducing the workload on its IT team. The upgrade also allows OOCL to shift resources to value-added activities in order to improve business resilience. The decision to upgrade was motivated by OOCL's positive experience with Oracle technology as a long-time customer of Oracle Database and Exadata Database Service.

“Customers are the number one focus for OOCL and the top priority for us to maintain our high operating and services standards,” said, Yu Wu, Chief Information Officer at OOCL. “The logistics services industry is under an immense amount of pressure due to the pandemic. Consumers around the world have been affected by port congestion, as well as the ripple effects of congestion and disruption from other logistics in the supply chain. This emphasizes the importance for us to update our software and enlist the assistance of customer-centered data management providers like Oracle.”

Oracle Database 19c is the current long-term release, and it provides the highest level of stability and longest time frame for support and bug fixes. Oracle Database 19c makes it simple and affordable to run current transactional and analytical workloads in the cloud, on-premises, or in a hybrid cloud environment.

“Data is a critical and valuable asset for businesses, and the shipping industry is no exception,” said Patrick Lo, vice president and geography managing director, Hong Kong & Taiwan at Oracle. "OOCL is a progressive company fuelled by innovation. Its agility and drive to keep up with the pulse of customer needs have allowed the company to be a leader in the industry for years. With Oracle Database 19c, OOCL will be able to access additional data to improve performance and efficiency and maintain security by patching without interrupting their flow of shipments."

About OOCL

“Orient Overseas Container Line" and “OOCL" are trade names for transportation provided separately by: Orient Overseas Container Line Limited (“OOCLL") and OOCL (Europe) Limited respectively and both are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Orient Overseas (International) Limited, a public company (0316) listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Headquartered in Hong Kong, China, OOCL is one of the world's largest integrated international container transportation and logistics companies, with over 125 offices in more than 100 major cities. Linking Asia, Europe, the Americas, Africa and Oceania, the company offers transportation services to all the major trading economies of the world. OOCL is also an industry leader in the use of the latest technologies to enhance global supply chains. (http://www.oocl.com/)